Integration of Thermal Dynamics and Lighting in Buildings with Object Oriented Multi-domain Approach

An intelligent dynamic building´s envelope is a promising concept for future low-energy building design. For assuring pleasant living conditions multiple quantities have to be controlled and due to complexity and diversity of systems (living and working rooms), the corresponding control can become very complicated. A good reusable model can play a crucial role in a successful control design procedure. This paper presents the model which can be efficiently used for the design of low-energy buildings. Fully reusable components enable the modelling of different rooms´ configuration. This was achieved by building´s thermal-dynamics model in object-oriented environment Dymola-Modelica. The computation of illumination was implemented in the Radiance lighting simulation tool which was also integrated in Dymola-Modelica environment.