A review of physics-informed machine learning for building energy modeling

Z Ma, G Jiang, Y Hu, J Chen - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Building energy modeling (BEM) refers to computational modeling of building energy use
and indoor dynamics. As a critical component in sustainable and resilient building …

[HTML][HTML] Towards scalable physically consistent neural networks: An application to data-driven multi-zone thermal building models

L Di Natale, B Svetozarevic, P Heer, CN Jones - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
With more and more data being collected, data-driven modeling methods have been gaining
in popularity in recent years. While physically sound, classical gray-box models are often …

Simba: System identification methods leveraging backpropagation

L Di Natale, M Zakwan, P Heer… - … on Control Systems …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This manuscript details and extends the system identification methods leveraging the
backpropagation (SIMBa) toolbox presented in previous work, which uses well-established …

Physics-informed neural network modeling and predictive control of district heating systems

LB de Giuli, A La Bella… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article addresses the data-based modeling and optimal control of district heating
systems (DHSs). Physical models of such large-scale networked systems are governed by …

Stable linear subspace identification: A machine learning approach

L Di Natale, M Zakwan, B Svetozarevic… - 2024 European …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine Learning (ML) and linear System Identification (SI) have been historically
developed independently. In this paper, we leverage well-established ML tools—especially …

[HTML][HTML] Neural differential equations for temperature control in buildings under demand response programs

V Taboga, C Gehring, M Le Cam, H Dagdougui… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) are energy-intensive systems that
greatly contribute to peak demand, which can cause stability and reliability issues in the grid …

Unconstrained learning of networked nonlinear systems via free parametrization of stable interconnected operators

L Massai, D Saccani, L Furieri… - 2024 European …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper characterizes a new parametrization of nonlinear networked incrementally L_2-
bounded operators in discrete time. The distinctive novelty is that our parametrization is free …

Universal approximation property of Hamiltonian deep neural networks

M Zakwan, M d'Angelo… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates the universal approximation capabilities of Hamiltonian Deep Neural
Networks (HDNNs) that arise from the discretization of Hamiltonian Neural Ordinary …

Neural Port-Hamiltonian Models for Nonlinear Distributed Control: An Unconstrained Parametrization Approach

M Zakwan, G Ferrari-Trecate - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.10096, 2024 - arxiv.org
The control of large-scale cyber-physical systems requires optimal distributed policies
relying solely on limited communication with neighboring agents. However, computing …

Neural Distributed Controllers with Port-Hamiltonian Structures

M Zakwan, G Ferrari-Trecate - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.17785, 2024 - arxiv.org
Controlling large-scale cyber-physical systems necessitates optimal distributed policies,
relying solely on local real-time data and limited communication with neighboring agents …