In 2014, to achieve targets set by the 2030 framework for climate and energy, the European Union committed to increase the share of energy efficiency and renewable energies to 27% of gross energy consumption [1]. Increasing number of renewable energy sources (RES) such as wind and solar positively contributes to the reduction of the carbon…
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Scenario-based model predictive control for heating systems
Residential and commercial buildings account for around 40% of the total energy consumption [1] and heating systems in buildings represent more than half of this amount [2]. However, a large amount of energy is wasted due to bad control strategies currently implemented in office buildings. Usually, rule-based controllers are implemented and, as the name suggests,…
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