AixCaliBuHA: Automated calibration of building and HVACsystems

Abstract

AixCaliBuHA enables an automated calibration of dynamic building and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) simulation models. Currently, the package supports the calibration of Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) based on the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) standard (Modelica Association Project, 2021) as well as Modelica models through the python_interface of the Software Dymola (Dassault Systems, 2021). As the former enables a software-independent simulation, our framework is applicable to any time-variant simulation software that supports the FMI standard. Using these interfaces, we enable the automated calibration of state-of-the-art building performance simulation libraries such as the Buildings Figure At the core of AixCaliBuHA lays the definition of data types, that link the python data types to the underlying optimization problem and are used for all subsequent steps.