Probabilistic load forecasting optimization for building energy models via day characterization

Accurate load forecasting in buildings plays an important role for grid operators, demand response aggregators, building energy managers, owners, customers, etc. Probabilistic load forecasting (PLF) becomes essential to understand and manage the building¿s energy-saving potential. This research expl...

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Autores: Lucas-Segarra, E. (Eva)|||/items/7a195c32-e9ee-442c-8e11-e36092d30941, Ramos-Ruiz, G. (Germán)|||/items/59e7c82d-0d16-4e0a-9395-6275c3cd1dda, Fernández-Bandera, C. (Carlos)|||/items/50cb7ce6-2624-471a-ac5d-2da4e4bc57bb
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/63843
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/63843
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Probabilistic load forecasting
Day characterization
White-box models
Building energy models
Weather forecast
Uncertainty analysis
Monitoring
reliability
Kernel density functions
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Sumario:Accurate load forecasting in buildings plays an important role for grid operators, demand response aggregators, building energy managers, owners, customers, etc. Probabilistic load forecasting (PLF) becomes essential to understand and manage the building¿s energy-saving potential. This research explains a methodology to optimize the results of a PLF using a daily characterization of the load forecast. The load forecast provided by a calibrated white-box model and a real weather forecast was classified and hierarchically selected to perform a kernel density estimation (KDE) using only similar days from the database characterized quantitatively and qualitatively. A real case study is presented to show the methodology using an office building located in Pamplona, Spain. The building monitoring, both inside¿thermal sensors¿and outside¿weather station¿is key when implementing this PLF optimization technique. The results showed that thanks to this daily characterization, it is possible to optimize the accuracy of the probabilistic load forecasting, reaching values close to 100% in some cases. In addition, the methodology explained is scalable and can be used in the initial stages of its implementation, improving the values obtained daily as the database increases with the information of each new day.