Distributed dynamic simulations of networked control and building performance applications. (February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yahiaoui, Azzedine
• Is Part Of: Simulation. Volume 94:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 161
• Publication Date: 2018-02
• Subjects: Automated Building -- Building Automation and Control Systems -- distributed dynamic simulation control systems -- Building Performance Simulation; Computer simulation -- Periodicals; 003.3
• DOI: 10.1177/0037549717711269
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0037-5497

Abstract

The use of computer-based automation and control systems for smart sustainable buildings, often so-called Automated Buildings (ABs), has become an effective way to automatically control, optimize, and supervise a wide range of building performance applications over a network while achieving the minimum energy consumption possible, and in doing so generally refers to Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) architecture. Instead of costly and time-consuming experiments, this paper focuses on using distributed dynamic simulations to analyze the real-time performance of network-based building control systems in ABs and improve the functions of the BACS technology. The paper also presents the development and design of a distributed dynamic simulation environment with the capability of representing the BACS architecture in simulation by run-time coupling two or more different software tools over a network. The application and capability of this new dynamic simulation environment are demonstrated by an experimental design in this paper.