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Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings: Overview of an Innovative Forecast Control Approach for Hydronic Heating Systems
Tomasz Cholewa
; Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Wiktoria Łokczewska
; Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Sažetak
Globally, there is a strong focus on using modern technologies to reduce carbon footprint and increase the energy efficiency of buildings. Achieving carbon-neutrality in EU by 2050 requires prioritizing energy efficiency improvements in current buildings through widely applicable and field-verified methods. This article describes a forecast control system that uses simple correlations with data from online weather predictions, including changes in wind speed, outdoor temperature, and solar insolation to optimize heating conditions. The presented method incorporates the building’s actual energy model of the installed heating system, user behavior (preference profiles), and weather conditions forecasts. The implementation of presented in this article forecast control of heating system can result in energy savings of an average of 13.4% energy in residential buildings and 10.7% in public buildings compared to traditional systems, with a payback period of about 0.6 heating seasons. Installing this system in existing buildings takes less than 2 hours and poses no challenges for users or facility managers. Forecast control of heating systems can be particularly valuable for existing buildings due to their low cost and ease of implementation because it can be easily integrated with existing weatherbased control systems.
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Hrčak ID:
329911
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Datum izdavanja:
31.3.2025.
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