MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL IN BUILDINGS WORKSHOP

MONTREAL, JUNE 24-25, 2011

Overview

The promise of harnessing the predictive and diagnostic powers of a well-calibrated building energy model for improved building operations is attracting a growing number of researchers around the globe. IBPSA-USA and IBPSA-Canada invite you to join a two-day workshop on model predictive control (MPC) in buildings that will serve as a forum for lively dialogue on different approaches, applications, and field experiences. The event will feature a series of technical presentations, selected by a Scientific Committee of internationally recognized domain experts, as well as time for networking and exchange. It will close with a roundtable discussion to define future research needs and highlight opportunities for collaboration and business applications. The Scientific Committee will then invite selected presenters to submit manuscripts to be published in a 2012 Special Issue of the Journal of Building Performance Simulation (JBPS) on "MPC in Buildings."

Location

Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex
Concordia University, 1515 Saint Catherine W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Workshop Schedule

Full Workshop Program

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Friday, 24th June 2011

15:00-16:00 Simulation Studies

Using MPC to reduce the peak demand associated with electric heating
Michaël Kummert, Marie-Andrée Leduc, Alain Moreau (presentation)

Model predictive control for office rooms with thermally activated building systems connected to a heat pump system
Clara Verhelst, Maarten Sourbron, Stefan Antonov, Lieve Helsen (presentation)

Optimizing operations of block heat and power stations
Clemens Felsmann, R. Kretschmer, F. Stanel (presentation)

16:15-17:15 Simulation Studies

Which benefits can predictive thermal and electric models bring in an unbundled electricity sector?
Charles Fremond, Bruno Duplessis, Jérôme Adnot (presentation)

Energy efficient Model Predictive Control of vapor-compression systems
Matt Wallace, Ryan Mcbride, Siam Aumi, Prashant Mhaskar, John House, Tim Salsbury (presentation)

Model-based predictive control applications for solar homes and communities
José Candanedo, Scott Bucking, Amélie Allard, Andreas K. Athienitis (presentation)

17:30-18:30 Field and Experimental Studies

Results from the OptiControl project
Manfred Morari, Dimitrios Gyalistras and the OptiControl Team (presentation)

Feed-forward air-conditioning control with heat load prediction using a weather forecasting data in heating season
Yasuo Utsumi, Ken Hatakeyama, Kazuyuki Kamimura, Syuzo Kishima, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Hideaki Nakane, Ryushi Kimura (presentation)

18:45-19:25 Field and Experimental Studies

Data-driven model-predictive control of low-lift chillers pre-cooling thermo-active building systems
Nicholas Gayeski, Leslie K. Norford, Peter Armstrong (presentation)

Implementation and evaluation of a predictive building systems control approach with embedded numeric simulation
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Matthias Schuss, Kristina Orehounig (presentation)

19:25-19:45 Environment and Methodology

Computational tools for building controls R&D
Michael Wetter, Thierry S. Nouidui, Wangda Zuo (presentation)

Saturday, 25th June 2011

08:00-09:00 Modeling, Model Complexity, Calibration and Mismatch

Analysis of local optima in predictive control for building temperature regulation
Anthony Kelman, Yudong Ma, Francesco Borrelli (presentation)

Model predictive control based on occupant pattern detection and local weather forecasting for building energy management
Bing Dong, Zheng O’Neill (presentation)

Real-time sensor-based occupancy prediction for model predictive control in buildings
Rhys Goldstein, Alex Tessier, Ebenezer Hailemariam, Azam Khan (presentation)

09:15-10:15 Environment and Methodology

Hierarchical predictive control for energy efficient buildings with thermal storage
Yudong Ma, Anthony Kelman, Allan Daly, Francesco Borrelli (presentation)

Open-source software for online MPC and offline derivation of control lookup tables using common building simulation tools
Brian Coffey (presentation)

A model-assisted control design methodology to improve building energy performance
Georgios Lilis, G.I. Giannakis, G.D. Kontes, E.B. Kosmatopoulos, D.V. Rovas (presentation)

10:30-11:30 Environment and Methodology

A project overview: FIEMSER – Friendly Intelligent Energy Management System for Existing Residential Buildings
Georg Haag (presentation)

A model predictive control optimization environment for real-time commercial building application
Charles Corbin, Peter May-Ostendorp, Gregor Henze (presentation)

Real-time optimization of a building CHP/thermally driven space conditioning system using Model Predictive Control
Stephen Treado (presentation)

11:45-12:30 Environment and Methodology

Rule extraction: developing near-optimal heuristics from offline MPC studies in buildings
Peter May-Ostendorp, Gregor Henze, Balaji Rajagopalan (presentation)

Economic model predictive control for building energy systems
Joe Qin, Jingran Ma, Tim Salsbury (presentation)

13:30-15:00 Roundtable discussion

15:00 Adjourn

Scientific Committee

Johan Åkesson, Lund University, Sweden
Andreas Athienitis, Concordia University, Canada
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Carleton University, Canada
Francesco Borrelli, UC Berkeley, USA
Clemens Felsmann, TU Dresden, Germany
Jan Hensen, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
Colin Jones, EPFL, Switzerland
Michael Kummert, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Ardeshir Mahdavi, TU Vienna, Austria
Yasuo Utsumi, Sendai National College of Tech., Japan
Shengwei Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Workshop Chair

Gregor Henze, U Colorado, USA

Organizing Committee

Brian Coffey, UC Berkeley, USA
Peter May-Ostendorp, U Colorado, USA
Meli Stylianou, Natural Resources Canada