EINSTEIN Project Overview
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The EINSTEIN project aims to develop automated algorithms for building performance optimization by integrating prediction, optimization, and fault detection capabilities into IES's building performance software. Funded by the EU for 4 years, the project partners IES and Trinity College Dublin to develop these algorithms. The EINSTEIN platform will use a building energy model, along with data from IES-SCAN, ERGON, and other sources, to enable model-based fault detection, as well as prediction and multi-objective optimization of building controls strategies considering comfort, economics, and carbon emissions. The integrated system aims to help reduce performance gaps between designed and operational building performance.
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EINSTEIN Project Overview
- 1. EINSTEIN Project Overview <Stakeholder Feedback> Daniel Coakley, Marie Curie Research Fellow Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd. EINSTE
- 3. OPERATION ‘Model and data-driven performance improvement’
- 4. EINSTEIN Project • EINSTEIN (FP7, 2014-2017) Simulation Enhanced Integrated Systems for Model-based Intelligent Control(s) – Development of automated prediction, optimization and fault detection algorithms for integration with the IES software for building performance optimization • Funding: 4-Year EU-funded Marie Curie IAPP – Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2017 • Partners: IES and TCD • Topics – Fault Detection – Prediction – Optimisation – Overall system integration
- 5. IES-VE & SCAN / ERGON SCAN – Cloud-based data acquisition, analysis and visualisation for Buildings. ERGON - Import, manage and interrogate real building data / schedules and use them inVE simulations. IES-VE – Integrated suite of simulation software for the built environment. • Dynamic thermal models; • Detailed HVAC and Control systems; • Ratings and accreditation (LEED, BREEAM etc.)
- 6. Building Information Silos Building Information Model (BIM) • Geometry, • Materials, • Constructions etc. Building Management System (BMS) • Temperature, • CO2 • Set points, • Schedules, • Energy & Water; Occupants • Connected devices (WiFi, Cellular); • Feedback; Rooms • Booking schedules; • Lecture timetables; Weather Station • Wind speed; • Temperature; • Humidity; • Rainfall. Technical documentation • Drawings • Op & Maintenance manuals for equipment etc.
- 7. EINSTEIN Platform Overview Optimisation Prediction Calibration Profiles [Ergon] Building Energy Model (WBS / ROM) FDD DSS / MPC / Scenarios
- 8. Model Based FDD Knowledge / Rule-based: uses expert user-defined rules (e.g. APAR) which govern system behaviour; Data-driven: uses historical building data, Statistical Methods, Empirical Data, Machine Learning; Model-based; uses a calibrated detailed system model
- 9. Prediction / Optimisation • Multi-objective control optimisation; – Comfort; – Economics; – Carbon, Etc.; • Integrates – Historic/predicted weather conditions; – Building & system thermal response; – Occupant schedules & feedback; – Economics (i.e. electricity / gas tariff);
- 10. Overall Integration Building Data IES-SCAN <ERGON> Modelling / Prediction Fault Detection / Optimisation Intervention (DSS / MPC)
- 11. Operational WBS Models • Increasing prevalence of BIM and energy modelling at building design phase; • Compliance and rating systems (e.g. LEED) starting to recognise operational performance, rather than traditional design performance; • Advantage of operation models for FDD / MPC; – Can be used to effectively monitor and diagnose discrepancies between design intent & operational performance (i.e. performance gap); – Adaptable to changes in building or system operation (compared to solely data-driven approaches); – Capable of simulating different control scenarios, recognising actual system response; – Allows optimisation of control strategies using real performance feedback
- 12. Thank you! Daniel Coakley Email: daniel.coakley@iesve.com Web: www.iesve.com
Editor's Notes
- #2: Today I’m going to talk about the topic of smart cities and buildings, and the IES R&D vision to make them a reality; Holistic view from Smart Cities down to Smart Building Control;
- #3: At a City Scale, IES are focussed on MASTERPLANNING: This will help city architects and urban planners to design their cities and subsystems in the most sustainable way possible. At a New Building DESIGN level, and for RETROFIT projects, IES have been offering Building Simulation solutions for over 20 years. REAL-TIME CONTROL is required to intelligently exploit the controls of the building to automatically adjust them according to weather and other conditions. This can all link to SMART CITIES: Through enabling existing cities to make better use of their existing resources, and by clustering the energy needs of buildings together.
- #4: Intelligent and Model Based Control Using Simulation for Fault Detection and Analysis Real-Time Optimisation and Control of Buildings Real-Time Prediction of Building Use Direct Connections between Simulation Environment and BMS / Building Sensors
- #6: ERGON is an IES Cloud service that allows you to import, manage and interrogate real building profile or schedule data for use within your VE simulations. You can utilise measured data from the actual building you’re investigating to create profiles that enhance model calibration. Or use normalised benchmark data from other buildings of the same type. As ERGON is based on the cloud it enables you to manipulate vast amount of data and create profiles that go down as low as 1 minute time steps. Therefore you can not only deal with 8760 profiles, but also 525600 profiles! Such profiles can be used to: Investigate the impact of retrofit options using real building data Undertake Post Occupancy Evaluations Improve operational models for performance contracting Aid in delivering Soft Landings Undertake Monitoring Based Commissioning for LEED V4 Undertake LEED Measurement and Verification Help close the performance gap by simulating designs closer to reality Help Close the Performance Gap and simulate closer to reality Monitoring-based commissioning for LEED V4; Undertake Post Occupancy Evaluations Improve operational models for retrofit & performance contracting Within ERGON users can easily import .csv files, graphically interrogate the completeness of data, undertake some initial analysis using in-build analytics, and export as a Free Form Profile Data file (.ffd) into ApPro for use in VE Apache simulations. Users can also generate from scratch bespoke profiles at deep granularity (consisting of up to 10 daily profiles which can be assigned hourly across a year).
- #9: Traditionally, approaches to FDD can be split into three areas. One issue is the ability to confidently predict and diagnose system faults, and minimise false positives. EINSTEIN looking at how we can combine these approaches to deliver a more robust FDD system.
- #11: Building data - Ontologies (Haystack), mapping - Hardware - Communications protocols SCAN - Visualisation tools - Web dashboards - Statistical analysis Modelling / Prediction FDD and Optimisation Returned improved control logic to Building