Conference Paper
Proceedings of BSA Conference 2024: Sixth Conference of IBPSA-Italy
Energy Modelling and Calibration of a Controlled Environment Agriculture Space in a Cold Climate Using Building Performance Simulation Tools
Energy Modelling and Calibration of a Controlled Environment Agriculture Space in a Cold Climate Using Building Performance Simulation Tools
Gilbert Larochelle Martin, Danielle MonfetDOI: https://doi.org/10.13124/9788860462022_08Abstract: This paper presents the energy modelling and calibration of a small-scale experimental greenhouse using building performance simulation tools in a cold climate. The greenhouse is modelled in EnergyPlus using the OpenStudio interface. Evidence-based calibration is then performed using the available construction information. Subsequently, an automated off-line calibration of influent energy model parameters yielded a NMBE of 1.90 % and a CV-RMSE of 5.75 % over monthly energy data. The modelling and calibration conducted in this paper also helped identify knowledge gaps in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) energy modelling using building performance simulation (BPS) tools. Pages: 57 - 64 Paper: