Evaluating the adaptability of reinforcement learning based HVAC control for residential houses

K Kurte, J Munk, O Kotevska, K Amasyali, R Smith… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Intelligent Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) control using deep
reinforcement learning (DRL) has recently gained a lot of attention due to its ability to …

Accelerate online reinforcement learning for building HVAC control with heterogeneous expert guidances

S Xu, Y Fu, Y Wang, Z Yang, Z O'Neill, Z Wang… - Proceedings of the 9th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems account for nearly half of
building energy consumption and 20% of total energy consumption in the US. Their …

End-to-end deep reinforcement learning control for HVAC systems in office buildings

X Zhong, Z Zhang, R Zhang, C Zhang - Designs, 2022 - mdpi.com
The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is a major energy consumer in
office buildings, and its operation is critical for indoor thermal comfort. While previous studies …

Multi-zone hvac control with model-based deep reinforcement learning

X Ding, A Cerpa, W Du - IEEE Transactions on Automation …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The application of reinforcement learning in controlling Heating, Ventilation, and Air
Conditioning (HVAC) systems has been extensively researched. Existing studies primarily …

One for many: Transfer learning for building hvac control

S Xu, Y Wang, Y Wang, Z O'Neill, Q Zhu - Proceedings of the 7th ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The design of building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is critically
important, as it accounts for around half of building energy consumption and directly affects …

Towards optimal control of air handling units using deep reinforcement learning and recurrent neural network

Z Zou, X Yu, S Ergan - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Optimal control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVACs) aims to
minimize the energy consumption of equipment while maintaining the thermal comfort of …

MF^ 2: Model-free reinforcement learning for modeling-free building HVAC control with data-driven environment construction in a residential building

M Wang, B Lin - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforcement Learning (RL) has advanced energy-efficient control of building Heating,
Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems. Constructing a suitable RL environment …

Successful application of predictive information in deep reinforcement learning control: A case study based on an office building HVAC system

Y Gao, S Shi, S Miyata, Y Akashi - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Reinforcement Learning (RL), a promising algorithm for the operational control of Heating,
Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, has garnered considerable attention and …

Practical implementation and evaluation of deep reinforcement learning control for a radiant heating system

Z Zhang, KP Lam - Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Systems for …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has become a popular optimal control method in recent
years. This is mainly because DRL has the potential to solve the optimal control problems …

Safe HVAC control via batch reinforcement learning

HY Liu, B Balaji, S Gao, R Gupta… - 2022 ACM/IEEE 13th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Buildings account for 30% of energy use worldwide, and approxi-mately half of it is ascribed
to HVAC systems. Reinforcement Learning (RL) has improved upon traditional control …