Research Projects
1661-TRP, Development of Near-Optimal Control Sequence for Chiller Plants with Water Side Economizer using Dynamic Models
Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy. 08/2017-12/2018.
CRISP Type 1/Collaborative Research: A Human-Centered Computational Framework for Urban and Community Design of Resilient Coastal Cities
Sponsored by National Science Foundation. 01/2017 - 12/2018.
Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency through End-to-End Cooling Modeling and Optimization
Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy. 10/2016 - 11/2019.
BIGDATA: Collaborative Research: IA: Big Data Analytics for Optimized Planning of Smart, Sustainable, and Connected Communities
Sponsored by National Science Foundation. 09/2016 - 08/2019.
High Performance Building Simulation on Heterogeneous Platforms
Sponsored by Department of Homeland Security and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 02/2015 - 08/2017.
1771-TRP, Energy Modeling of Typical Commercial Buildings in Support of ASHRAE Building Energy Quotient Energy Rating Program
Sponsored by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. 04/2016 - 03/2018.
Design “Zenciti” Smart City in the Yucatán
Sponsored by University of Miami. 10/2016 - 01/2017.
Virtual Reality for Building Design
Sponsored by University of Miami. 09/2015 - 06/2016.
Image Enhancement Techniques for Sonar Based Time-of-Flight Camera
Sponsored by Univeristy of Miami. 01/2014-06/2014.
Design of an Energy and Water Efficient Hotel
Sponsored by University of Miami and Industrial Gifts. 06/2013 - 12/2016.
Coupled Simulation of Indoor Environment and HVAC System
Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy. 01/2013 - 09/2013.
Model Predictive Control for Chilled Water Plants
Sponsored by U.S. Department of Defense and JPMorgan Chase. 01/2013 - 12/2016.
International Collaborative Projects
International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Project 1: BIM/GIS and Modelica Framework for building and community energy system design and operation
IBPSA Project 1 will create open-source software that builds the basis of next generation computing tools for the design and operation of building and district energy and control systems. It extends work conducted under the IEA EBC Annex 60. The project duration is 2017-2022.
International Energy Agency Annex 66: Definition and Simulation of Occupant Behavior in Building
The Annex 66 aims to set up a standard occupant behavior definition platform, establish a quantitative simulation methodology to model occupant behavior in buildings, and understand the influence of occupant behavior on building energy use and the indoor environment. The project duration is 2013-2017.
International Energy Agency Annex 60: New generation computational tools for building and community energy systems based on the Modelica and Functional Mockup Interface standards
The objectives of Annex 60 are to develop and demonstrate next-generation computational tools that allow building and community energy grids to be designed and operated as integrated, robust, performance based systems. The project duration is 2012-2017. There are 42 institutes from 16 countries participating this project. It will be continued as IBPSA project 1 (2017-2022).