Building Energy Management Systems

Technical Synthesis Report - A Summary of IEA Annexes 16 & 17

by Lars-Göran Månsson and Don McIntyre
UK, Coventry, ECBCS, 1997, 40 pp, ISBN 0 946075 98 0

Contents

Introduction

• Definition
• Objectives

Buiilding Energy Management Systems

• Background
• Central versus distributed systems

Control Strategies

• System simulation methods
• Radiator systems
• Air conditioning

Development of Emulation Methods

• Building emulators
• Annex 17 emulators
• Sample results
• Conclusions of emulation study

Sensors

Cost Benefit Analysis

• Objectives
• Cost and benefits
• Assessment methods
• Results

Case Studies

• Summary of case studies
• Example: Dual energy management system Schwandorf

User Experience

• The survey
• Conclusion of survey

References

Appendix 1: Participating Institutions

Appendix 2: Publications Summary