With the increasing population and urbanization promotion, energy consumption and carbon
emissions have increased, and concern for inefficient energy use and deteriorating urban …

Abstract Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) systems have gained recognition for being energy-
efficient and adaptable for use in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) …

Due to the thermal inertia of building envelope and random uncertainty of occupant
behaviors, real-time and accurate forecasting for building cooling and heating loads is not …

Cooling systems in information technology (IT) equipment account for the greatest share of
direct energy consumption in data centers. Conventional air-cooling schemes are thermally …

Accurate ultra-short-term air conditioning (AC) load prediction is essential for the optimal
control of split air conditioners. However, the distribution of the AC load from different …

To reduce peak demand and/or energy cost for residential buildings, optimal precooling
strategies are becoming important as an alternative to rule-based precooling strategies that …

Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system contains numerous sensors and has the advance for
fast response, which is suitable for building demand response (DR) management. Fast and …

Energy consumption in buildings continues to rise with increased deployment of energy-
consuming equipment such as Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) amid a …

The reduced-order model (ROM) can highly reduce computation costs while maintaining
high high-fidelity performance for model predictive control's application by applying the …

Thermal characteristics of building affect the energy consumption of air conditioning systems
directly. Reverse grey box model is widely used for the identification of thermal …