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{{Short description|Building automation}}
The '''Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed (VCBT)''' is a whole building [[Emulator|emulator]] located at the [[Organization:National Institute of Standards and Technology|National Institute of Standards and Technology]] in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It is designed with enough flexibility to be capable of reproducibly simulating normal operation and a variety of faulty and hazardous conditions that might occur in a cybernetic building. It serves as a [[Testbed|testbed]] for investigating the interactions between integrated building systems and a wide range of issues important to the development of cybernetic building technology.

The VCBT consists of a variety of simulation models that together emulate the
characteristics and performance of a cybernetic building system. The simulation models are
interfaced to real state-of-the-art [[BACnet]] speaking [[Control system|control system]]s to provide a hybrid
software/hardware testbed that can be used to develop and evaluate control strategies and control
products that use the [[BACnet]] [[Communication protocol|communication protocol]].  The simulation models used are based on
versions of HVACSIM+ and CFAST.

<ref>{{cite web | title=BFRL Program - Cybernetic Building Systems | url=http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/goals_programs/prgmCBS.htm | publisher= | date=2009-03-21 | accessdate=2009-04-29}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | title=HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+) | url=http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/software.cfm/ID=105/pagename=alpha_list | publisher= | date=2009-05-13 | accessdate=2009-05-13}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | title=Concentrated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport (CFAST) | date=25 May 2010 | url=http://cfast.nist.gov/ }}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Cybernetics]]
[[Category:Building automation]]
[[Category:Control engineering]]

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