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Building control systems

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

Intelligent Building Agents

Ongoing
Achieving national goals of net zero energy buildings requires substantial reduction in the energy consumption of commercial building systems. Although

Building Integration with Smart Grid

Ongoing
Developing a next generation "smart grid" requires new measurement science and industry standards that enable homes and buildings to interact with the grid. In

Publications

A Review of Machine Learning Control in Building Operations

Author(s)
Liang Zhang, Zhelun Chen, Xiangyu Zhang, Amanda Pertzborn
Machine learning control (MLC) is a highly flexible and adaptable method that enables the design, modeling, tuning, and maintenance of building controllers to

Software

The NIST Data Alignment Tool

The Data Alignment Tool (DAT) was built to assist with the analysis of data used in testing fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) tools and building

Tools and Instruments

Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed

The NIST Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed (VCBT) is a whole building emulator designed with enough flexibility to be capable of reproducibly simulating