Systems and methods for creating and using combined predictive models to control HVAC equipment

A heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system for a building, the HVAC system comprising:

• HVAC equipment operable to affect an environmental condition in the building, a performance of the HVAC equipment characterized by a performance variable;
• a controller configured to determine an operating point for the HVAC equipment and to operate the HVAC equipment at the operating point;
• and
• a predictive modeling system comprising:
• a first HVAC component model configured to generate a first component model prediction comprising a first predicted value of the performance variable for a particular future time;
• a second HVAC component model configured to generate a second component model prediction comprising a second predicted value of the performance variable for the particular future time;
• and
• one or more prediction combiners configured to combine the first and second component model predictions to form a combined model prediction, wherein the combined model prediction comprises another predicted value of the performance variable at the particular future time;
• wherein the controller is configured to use the combined model prediction to optimize the operating point and to operate the HVAC equipment at the optimized operating point;
• and
• one or more sensors configured to measure one or more measured variables associated with the HVAC equipment;
• wherein the first and second HVAC component models are configured to generate the component model predictions as functions of the measured variables.