[HTML][HTML] An overview of machine learning applications for smart buildings

K Alanne, S Sierla - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The efficiency, flexibility, and resilience of building-integrated energy systems are
challenged by unpredicted changes in operational environments due to climate change and …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of reinforcement learning in energy systems

ATD Perera, P Kamalaruban - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy systems undergo major transitions to facilitate the large-scale penetration of
renewable energy technologies and improve efficiencies, leading to the integration of many …

A review of deep reinforcement learning for smart building energy management

L Yu, S Qin, M Zhang, C Shen, T Jiang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Global buildings account for about 30% of the total energy consumption and carbon
emission, raising severe energy and environmental concerns. Therefore, it is significant and …

Reinforcement learning for building controls: The opportunities and challenges

Z Wang, T Hong - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Building controls are becoming more important and complicated due to the dynamic and
stochastic energy demand, on-site intermittent energy supply, as well as energy storage …

[HTML][HTML] Energy modelling and control of building heating and cooling systems with data-driven and hybrid models—A review

Y Balali, A Chong, A Busch, S O'Keefe - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Implementing an efficient control strategy for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
(HVAC) systems can lead to improvements in both energy efficiency and thermal …

Study on an adaptive thermal comfort model with K-nearest-neighbors (KNN) algorithm

L Xiong, Y Yao - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Compared with the static thermal comfort models like predicted mean vote (PMV) model,
adaptive thermal models have a wider range of adaptability. The traditional concept of …

Applications of reinforcement learning for building energy efficiency control: A review

Q Fu, Z Han, J Chen, Y Lu, H Wu, Y Wang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The wide variety of smart devices equipped in modern intelligent buildings and the
increasing comfort requirements of occupants for the environment make the control of …

Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling

J Xie, H Li, C Li, J Zhang, M Luo - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Ensuring occupants' thermal comfort and work performance is one of the primary objectives
for building environment conditioning systems. In recent years, there emerged many …

Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning optimization framework for building energy system with renewable energy

R Shen, S Zhong, X Wen, Q An, R Zheng, Y Li, J Zhao - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Under the background of high global building energy consumption, meeting the ever-
growing energy consumption demand of building energy system (BES) through renewable …

Towards healthy and cost-effective indoor environment management in smart homes: A deep reinforcement learning approach

T Yang, L Zhao, W Li, J Wu, AY Zomaya - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Indoor environmental quality is an important issue since people spend most of their time
indoors. This paper aims to develop an autonomous indoor environment management …