A Comprehensive Framework for Data-Driven Building End-Use Assessment Utilizing Monitored Operational Parameters

Mohsen Sharifi (), Amin Kouti, Evi Lambie, Yixiao Ma, Maria Fernandez Boneta and Mohammad Haris Shamsi
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Mohsen Sharifi: Unit Smart Energy and Built Environment, Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Amin Kouti: Unit Smart Energy and Built Environment, Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Evi Lambie: Unit Smart Energy and Built Environment, Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Yixiao Ma: Unit Smart Energy and Built Environment, Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Maria Fernandez Boneta: Energy in Buildings Department, National Renewable Energy Centre, 31621 Sarriguren, Navarra, Spain
Mohammad Haris Shamsi: Unit Smart Energy and Built Environment, Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek, 2400 Mol, Belgium

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 20, 1-23

Abstract: The availability of building operational data such as energy use and indoor temperature provides opportunities to enhance the traditional building energy performance calculation. Disaggregated building energy use facilitates informed decision-making to identify cost-saving measures efficiently at the individual building and building stock levels. The existing energy performance analysis techniques with measured input data in the literature are fragmented. Moreover, they frequently approach this issue with varying degrees of complexity depending on the available input data, expertise, and time. The procedure of choosing an appropriate method is often cumbersome with limited indication of the usefulness of the outcomes. This study proposes a data-driven framework for end-use load disaggregation through techniques that exploit various kinds of building consumption data. The results demonstrate the use of different techniques for varied applications. Calibrated theoretical calculation, data-driven heat loss coefficient (HLC), and energy signature curve (ESC) are among the proposed methods in the framework that facilitate individual, and urban scale energy decomposition. It is observed that different methods yield unalike outcomes, while their performance is predictable. While the HLC methods are flexible but also highly sensitive to the input parameters, the ESC needs high-frequency time series but provides stable energy decomposition. The ESC is efficient for large-scale analysis and the HLC method for detailed case-specific applications. Calibrated theoretical energy decomposition has a simple workflow and can supplement the current energy performance assessment method, although it entails sufficient input data.

Keywords: data-driven models; energy signature curve; load disaggregation; building end-services; heat loss coefficient (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: 2023
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