Workshop – IBPSA Project 2 BOPTEST Meeting and Workshop

The focus of the workshop is to provide a hands-on introduction to the BOPTEST framework and software, which aims to enable benchmarking and facilitate development of advanced control strategies for buildings.

The BOPTEST framework is used to evaluate the performance of building HVAC control algorithms by enabling co-simulation between detailed building models and external controllers written by users in separate software. The framework provides a standard simulation environment and is organized into specific building test cases. The key objectives are to provide participants with:

• an opportunity to provide feedback for project development
• an overview of the BOPTEST project goals and approach
• a guided, hands-on experience with the software
• an opportunity to use the software for their own research and development