In this paper we derive a general model and reliable identification procedures that can be applied autonomously for online forecasting of wall, zone, and whole building transient thermal responses. Several important aspects of building HVAC operation—fault detection, curtailment, verification, model-based control, and commissioning—are enabled or facilitated by use of accurate building-specific models. The methods of thermal response model identification developed in this work require little or no user intervention. Test cases for the model and identification procedures include a laboratory test room and a 60-unit apartment building in Ryazan, Russia.

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