Michaël Kummert
Ir. (ULB, Bruxelles); M.Sc. and Ph.D. (FUL-ULg, Liège)
Full Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
- Modeling, control and optimization of building energy systems ;
- Urban building energy modeling ;
- District energy sharing for sustainable communities, waste heat recovery ;
- Model Predictive Control (MPC) for building and community energy systems ;
- Renewable energy systems (solar thermal, photovoltaic, ground-source heat pumps) ;
- Hybrid energy systems in the built environment.
Affiliation(s)
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 1001 Construction engineering and management
- 2100 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
- 2107 Modelling, simulation and finite element methods
- 2303 Other sources of energy (solar, wind, etc.)
- 2509 Control systems
Publications
Recent publications
Conference paper
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article
Tonellato, G., Beaudry, G., Kummert, M., Pasquier, P. & Candanedo, J.A. (2022). A control stratedy evaluation framework for ground source heat pumps using standing column wells. Paper presented at the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association annual Conference, Las vegas, NV, USA (pp. 246-255). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.22488/okstate.22.000038
Neale, A., Kummert, M. & Bernier, M. (2022). Development of a bottom-up white-box building stock energy model for single-family dwellings. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 15(6), 735-756. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/19401493.2022.2082531
Neale, A., Kummert, M. & Bernier, M. (2022). Discriminant analysis classification of residential electricity smart meter data. Energy and Buildings, 258, 18 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111823
Strugala, G., Kummert, M. & Kegel, M. (2022). Empirical modelling of variable capacity air-to-air heat pumps in trnsys. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 15(5), 616-633. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/19401493.2022.2052964
See all publications (112)
Teaching
- MEC8254 Building Mechanical Systems
- MEC8370 Design project in building mechanical/energy systems
- MEC6214 Solar energy and applications
- ENE6510 Building Energy Modeling
Supervision at Polytechnique
COMPLETED
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Ph.D. Thesis (7)
- Barzegar Bafrouei, B. (2021). Assessing the Energy Flexibility Potential of Residential Photovoltaic Panel with Battery Systems in Cold Climate (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/9998/
- Neale, A. (2021). Development of a Bottom-up White-box Residential Building Stock Energy Model (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/9973/
- Letellier-Duchesne, S. (2019). Planning and Integrated Design of Urban Heat-Sharing Networks (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/4136/
- Zhang, K. (2018). Model Predictive Control of Building Systems for Energy Flexibility (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3550/
- Delisle, V. (2016). Experimental Performance Characterization and Modeling of Photovoltaic-Thermal Systems for Integration in High Performance Residential Buildings (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2231/
- D'Avignon, K. (2015). Modeling and Experimental Validation of the Performance of Phase Change Material Storage Tanks in Buildings (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1973/
- Delcroix, B. (2015). Modeling of Thermal Mass Energy Storage in Buildings with Phase Change Materials (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1820/
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Master's Thesis (13)
- Alameddine, T. (2022). Building on Existing District Energy Infrastructure to Decarbonize a Growing Urban Neighborhood (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10455/
- Bernier, N. (2022). Optimisation d'une stratégie de gestion de la demande de puissance en utilisant différentes sources de stockage thermique dans un agrégat de bâtiments (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10472/
- Pike, A. (2021). Evaluating Synergies Between Heating and Electricity Networks to Guide Decarbonization Strategies for Remote, Northern Communities (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/9165/
- Leroy, L. (2020). Modelling Neighborhood-Scale Energy Scenarios (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/5206/
- Strugala, G. (2020). Experimental Testing and Modelling of Variable Capacity Air-to-Air Heat Pumps (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/5285/
- Beurcq, C. (2019). Control Strategies for Standing Column Wells in a Cold Climate (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3916/
- Saidi, H. (2019). Modélisation de pompes à chaleur à multiple compresseurs (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3880/
- St-Onge, G. (2018). Variable Capacity Mini-Split Air Source Heat Pump Model for TRNSYS (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3692/
- Maltais Larouche, S. (2016). Détection de faute automatique dans les systèmes solaires thermiques basée sur la vérification de règles et la simulation (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2092/
- Quintana, H. (2013). A practical approach to model predictive control (MPC) for solar communities (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1146
- Allard, Y. (2012). Mesure et vérification du rendement et simulations calibrées d'un bâtiment résidentiel net zéro énergie Étude de cas: Abondance Montréal (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/851
- Jost, R. (2012). Developing a run-time coupling between ESP-r and TRNSYS (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/978
- Courchesne Tardif, A. (2011). Conception et optimisation de systèmes énergétiques hybrides pour communautés durables (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/720
News about Michaël Kummert
Press review about Michaël Kummert
February 11, 2023,
Le Soleil,
Moins cher de monter le chauffage quand il fait très froid dehors, vraiment?
Michel Bernier et Michaël Kummert, respectivement professeur associé et professeur titulaire au Département de génie mécanique, ont fourni des éléments de réponse à une affirmation portant sur le coût de la hausse du chauffage s'il fait très froid dehors.
December 8, 2022,
ICI Radio-Canada | Place publique,
La sobriété énergétique est-elle atteignable?
Michaël Kummert, professeur titulaire au Département de génie mécanique, a parlé de la capacité d'atteindre la sobriété énergétique au Québec.
Other mentions:
Montreal Gazette, Le Devoir
August 26, 2021,
Radio-Canada,
Est-il possible de concilier air climatisé et réchauffement climatique? - Moteur de recherche
Mention de Michaël Kummert, professeur titulaire au Département de génie mécanique de Polytechnique Montréal (6:46).
August 18, 2021,
Radio-Canada,
Quelle est la méthode la plus rapide pour refroidir des bières au frigo? - Moteur de recherche
Dans cet extrait, Michaël Kummert, professeur titulaire au Département de génie mécanique de Polytechnique Montréal, discute à propos de la méthode la plus rapide pour refroidir des bières au réfrigérateur (1:08).
