Building and district energy systems become increasingly complex, requiring accurate
simulation and optimization of systems that combine building envelope, heating ventilation …

Abstract The Air Handling Unit (AHU) is one of the most energy consuming devices in
building systems. Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) methods integrated into AHUs can …

To reduce the energy consumption of building energy systems, efficient and well-tuned
control strategies are needed. However, developing and benchmarking control strategies is …

The building sector consumes over 30% of the total final energy consumption 67 and the
associated CO2 emissions have a negative impact on our climate. The use of contemporary …

Grey-box and black-box MPC approaches for building HVAC applications often use lumped,
low-order models with a low level of detail. While such models require smaller computation …

Modelica is a promising open-source modelling language for simulation and derivative-
based optimization of multi-zone buildings, including detailed pressure-driven flow networks …

Direct evaporative coolers (DECs) are a low-energy cooling alternative to conventional air
conditioning in hot-dry climates. The key component of DEC is the cooling pad, which …

In this study four new geometries of heat and mass exchanger for dew point evaporative
cooling are investigated and their performance is compared to that of the commonly used flat …

Demand-controlled ventilation (DCV) is a crucial part of ventilation design used in buildings
and its effects are widely studied in modern construction. To assess the effect of DCV …

Climate change is continuously bringing hotter summers and because of this fact, the use of
air-conditioning systems is also extending in European countries. To reduce the energy …