Abstract:
A method for establishing an energy clearing price for electrical energy within a microgrid is provided. The method comprising receiving, at a microgrid market management ("MMM") system, a price for electrical energy delivered to the microgrid from a transmission/distribution system or the transmission/distribution system from the microgrid; monitoring electric power flow between a first and a second prosumer systems and the microgrid using respective first and second prosumer meters located at respective locations of said first and second prosumer systems within the microgrid; monitoring electric power flow between the microgrid and the transmission/distribution system using a meter located at a point of common coupling ("PCC") between the microgrid and the transmission/distribution system; and determining, at the MMM, the energy clearing price from the price for electrical energy delivered to the microgrid from the transmission/distribution system or the transmission/distribution system from the microgrid; the respective locations of the first and second prosumer systems within the microgrid; and, the electric power flow between the first and second prosumer systems and the microgrid.
Abstract:
A method for generating an AI-based building energy model for a client building, comprising: generating an energy profile database by: defining a set of building parameters; generating energy profiles by simulating a set of physical building models; and, populating the energy profile database with the energy profiles; determining an energy profile for the client building by: splitting the energy profile database into groups and clustering each group into a set of clusters; selecting a cluster; and, selecting the energy profile in the cluster that is a closest match to that of the client building; selecting a physical building model from a building model database that corresponds to the energy-profile; calibrating the physical building model to generate an adjusted building model; and, generating a set of training datasets from the adjusted building model and inputting the set of training datasets into an AI module to generate the AI-based model.
Abstract:
A method for controlling temperature in a thermal zone within a building, comprising: using a processor, receiving a desired temperature range for the thermal zone; determining a forecast ambient temperature value for an external surface of the building proximate the thermal zone; using a predictive model for the building, determining set points for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning ("HVAC") system associated with the thermal zone that minimize energy use by the building; the desired temperature range and the forecast ambient temperature value being inputs to the predictive model; the predictive model being trained using respective historical measured value data for at least one of the inputs; and, controlling the HVAC system with the set points to maintain an actual temperature value of the thermal zone within the desired temperature range for the thermal zone.