Method and control system for controlling building service systems

Abstract

A method of controlling building service systems includes predicting, based on a shading and lighting prediction model, a visual comfort condition and a lighting condition with respect to a region of a building; optimizing, based on a first multi-component cost function including a plurality of components relating to a plurality of lighting or thermal performance parameters, one or more first control parameters for controlling the lighting system and the shading system based on the predicted visual comfort condition and the predicted lighting condition; predicting, based on a building dynamics model, a plurality of building response parameters based on the predicted visual comfort condition and the predicted lighting condition; and optimizing, based on a second multi-component cost function including a plurality of components relating to the plurality of building performance parameters, one or more second control parameters for controlling an air-conditioning/heating system based on the predicted plurality of building response parameters.