Effectiveness of automatic and manual calibration of an office building energy model
Energy reduction can benefit from the improvement of energy efficiency in buildings. For this purpose, simulation models can be used both as diagnostic and prognostic tools, reproducing the behaviour of the real building as accurately as possible. High modelling accuracy can be achieved only through calibration. Two approaches can be adopted-manual or automatic. Manual calibration consists of an iterative trial and error procedure that requires high skill and expertise of the modeler.