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Buildings consume nearly 50% of the total energy in the United States, which drives the need to develop high-fidelity models for building energy systems. Extensive methods and techniques have been developed, studied, and applied to building energy simulation and forecasting, while most of work have focused on developing dedicated modeling

Buildings consume nearly 50% of the total energy in the United States, which drives the need to develop high-fidelity models for building energy systems. Extensive methods and techniques have been developed, studied, and applied to building energy simulation and forecasting, while most of work have focused on developing dedicated modeling approach for generic buildings. In this study, an integrated computationally efficient and high-fidelity building energy modeling framework is proposed, with the concentration on developing a generalized modeling approach for various types of buildings. First, a number of data-driven simulation models are reviewed and assessed on various types of computationally expensive simulation problems. Motivated by the conclusion that no model outperforms others if amortized over diverse problems, a meta-learning based recommendation system for data-driven simulation modeling is proposed. To test the feasibility of the proposed framework on the building energy system, an extended application of the recommendation system for short-term building energy forecasting is deployed on various buildings. Finally, Kalman filter-based data fusion technique is incorporated into the building recommendation system for on-line energy forecasting. Data fusion enables model calibration to update the state estimation in real-time, which filters out the noise and renders more accurate energy forecast. The framework is composed of two modules: off-line model recommendation module and on-line model calibration module. Specifically, the off-line model recommendation module includes 6 widely used data-driven simulation models, which are ranked by meta-learning recommendation system for off-line energy modeling on a given building scenario. Only a selective set of building physical and operational characteristic features is needed to complete the recommendation task. The on-line calibration module effectively addresses system uncertainties, where data fusion on off-line model is applied based on system identification and Kalman filtering methods. The developed data-driven modeling framework is validated on various genres of buildings, and the experimental results demonstrate desired performance on building energy forecasting in terms of accuracy and computational efficiency. The framework could be easily implemented into building energy model predictive control (MPC), demand response (DR) analysis and real-time operation decision support systems.
ContributorsCui, Can (Author) / Wu, Teresa (Thesis advisor) / Weir, Jeffery D. (Thesis advisor) / Li, Jing (Committee member) / Fowler, John (Committee member) / Hu, Mengqi (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2016
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In this paper, I examine three areas of the organizational learning (OL) field where consensus has yet to develop. Ultimately, I proceed to develop the foundation for a normative theory of OL predicated on measuring/depicting the knowledge stock, organizational learning, and meta-learning through algebraic functions coupled with consideration of experimentation

In this paper, I examine three areas of the organizational learning (OL) field where consensus has yet to develop. Ultimately, I proceed to develop the foundation for a normative theory of OL predicated on measuring/depicting the knowledge stock, organizational learning, and meta-learning through algebraic functions coupled with consideration of experimentation and meta-experimentation. This OL framework is then used to predict organizational performance and returns from learning while presenting additional areas of integration between the proposed framework and eventual application within organizations.

ContributorsSchliesmann, Daniel (Author) / Luciano, Margaret (Thesis director) / Brett, Joan (Committee member) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2021-05