Model predictive control for buildings: a quantum leap?

摘要

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 building sciences researchers around the globe. In fact, model predictive control (MPC) as applied to buildings, both commercial and residential, is currently experiencing a bona fide explosion of research activity. What does MPC applied to buildings entail? Central to MPC is the notion that there is value to be found by considering future building and energy system behaviour as estimated by a suitable model - value that remains untapped by the building control architecture we are accustomed to today.