Advanced controls on energy reliability, flexibility, resilience, and occupant-centric control for smart and energy-efficient buildings—a state-of-the-art review

Z Liu, X Zhang, Y Sun, Y Zhou - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced controls have attracted increasing interests due to the high requirement on smart
and energy-efficient (SEE) buildings and decarbonization in the building industry with …

Reinforcement learning-based intelligent control strategies for optimal power management in advanced power distribution systems: A survey

M Al-Saadi, M Al-Greer, M Short - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Intelligent energy management in renewable-based power distribution applications, such as
microgrids, smart grids, smart buildings, and EV systems, is becoming increasingly important …

Multi-agent reinforcement learning dealing with hybrid action spaces: A case study for off-grid oriented renewable building energy system

Y Gao, Y Matsunami, S Miyata, Y Akashi - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
With the application of renewable energy in building energy systems (BES), an increasing
number of power grids require building energy systems coupled to realize off-grid operation …

A systematic review of reinforcement learning application in building energy-related occupant behavior simulation

H Yu, VWY Tam, X Xu - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
The building and construction industry has consistently been a major contributor to energy
consumption and carbon emissions. With stochastic interactions between occupants and …

[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement Learning for proactive operation of residential energy systems by learning stochastic occupant behavior and fluctuating solar energy …

A Heidari, F Maréchal, D Khovalyg - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
When it comes to residential buildings, there are several stochastic parameters, such as
renewable energy production, outdoor air conditions, and occupants' behavior, that are hard …

Reinforcement learning approach for optimal control of ice-based thermal energy storage (TES) systems in commercial buildings

X Wang, X Kang, J An, H Chen, D Yan - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Ice-based thermal energy storage (TES) system is effective on load shifting and demand
response in public buildings under time-of-use (TOU) tariffs. The management and …

Systematic review on deep reinforcement learning-based energy management for different building types

A Shaqour, A Hagishima - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Owing to the high energy demand of buildings, which accounted for 36% of the global share
in 2020, they are one of the core targets for energy-efficiency research and regulations …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of residential water-related energy needs cohesion, validation and global representation to unlock efficiency gains

R Hall, S Kenway, K O'Brien, F Memon - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2025 - Elsevier
Reduced energy consumption is essential for a rapid transition to net zero carbon
emissions. Residential energy may constitute 27% of primary energy consumption, and 20 …

Energy management strategies of hybrid electric vehicles: A comparative review

N Azim Mohseni, N Bayati, T Ebel - IET Smart Grid, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With increasing environmental problems, including air pollution, rising greenhouse gases
and global warming, the need to use clean energy resources seems essential. Therefore …

Stakeholder-associated impact factors of building energy performance gap and their intersections: A social network analysis

X Xu, O Casasayas, J Wang, P Mao, P Cui - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The building energy performance gap is a critical obstacle to emissions reduction and
energy conservation. Previous research mainly focused on identifying the factors …