ABC-Sweden: Advanced building control in Sweden: Resolving challenges and unlocking opportunities

This project explores the digitalization of buildings, addressing key challenges in advanced building control − many of which are still under development or have yet to be fully tackled.

The primary goal is to deepen our understanding of how digitalization and automated control systems are critical components in modern renovation strategies. The project also aims to encourage informed investments in digital technologies that support sustainable and future-ready buildings.

The specific goals of the projects are to

• define essential principles for selecting control packages for building automation in Sweden, focusing on the use of optimal control methods,
• identify intelligent combinations of Model Predictive Control (MPC) and data-driven models to enable more efficient and adaptive building control systems, and to
• leverage existing building simulation tools—such as IDA-ICE—to develop preliminary MPC and data-driven optimization models. These models will be offered as new services integrated with detailed building design.

The project is collaborating with the folowing partners:

Industry partners – Afry and Bengt Dahlgren, Göteborg.

Case study partners – Afry, Akademiska Hus and Bengt Dahlgren, Göteborg, Västfastigheter, Skara municipality, Alebyggen and Ale municipality.

The project is also participating in the international IEA collaboration Energy in Buildings Community Programme (IEA EPBC) within Annex 96 – Grid Integrated Control of Buildings – focusing on energy efficiency and advanced building control.