Calibration of White-Box Whole-Building Energy Models Using a Systems-Identification Approach

This paper builds a case for the importance of building energy models. It goes on to study the current techniques in calibration and their strengths and flaws. Ultimately a new method to identify the most influential parameters in building energy simulation is proposed. Through an RMSE based method of calibration, these parameters are calibrated and interpreted for reinforcing the reliability of the method and pointing out the weaknesses of the model. This process is also a starting step in the development of future aid packages for building operators and smart fault detector systems in buildings.

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