Building equipment with predictive control

A controller for a central energy facility (CEF) comprising a plurality of powered CEF components comprising a heating ventilating or air conditioning (HVAC) unit having an integrated alternative energy source, the controller configured to:

• optimize a device-specific predictive objective function of the HVAC unit to determine a first amount of electric energy for the HVAC unit to receive from an energy grid and a second amount of the electric energy for the HVAC unit to receive from the integrated alternative energy source for use in powering the HVAC unit at each time step of an optimization period in response to a monetary cost or a sustainability factor associated with the electric energy received from the energy grid, wherein the device-specific predictive objective function includes the first amount of electric energy for the HVAC unit and excludes electric energy consumed by other components of the plurality of powered CEF components;
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• operate the HVAC unit to consume the first amount of electric energy and the second amount of electric energy to provide heating or cooling.