All you need to know about model predictive control for buildings

J Drgoňa, J Arroyo, IC Figueroa, D Blum… - Annual Reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been proven that advanced building control, like model predictive control (MPC), can
notably reduce the energy use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. However, despite …

[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 …

Physics-constrained deep learning of multi-zone building thermal dynamics

J Drgoňa, AR Tuor, V Chandan, DL Vrabie - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a physics-constrained deep learning method to develop control-oriented models
of building thermal dynamics. The proposed method uses systematic encoding of physics …

Development of energy aggregators for virtual communities: The energy efficiency-flexibility nexus for demand response

A Petrucci, FK Ayevide, A Buonomano, A Athienitis - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The implementation of load management and demand response programs is motivating
utilities to propose demand-side management to incentivize customers to modify their …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of advanced control strategies for building energy systems

P Stoffel, L Maier, A Kümpel, T Schreiber, D Müller - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced building control strategies like model predictive control and reinforcement
learning can consider forecasts for weather, occupancy, and energy prices. Combined with …

Short-term cooling and heating loads forecasting of building district energy system based on data-driven models

H Yu, F Zhong, Y Du, Y Wang, X Zhang, S Huang - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate forecasting of cooling and heating loads is critical for optimizing the energy usage
of devices and planning for energy storage in building district energy systems (BDESs). Data …

A digital twin architecture for real-time and offline high granularity analysis in smart buildings

L Hadjidemetriou, N Stylianidis, D Englezos… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Smart buildings aim to create a safe, comfortable and sustainable environment for the
occupants while increasing the energy performance of the building to reduce the …

A digital twin framework for improving energy efficiency and occupant comfort in public and commercial buildings

A Clausen, K Arendt, A Johansen, FC Sangogboye… - Energy …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Model Predictive Control (MPC) can be used in the context of building automation
to improve energy efficiency and occupant comfort. Ideally, the MPC algorithm should …

Electrification-driven circular economy with machine learning-based multi-scale and cross-scale modelling approach

Z Dan, A Song, X Yu, Y Zhou - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Community energy systems, integrating electricity storage, smart transportation, and flexible
energy interactions can mitigate renewable energy intermittency and uncertainty, and …

[HTML][HTML] Safe operation of online learning data driven model predictive control of building energy systems

P Stoffel, P Henkel, M Rätz, A Kümpel, D Müller - Energy and AI, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Model predictive control is a promising approach to reduce the CO 2 emissions in
the building sector. However, the vast modeling effort hampers the widescale practical …