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Research on Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) and Smart Building Management Technologies

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 7177

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kastner

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Institute of Computer Engineering, Automation Systems Group, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Interests: industrial IoT; distributed automation; knowledge representation in automation; digital twinning; IT/OT convergence; factory automation; building automation; smart grids
Dr. Andrzej Ożadowicz

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Department of Power Electronics and Energy Control Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Interests: building automation and control systems; building energy management systems; energy management; demand-side management; smart metering; smart grid; microgrid; microcontrollers; event-based control; prosumer
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As innovative network communication, electronics and energy-related technologies are fast developing, and new elements such as automated configuration, wireless and remote control, home appliances, as well as smart meters are populating the building automation area and the underlying control systems and networks. Moreover, since the nature of buildings and their users is changing from a static and passive behavior to a dynamic and active one, and taking into account the introduction of both mobile technologies and interactive energy services, the concept of sustainable building management technologies is emerging as an important application area for building automation systems. Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on all emerging control and monitoring functions, integration strategies, and techniques in building automation, supporting users’ comfort, safety, and security, as well as buildings’ infrastructure management. Additionally, innovative conceptual and experimental research, modeling, simulations, and case-studies in energy management and investigations in energy efficiency improvements are welcome. All kinds of manuscripts presenting original research, practical contributions, as well as state-of-the-art could be submitted. The scope of this Special Issue covers but is not limited to the following topics:

  • Building automation and control systems (BACS);
  • Smart building integration;
  • Smart readiness indicator (SRI);
  • EN 15232 standard and energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD) directive investigations and applications;
  • Automated configuration and integration of building/home automation;
  • Advanced lighting and HVAC control and monitoring;
  • Event-based and event-triggered control algorithms for buildings;
  • Internet of Things in building/home applications;
  • Comfort and energy efficiency improvements with BACS;
  • Energy and comfort management in smart buildings/homes;
  • Renewable energy sources and storages integration and management;
  • Energy management systems for smart home/building automation;
  • Demand side management with BACS;
  • Active demand side response in smart buildings/homes;
  • Distributed generation for buildings with smart control and monitoring functions;
  • Microgrids with integrated buildings.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kastner
Dr. Andrzej Ożadowicz
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Building automation and control systems
  • Building management systems
  • Building energy management systems
  • Energy performance of buildings directive
  • Smart readiness indicator
  • Internet of Things
  • Demand side management
  • Smart home
  • Smart building
  • Microgrid
  • Smart metering
  • Energy flexibility
  • Load and storage management.

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Human Perception and Building Automation Systems
by Daniel Ramsauer, Max Dorfmann, Hilda Tellioğlu and Wolfgang Kastner
Energies 2022, 15(5), 1745; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15051745 - 25 Feb 2022
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Building automation is concerned with closed- and open-loop control of building services such as heating, cooling, ventilation and air conditioning, lighting and shading. The ultimate goal is to reduce energy consumption while providing comfort for the occupants. However, ensuring human comfort is a [...] Read more.
Building automation is concerned with closed- and open-loop control of building services such as heating, cooling, ventilation and air conditioning, lighting and shading. The ultimate goal is to reduce energy consumption while providing comfort for the occupants. However, ensuring human comfort is a complex affair. In case of dissatisfaction, users need to inform the building operators about apparently badly adjusted setpoints. Then, service units of the facility management have to manually analyze how to improve the situation. Due to the complex characteristics of human perception and derived feedback, this can become a troublesome and time-consuming task. This paper describes the main results of our investigations to improve occupant comfort in office buildings using environmental information monitored by a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and human perception collected from a feedback tool. A joint information base aligned with static data from building information modeling integrates the information gathered. Reasoning on these data sources allows adjustments of the Building Automation System (BAS) to automatically enhance the tenant’s comfort or suggest necessary adjustments for facility managers. Communication between the different system components is handled via Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT). A real-world field study shows the potential of the developed approach, proves its feasibility, and demonstrates the functionality of the feedback tool. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) and Smart Building Management Technologies)
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A Hybrid Approach in Design of Building Energy Management System with Smart Readiness Indicator and Building as a Service Concept
by Andrzej Ożadowicz
Energies 2022, 15(4), 1432; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15041432 - 16 Feb 2022
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Improving energy efficiency and increasing the level of intelligence are two main factors determining the current development trends for new and modernized buildings. They are especially important in the perspective of development of prosumer installations and local microgrids. A key tool to achieve [...] Read more.
Improving energy efficiency and increasing the level of intelligence are two main factors determining the current development trends for new and modernized buildings. They are especially important in the perspective of development of prosumer installations and local microgrids. A key tool to achieve these goals is a well-designed and implemented Building Automation and Control System (BACS). This paper presents a new hybrid approach to the design and technical organization of BACS based on the provisions of the EN 15232 standard and the guidelines of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) defined in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2018 (EPBD 2018). The main assumptions of this hybrid approach along with examples of functional BACS designs for small prosumer installations organized according to them are provided. Potential impact on building energy performance is discussed as well. Finally, a SWOT analysis of the possibility of merging the EN 15232 standard guidelines and the SRI assessment methodology to develop uniform technical guidelines for the BACS functions design and evaluation of their impact on the buildings’ energy efficiency are discussed. Full article
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AUSTRET: An Automated Step Response Testing Tool for Building Automation and Control Systems
by Athila Santos, Na Liu and Muhyiddine Jradi
Energies 2021, 14(13), 3972; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14133972 - 02 Jul 2021
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Building energy consumption is still one of the main contributions to global carbon emissions. With the overall digitalization in the building sector, building automation and control systems (BACS) are to play a more important and key role in improving the building sector performance. [...] Read more.
Building energy consumption is still one of the main contributions to global carbon emissions. With the overall digitalization in the building sector, building automation and control systems (BACS) are to play a more important and key role in improving the building sector performance. A well-designed BACS at the building design phase with a high level of control functionalities is not a guarantee for efficient building operation and successful control and management strategies in the operational phase. Thus, a systematic automated initial and retro-commissioning process is key to test the performance of the automation system and the response of the integrated HVAC systems. This is an arduous and time-consuming task susceptible to human errors. As an alternative, the current study proposes a methodological framework to automate step response testing of BACS and to optimize the different steps of this process in a cost-effective way. In addition to newly built buildings, the framework can be applied in existing or retrofitted medium to large-sized buildings that have a building management system capable of receiving actuator commands and responsible to provide updates of several state variables. Based on the proposed framework, a first-of-its kind tool “AUSTRET” for building automated step response testing of BACS is designed and developed. The tool provides the necessary input configuring parameters, building system selection, and output results for each performed test. The framework aims to act upon ventilation, room heating and cooling, and water heating and cooling modules in a building. The implementation and demonstration of the AUSTRET in a medium-sized building case study for two different building systems are presented and evaluated: (1) Ventilation/fan, (2) Room heating. The results show the different dynamic responses on these two systems and how misleading input parameter configuration can invalidate step response tests. The preliminary results highlight the capability of using AUSTRET as a key component in both building initial and retro-commissioning applications. Full article
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