Combining Physics-based and Data-driven Modeling for Building Energy Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.01055v1
• Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:56:39 GMT
• Title: Combining Physics-based and Data-driven Modeling for Building Energy Systems
• Authors: Leandro Von Krannichfeldt, Kristina Orehounig, Olga Fink,
• Abstract summary: Building energy modeling plays a vital role in optimizing the operation of building energy systems. Researchers are combining physics-based and data-driven models into hybrid approaches. We evaluate four predominant hybrid approaches in building energy modeling through a real-world case study.
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• Abstract: Building energy modeling plays a vital role in optimizing the operation of building energy systems by providing accurate predictions of the building's real-world conditions. In this context, various techniques have been explored, ranging from traditional physics-based models to data-driven models. Recently, researchers are combining physics-based and data-driven models into hybrid approaches. This includes using the physics-based model output as additional data-driven input, learning the residual between physics-based model and real data, learning a surrogate of the physics-based model, or fine-tuning a surrogate model with real data. However, a comprehensive comparison of the inherent advantages of these hybrid approaches is still missing. The primary objective of this work is to evaluate four predominant hybrid approaches in building energy modeling through a real-world case study, with focus on indoor temperature dynamics. To achieve this, we devise three scenarios reflecting common levels of building documentation and sensor availability, assess their performance, and analyse their explainability using hierarchical Shapley values. The real-world study reveals three notable findings. First, greater building documentation and sensor availability lead to higher prediction accuracy for hybrid approaches. Second, the performance of hybrid approaches depend on the type of building room, but the residual approach using a Feedforward Neural Network as data-driven sub-model performs best on average across all rooms. This hybrid approach also demonstrates a superior ability to leverage the physics-based simulation from the physics-based sub-model. Third, hierarchical Shapley values prove to be an effective tool for explaining and improving hybrid models while accounting for input correlations.

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