The Care Home Forum Building pilot in Eersel (Netherland) improves energy efficiency of public buildings by up to 30% by offering a system that monitors energy consuming devices and informs negotiable energy optimization plans, orchestrated by the building energy manager, taking into account a wide range of objectives, including occupants’ comfort. This is achieved through progressive cycles of integration of computer models, including the BIM (Building Information Model) and energy simulation models, used to predict and manage energy efficient behaviour. This aims to overcome the high variety, and resulting extant incompatibility, of the different models currently used in the construction and building management industry, while responding to on-going dynamic changes in usage and configuration of individual buildings.
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