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Large-scale building energy efficiency retrofit: Concept, model and control

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  • Wu, Zhou
  • Wang, Bo
  • Xia, Xiaohua

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BEER (Building energy efficiency retrofit) projects are initiated in many nations and regions over the world. Existing studies of BEER focus on modeling and planning based on one building and one year period of retrofitting, which cannot be applied to certain large BEER projects with multiple buildings and multi-year retrofit. In this paper, the large-scale BEER problem is defined in a general TBT (time-building-technology) framework, which fits essential requirements of real-world projects. The large-scale BEER is newly studied in the control approach rather than the optimization approach commonly used before. Optimal control is proposed to design optimal retrofitting strategy in terms of maximal energy savings and maximal NPV (net present value). The designed strategy is dynamically changing on dimensions of time, building and technology. The TBT framework and the optimal control approach are verified in a large BEER project, and results indicate that promising performance of energy and cost savings can be achieved in the general TBT framework.

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  • Wu, Zhou & Wang, Bo & Xia, Xiaohua, 2016. "Large-scale building energy efficiency retrofit: Concept, model and control," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 456-465.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:109:y:2016:i:c:p:456-465
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.04.124
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