Automatically Creating HVAC Control Strategies Based on Building Information Modeling (BIM): Heat Provisioning and Distribution

Andreas Sporr, Gerhard Zucker and René Hofmann
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Andreas Sporr: Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems, Austrian Institute of Technology, Giefinggasse 2, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
Gerhard Zucker: Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems, Austrian Institute of Technology, Giefinggasse 2, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
René Hofmann: Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems, Austrian Institute of Technology, Giefinggasse 2, A-1210 Vienna, Austria

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-19

Abstract: Building Information Modeling (BIM) data are typically exchanged using the Industrial Foundation Classes (IFC) standard. An IFC-based BIM model is a container for data that is created during the design and planning phase and is therefore a rich source of information for the commissioning phase, in which building services are brought to operation. This paper examines the use of BIM data for automated generation of control strategies for energy systems, thus simplifying and accelerating the commissioning phase. We present a methodology to create control strategies of a building heating system with several variations of renewable energy systems and include both heat provisioning and a distribution system. The control goals include favoring the use of non-fossil energy, which is provided by a combination of photovoltaic system (PV), heat pump (HP) and industrial excess-heat source. Thermal energy storages are integrated for load shifting purposes and the control of the heat distribution system is designed towards the requirements of building physics, occupancy and outside climate conditions. A validation of the approach is presented in a combined SIMULINK and TRNSYS simulation environment.

Keywords: automatically generated heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) controllers; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Industry Foundation Classes (IFC); advanced building controls (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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