Smart buildings features and key performance indicators: A review

J Al Dakheel, C Del Pero, N Aste, F Leonforte - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Smart Buildings was introduced by the Energy Performance
Building Directive, with the aim to promote energy flexibility, renewable energy production …

A review of reinforcement learning methodologies for controlling occupant comfort in buildings

M Han, R May, X Zhang, X Wang, S Pan, D Yan… - Sustainable cities and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Classical building control systems are becoming vulnerable with increasing complexities in
contemporary built environments and energy systems. Due to this, the reinforcement …

An advanced IoT-based system for intelligent energy management in buildings

V Marinakis, H Doukas - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The energy sector is closely interconnected with the building sector and integrated
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions for effective energy …

A survey of cyber-physical systems from a game-theoretic perspective

W Tushar, C Yuen, TK Saha, S Nizami, MR Alam… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the emergence of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, and communication
technologies, cyber-physical systems (CPS) have revolutionized the engineering paradigm …

Research on indoor thermal comfort and energy consumption of zero energy wooden structure buildings in severe cold zone

S Ni, N Zhu, Y Hou, Z Zhang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Indoor thermal comfort level not only affects the indoor thermal environment but also affects
building energy consumption. Generally speaking, the higher the thermal comfort of the …

Rule-based system to detect energy efficiency anomalies in smart buildings, a data mining approach

M Peña, F Biscarri, JI Guerrero, I Monedero… - Expert Systems with …, 2016 - Elsevier
The rapidly growing world energy use already has concerns over the exhaustion of energy
resources and heavy environmental impacts. As a result of these concerns, a trend of green …

ICT evolution in facilities management (FM): building information modelling (BIM) as the latest technology

ND Aziz, AH Nawawi, NRM Ariff - Procedia-social and behavioral sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Undoubtedly, Information Communication Technology (ICT) can provide powerful
strategic and tactical tools for organisations, which, if properly applied and used, could bring …

Energy performance of European residential buildings: Energy use, technical and environmental characteristics of the Greek residential sector–energy conservation …

AG Gaglia, EN Dialynas, AA Argiriou, E Kostopoulou… - Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents the energy, the technical and the environmental characteristics of
residential buildings in Greece, as well as their potential for energy conservation, based on …

The impact of non-face to face education due to COVID-19 pandemic on energy consumption and academic achievement

M Kong, S Jung, J An, C Ji, T Hong - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in the energy sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic provided insight into
the future energy transition accompanied by technological advancements and social …

Dynamic programming and genetic algorithms to control an HVAC system: Maximizing thermal comfort and minimizing cost with PV production and storage

H Pombeiro, MJ Machado, C Silva - Sustainable cities and society, 2017 - Elsevier
Finding the optimal balance between electricity demand and production constrained to
economic and comfort variables requires intelligent decision and control. This article …