Real time validation of an optimization Building Energy Management strategy based on Power-Hardware-in-the-loop tool

Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) have been developed in order to improve dwelling energy efficiency, which is seen as a compromise between energy cost and overall comfort. A BEMS optimize the control of energy supply and demand according to forecasting data. This paper proposes new BEMS strategies to support Demand Side Management and validate them using a real time platform: A Power-Hardware-In the-Loop (PHIL) test bench. Physical devices are introduced into the simulated system to check whether they can support the control strategies.