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on-line decisions about how to manage the
energy flow inside buildings and react with
different grids based on simulation models,
optimization algorithms, and real-energy
generations and forecast data of energy price
and primary energy/emissions factors.
- Building, testing, and operating an emulator
facility (Figure 1), which comprises real
energy generation components, a simulated
building in the computer, and emulated
house energy systems performance and
interactions.
- Analysing the emulator results by finding the
characteristics of energy demands and on-
site renewable energy in the emulator
facility, analysing the monitored and simula-
Figure 1: The concept of the emulator facility
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ted data from the emulator, validating the
general applicability of the analytical ap-
proach, and developing a methodology for
repetition for other cases.
The project has been able to present the results
of its starting studies through journal publica-
tions (Cao and Sirén (2014); Alahäivälä et al.,
(2015); Cao and Alanne (2015); Cao and Sirén
(2015a); Cao and Sirén (2015b)).
The project’s duration is 1.9.2014– 31.8.2018.
Project’s Partners: VTT and Aalto University.
The project is co-funded by the Academy of
Finland.