ireland

U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership: Intelligent Data Harvesting for Multi-Scale Building Stock Classification and Energy Performance Prediction

June 27, 2021

Sponsored by National Science Foundation This is a 3-year international collaborative research project among University of Colorado Boulder, University College Dublin, Ireland and Ulster University in United Kingdom. Residential buildings account for 14%-27% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the three jurisdictions and cause significant negative impact on the environment...

AMO

Optimal Co-Design of Integrated Thermal-Electrical Networks and Control Systems for Grid-interactive Efficient District (GED) Energy Systems

Oct. 14, 2020

Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) The coordination of thermal-electrical-control networks is essential for the optimal design of grid-interactive efficient district (GED) energy systems, particularly when renewable energy sources are integrated. Led by Dr. Zuo, this $4.16M joint research is to create a holistic open-source modeling and optimization platform...

contaminant

Contaminant Spread Modeling

Sept. 9, 2020

Sponsored by Defense Threat Reduction Agency This five-year project aims to model the transport of harmful biological and chemical compounds in urban environment using different modeling techniques, such as computational fluid dynamics and multizone modeling for indoor airflow, Modelica-based modeling for HVAC system and control. The project is led by...

Garden alley

Modernizing Cities via Smart Garden Alleys with Application in Makassar City

July 17, 2020

Sponsored by National Science Foundation This project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and is in collaboration with the US Department of State . This project will work to integrate innovations in smart and connected communities to improve garden alleys within the City of Makassar, Indonesia via a synergistic...

CUB

Support for District Energy Simulation with Modelica

June 12, 2019

Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CU East District Energy Plant District heating and cooling (DHC) systems commonly involve a central plant that distributes steam, hot water, or chilled water to buildings by means of insulated pipes. This is a promising and long-established solution for community sustainability, yet it...

VirtualEPB

Virtual Electric Power Board (EPB)

June 11, 2019

The goal of this collaborative research, with ORNL (who is the overall project lead) and the Electric Power Board (EPB) of Chattanooga, is to create calibrated virtual models of buildings within a utility’s service area to enable advanced grid modeling research (AGMR) integration with utility business systems. This will be...

openstudio

Building Energy Modeling - OpenStudio SDK Development and Management

Feb. 14, 2019

In support of DOE’s Building Energy Codes Program, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) developed a suite of prototype building models representing newly constructed commercial buildings that comply with ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and IECC requirements. In this project, we will collaborate with PNNL on developing and improving the OpenStudio versions of...

Building to grid integration

Comprehensive Pliant Permissive Priority Optimization

Jan. 13, 2019

This project is funded by Department of Energy and is a joint project with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The project goal is to develop a framework to prioritize behind-the-meter end-use resources, and a prototype tool that offers assessment of end-use load-utilization patterns and provides real-time...

REC

An Innovative Computational Platform for Robust and Optimal Operation of Renewable Energy Cities

Nov. 24, 2018

As international sustainability goals and U.S. sustainability initiatives increase, sustainable energy applications are evolving from the conventional single building to the entire city. A 100% renewable energy city (REC) will undoubtedly play a pivotal role in this progression. The energy system of a REC will integrate many subsystems including renewable...

A modern chilled plant in HVAC system

1661-TRP, Development of Near-Optimal Control Sequence for Chiller Plants with Water Side Economizer using Dynamic Models

A water-side economizer (WSE) is a cooling system by which the chilled water is cooled by the cooling tower directly/indirectly without the use of mechanical cooling. Employing WSEs can decrease the building energy consumption by reducing the chiller operating time or increasing the chiller efficiency. WSEs, however, may pose challenges...

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