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Smart building systems hold much promise on the path to creating high performance buildings, but maintaining that performance over years and through changes in building occupancy and utilization can be a major challenge. The use of optimization methods that can compensate for the effect of time-varying conditions in these smart building systems is one important way that the performance of a building can be maintained at a high level over the building's lifetime. This seminar reviews the use of these techniques in both the creation of control strategies, as well as in the online control of building energy systems.

Assessment of Alternative Approaches for Model Predictive Control in Multi-Zone Buildings
James Braun, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE
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Simulation and Optimization Based Derivation of Simple Controllers for Building Systems
Brian Coffey, Ph.D.
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Development of a Control Strategy with Multiple Continuous Outputs
Kyle Gluesenkamp, Ph.D., Student Member, Vikrant Aute, Ph.D., Member
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