Development and validation of a simplified online cooling load prediction strategy for a super high-rise building in Hong Kong

Y Sun, S Wang, F Xiao - Energy Conversion and Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Cooling load prediction is important and essential for many building energy efficient
controls, such as morning start control of chiller plant. However, most of the existing methods …

A study of the importance of occupancy to building cooling load in prediction by intelligent approach

SSK Kwok, EWM Lee - Energy Conversion and Management, 2011 - Elsevier
Building cooling load prediction is one of the key factors in the success of energy-saving
measures. Many computational models available in the industry today have been developed …

A simplified method to predict hourly building cooling load for urban energy planning

L Duanmu, Z Wang, ZJ Zhai, X Li - Energy and Buildings, 2013 - Elsevier
It is not feasible to apply the traditional prediction method to predict hourly building cooling
load at the urban energy planning stage because of the limited building information and …

Analysis of hourly cooling load prediction accuracy with data-mining approaches on different training time scales

C Fan, Y Ding, Y Liao - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
Data-mining approaches for improving building cooling load predictions are presented and
analyzed on different training time scales (T-1 to T-6) in this paper. Multiple linear regression …

An improved cooling load prediction method for buildings with the estimation of prediction intervals

C Zhang, Y Zhao, X Zhang, C Fan, T Li - Procedia Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Prediction errors are inevitable for all building cooling load prediction methods. Prediction
errors are harmful for the building energy management strategies which are based on the …

A hybrid method of dynamic cooling and heating load forecasting for office buildings based on artificial intelligence and regression analysis

J Zhao, X Liu - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Dynamic cooling and heating load forecasting of heating, ventilation and air conditioning
(HVAC) systems is a basis for optimizing the operation of HVAC systems and can contribute …

The use of occupancy space electrical power demand in building cooling load prediction

MC Leung, CF Norman, LL Lai, TT Chow - Energy and Buildings, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents an investigation into the use of occupancy space electrical power
demand to mimic occupants' activities in building cooling load prediction by intelligent …

A research on a following day load simulation method based on weather forecast parameters

N Li, K Wang, J Cheng - Energy Conversion and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Accurate simulation and forecast of cooling load is vital in the design of efficient cooling in a
cold storage system. In order to be more accurate in predictions and reduce simulation …

Research on short-term and ultra-short-term cooling load prediction models for office buildings

Y Ding, Q Zhang, T Yuan - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
Building cooling load predictions can be used to better understand energy demands and to
improve the energy efficiency of HVAC systems. In this study, GA-SVR and GA-WD-SVR …

Buildings' heating and cooling load prediction for hot arid climates: a novel intelligent data-driven approach

K Irshad, MH Zahir, MS Shaik, A Ali - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
An important aspect in improving the energy efficiency of buildings is the effective use of
building heating and cooling load prediction models. A lot of studies have been undertaken …