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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

A. Mahdavi, M. Schuss:
"A High-level Generative Scheme for Distributed Building System Control Logic";
Talk: CLIMA 2013 - 11th REHVA World Congress and the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, Prag, Tschechische Republik; 2013-06-16 - 2013-06-19; in: "CLIMA 2013 - 11th REHVA World Congress and the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings", K. Kabele, M. Urban, K. Suchý, M. Lain (ed.); Society of Environmental Engineering (STP), 1/1/1 (2013), Paper ID 276, 10 pages.



English abstract:
The design methods of control systems in buildings have not kept pace with the integration requirements of increasingly complex technologies for heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting of buildings. Decisions regarding the environmental control systems' type and devices, the number and extent of control zones, as well as the type, number, and position of sensors neither follow a structured approach, nor reflect a traceable reasoning. Specifically, implementations of innovative (e.g.predictive) building systems control strategies may be hampered due to a lack of systematic representations of the systems control architecture. The present
contribution is focused on the representation of the systems control logic. Our effort concerns the process of systems control scheme generation via the decomposition of the target control domain in terms of a number of well-formed sub-domains. Toward this end, we have developed a generative scheme for representation of buildings'
systems control architecture that allows for an integrated and structured (hierarchical and traceable) distribution of systems' control logic.

Keywords:
simulation-based control; building systems; zone controller