[HTML][HTML] Data-driven predictive control for unlocking building energy flexibility: A review

A Kathirgamanathan, M De Rosa, E Mangina… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Managing supply and demand in the electricity grid is becoming more challenging due to
the increasing penetration of variable renewable energy sources. As significant end-use …

Model predictive control (MPC) for enhancing building and HVAC system energy efficiency: Problem formulation, applications and opportunities

G Serale, M Fiorentini, A Capozzoli, D Bernardini… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the last few years, the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) for energy
management in buildings has received significant attention from the research community …

Review of building energy modeling for control and operation

X Li, J Wen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Buildings consume about 41.1% of primary energy and 74% of the electricity in the
US Better or even optimal building energy control and operation strategies provide great …

Ten questions concerning model predictive control for energy efficient buildings

M Killian, M Kozek - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Buildings are dynamical systems with several control challenges: large storage capacities,
switching aggregates, technical and thermal constraints, and internal and external …

Data requirements and performance evaluation of model predictive control in buildings: A modeling perspective

S Zhan, A Chong - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Model predictive control (MPC) has shown great potential in improving building
performance and saving energy. However, after over 20 years of research, it is yet to be …

Building modeling as a crucial part for building predictive control

S Privara, J Cigler, Z Váňa, F Oldewurtel… - Energy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent results show that a predictive building automation can be used to operate buildings
in an energy and cost effective manner with only a small retrofitting requirements. In this …

Hybrid model predictive control of a residential HVAC system with on-site thermal energy generation and storage

M Fiorentini, J Wall, Z Ma, JH Braslavsky, P Cooper - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper describes the development, implementation and experimental investigation of a
Hybrid Model Predictive Control (HMPC) strategy to control solar-assisted heating …

Demonstration of an MPC framework for all-air systems in non-residential buildings

B Merema, D Saelens, H Breesch - Building and environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In educational buildings, the HVAC system is a major contributor to the total energy use. It is
well-known that energy reductions could be achieved by more advanced control strategies …

Control-oriented thermal modeling of multizone buildings: Methods and issues: Intelligent control of a building system

E Atam, L Helsen - IEEE Control systems magazine, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The residential and commercial building sector is known to use around 40% of the total end-
use energy and, hence, is considered to be the largest energy consumer sector in the world …

Data-driven modeling of building thermal dynamics: Methodology and state of the art

Z Wang, Y Chen - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
Data-driven approach is essential to the modeling of building thermal dynamics. It has been
widely applied in building operation optimization, energy management, system performance …