Monitoring the energy systems of sustainable buildings

Elmar Bollin

doi:10.1117/12.886276

19 April 2011 Monitoring the energy systems of sustainable buildings

Elmar Bollin

Proceedings Volume 8065, SPIE Eco-Photonics 2011: Sustainable Design, Manufacturing, and Engineering Workforce Education for a Green Future; 806503 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886276
Event: SPIE Eco-Photonics, 2011, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

The complexity of sustainable energy systems for buildings services calls for more transparency of the processes which provide energy for the buildings heating, cooling and power needs. In the frame of applied scientific research at University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, different systems and even buildings in total have been monitored over years to analyse their performance and to optimize the system installations and operations. New EU regulations like EN 16001 require an effective monitoring and a continuous commissioning of the energy relevant systems to certificate sustainable processes. On the other hand, new operation tools are necessary to handle the volatility of renewable energy sources and the buildings demand. Predictive building automation has shown good results when applied for energy systems with high inertia. Operating large-scale solar thermal systems and sustainable buildings over long-term periods the University of Applied Sciences provided evidence that monitoring is an essential system tool for an energy and cost efficient operation of sustainable buildings.

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Elmar Bollin "Monitoring the energy systems of sustainable buildings", Proc. SPIE 8065, SPIE Eco-Photonics 2011: Sustainable Design, Manufacturing, and Engineering Workforce Education for a Green Future, 806503 (19 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886276

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