The Combination and Application of Model Predictive Control and Occupant Behavior

MPC is a new approach to controlling building systems to optimize equipment operation. Meanwhile, occupant behavior is a key contributor to the uncertainty of energy consumption. The combination of MPC and OB would foster great building energy saving potential. The integrated network to measure occupancy and behavior related with environmental parameters is introduced. With the measured data, the occupant behavior predicting models will be built and integrated with the building system model to improve the control logic. A demonstration of the predictive model application is presented to see the effect of occupant behavior based model predictive control.