BOPTEST is designed to facilitate the performance evaluation and benchmarking of building control strategies. It contains these key components:
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Run-Time Environment (RTE): An environment accessible with a RESTful HTTP API that is used to start a building emulator, set up tests, control the virtual systems, access data, and report KPIs.
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Test Case Repository: A collection of ready-to-use building emulators representing a range of building types and HVAC systems.
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Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Reporting: A set of KPIs calculated by the RTE using data from the building emulator being controlled.
Head over to the Software page to start testing your control strategy or look at the Results Dashboard to view and compare tested control strategies.
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Collaboration and Support
The development of BOPTEST has resulted from an international collaboration of academic, research, and industry partners through IBPSA Project 1 Work Package 1.2 and continuing under IBPSA Project 2. Thank you to all of the contributing partners!
Financial support provided in-part by:
- U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)
- KU Leuven
- Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods (ZEN) in Smart Cities
- Engie
- EU-H2020
- VLAIO
BOPTEST uses the open modeling language Modelica and standard FMI.
Contact
David Blum, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, dhblum@lbl.gov
Lieve Helsen, KU Leuven, lieve.helsen@kuleuven.be