Strategies to save energy in the context of the energy crisis: a review

M Farghali, AI Osman, IMA Mohamed, Z Chen… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
New technologies, systems, societal organization and policies for energy saving are
urgently needed in the context of accelerated climate change, the Ukraine conflict and the …

[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 …

Data-driven predictive control for smart HVAC system in IoT-integrated buildings with time-series forecasting and reinforcement learning

D Zhuang, VJL Gan, ZD Tekler, A Chong, S Tian, X Shi - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimising HVAC operations towards human wellness and energy efficiency is a major
challenge for smart facilities management, especially amid COVID situations. Although IoT …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of machine learning techniques related to local energy communities

A Hernandez-Matheus, M Löschenbrand, K Berg… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, digitalisation has rendered machine learning a key tool for improving
processes in several sectors, as in the case of electrical power systems. Machine learning …

ED-DQN: An event-driven deep reinforcement learning control method for multi-zone residential buildings

Q Fu, Z Li, Z Ding, J Chen, J Luo, Y Wang, Y Lu - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Residential Heating, Ventilation, and Air conditioning (HVAC) systems are
responsible for a significant amount of energy consumption, but their management is …

Online transfer learning strategy for enhancing the scalability and deployment of deep reinforcement learning control in smart buildings

D Coraci, S Brandi, T Hong, A Capozzoli - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, advanced control strategies based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)
proved to be effective in optimizing the management of integrated energy systems in …

Integrating smart energy management system with internet of things and cloud computing for efficient demand side management in smart grids

MU Saleem, M Shakir, MR Usman, MHT Bajwa… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing price of and demand for energy have prompted several organizations to
develop intelligent strategies for energy tracking, control, and conservation. Demand side …

Deep reinforcement learning optimal control strategy for temperature setpoint real-time reset in multi-zone building HVAC system

X Fang, G Gong, G Li, L Chun, P Peng, W Li… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Determining a proper trade-off between energy consumption and indoor thermal comfort is
important for HVAC system control. Deep Q-learning (DQN) based multi-objective optimal …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental evaluation of model-free reinforcement learning algorithms for continuous HVAC control

M Biemann, F Scheller, X Liu, L Huang - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Controlling heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems is crucial to improving
demand-side energy efficiency. At the same time, the thermodynamics of buildings and …