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Automatic Calibration of a Building Energy Simulation Model Using a Global Optimization Program
Abstract
A simulation model used to analyze the
energy performance of an existing building
should be calibrated to measured consumption
data from the building so the simulation output
closely follows the measured time series energy
consumption data and shows the same
temperature dependence. This paper has used
optimization software to show that a simple
simulation program which is a coding of the
ASHRAE 'Simplified Energy Analysis
Procedure' can be automatically calibrated to
“measured” data. The “measured data” used in
this case study was simulation data to which a
small amount of white noise had been added.
Citation
Lee, S. U.; Claridge, D. (2002). Automatic Calibration of a Building Energy Simulation Model Using a Global Optimization Program. Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu); Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /5186.