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This chapter presents several control strategies developed aimed at obtaining an optimal comfort situation for the users of a building, minimising, at the same time, the energy consumption necessary to achieve this comfort situation. Therefore, this chapter focuses on the development and implementation of some control strategies which satisfy this objective. More specifically, hierarchical, linear model-based predictive control, nonlinear model predictive control and multivariable model predictive control strategies are presented. Furthermore, real results obtained from the application of the developed control strategies inside a characteristic room of the CDdI-CIESOL-ARFRISOL building are included and discussed.
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Notice that a combined cost function grouping \({J_k}_1\) and \({J_k}_2\) could also be considered.
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Castilla, M.d.M., Álvarez, J.D., Rodríguez Diaz, F., Berenguel, M. (2014). Comfort Control Techniques for the Users of a Room. In: Comfort Control in Buildings. Advances in Industrial Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6347-3_5
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