Whole building energy performance assessment. From in-situ measurements to smart metering data.

Dates: 11 – 18 September 2024 in Almeria, Spain. Note that the Summer School will start on Wednesday 11 September at 10:00 and will end on Wednesday 18 September at 17:00.

Course Schedule: the course will be 6 days with 3 days – weekend – 3 days. The aim of the Summer School is to train the participants on the application of analysis techniques towards whole building analysis from in-situ measurements and metering data. The main goal is the assessment of the HTC (Heat Transfer Coefficient) using real data from experiments. This Summer School will support the recently introduced IEA-EBC Annex 94.

New is the introduction course on metering data and a dedicated exercise by applying statistical analysis methods to metering data. Three days will be devoted to linear regression and discrete time methods by applying the user-friendly software tool LORD. After the weekend, 3 days will be devoted to continuous time methods also, like CTSM-R and applied to high quality real data. The course concept will remain the same as in previous years, which means about half of the time is devoted to lectures and the other half to performing exercises using benchmark data. This schedule leaves a weekend between the first and second parts of the course that the participants can use to dig into the training material or just to have a rest. A social event will be organised during the weekend break.

Venue: CIESOL at the University of Almería, Spain. Almería can be reached in different ways. The most common travelling option is to fly to Madrid or Barcelona and then to change for Almería. It is also possible to fly to Malaga or Granada and then take a bus to Almeria. For further information feel free to contact mjose.jimenez@psa.es.

Lecturers are arriving from several European universities and are specialists in thermal experiments in buildings as well as the analysis of the collected data.

Wednesday 11 September. Start 10:00

General information on building physics and mathematical techniques that will cover an introduction to tools and Benchmark data.

Application of analysis techniques to the provided data (Average method, linear regression techniques, lumped and the Siviour analysis).

Introduction to the user-friendly software tool LORD.

PSA data introduction and documentation.

Exercises will cover linear regression and discrete time methods.

Thursday 12 September. Start 10:00

Data and tools; first assessment, examples plots and data reduction (space, time)

Sensors and instruments; the physical and practical measurements

A presentation on the performance gap, e.g. what could be the sources of difference between, measured and calculated (expected) performances.

Exercises will cover the application of LORD to PSA data

Friday 13 September. Start 10:00

From building physics to mathematical models. On HTC, HLC and EPC

How to use real smart metering data for an energy signature

Requirements for on-site thermal experiments in buildings.

Plenty of time for exercises and Q&A

Saturday 14 September. Social event and dinner.

Monday 16 September. Start 10:00

HTC Assessment from in-situ monitoring data

Uncertainty, noise and error sources will be discussed

Methodologies for building envelope and whole building performance assessment

Exercise using the presented data applied by your preferred method.

Tuesday 17 September. Start 10:00

Time series analysis (a crash course)

Introduction to CTSM-R, continuous time methods and the R-environment.

Exercises; the application of CTSM to PSA data and in-situ data.

Wednesday 18 September. Start 10:00; End 17:00

Importance of model simplification of building physics represented by measured signals.

Variability of the environments and the uncertainty of data.

Measured data and not-measured phenomena and how to build a mathematical model based on the available input.

Exercises; the application of CTSM to data and in-situ data.