Real-world implementation of a cloud-based MPC for HVAC control in educational buildings

S Taheri, AJ Amiri, A Razban - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
In their quest to enhance energy efficiency and carbon footprint management, many
enterprises are turning their attention towards optimizing their facilities through amplified …

Energy Management in Buildings: Lessons Learnt for Modeling and Advanced Control Design

S Rastegarpour, L Ferrarini - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This paper presents a comparative analysis of different modeling and control techniques that
can be used to tackle the energy efficiency and management problems in buildings. Multiple …

Advancing Sustainable Building Practices: Intelligent Methods for Enhancing Heating and Cooling Energy Efficiency

A Agouzoul, E Simeu, M Tabaa - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Our work is dedicated to enhancing sustainability through improved energy efficiency in
buildings, with a specific focus on heating and cooling control and the optimization of …

A Predictive Reinforcement Learning Approach for Temperature Control in Buildings

L Ferrarini - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the adoption of a special Reinforcement Learning approach, namely
the Actor-Critic (AC) one, to the temperature control of medium-size buildings. In particular …

Energy Optimization of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems

S Taheri - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The energy consumption in the building sector is responsible for over 36% of the total
energy consumption across the globe. Of all the energy-consumer devices within a building …