Model predictive control applied toward the building indoor climate

In Search of Optimal Building Behavior Models for Model Predictive Control in the Context of Flexibility

“…In addition, they have shown that despite the abundance of studies proving the superiority of MPC in activating the flexibility potential of a building, how the prediction power of such a model would affect this flexibility remains unclear (Kathirgamanathan et al, 2021). In other words, within the context of building optimization, many studies have stated that a "good enough" model would lead to a controller with an acceptable performance (Cole et al, 2014;Edwards et al, 2017;Petersen et al, 2019;Song et al, 2020;Váňa et al, 2014;Zacekova et al, 2014). The question that arises here is: What is a good enough model in the MPC for exploiting flexibility?…”