Energy flexibility of residential buildings: A systematic review of characterization and quantification methods and applications

H Li, Z Wang, T Hong, MA Piette - Advances in Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
With building electric demand becoming increasingly dynamic, and a growing percentage of
intermittent renewable power generation from solar photovoltaics and wind turbines, the …

State of the art review on model predictive control (MPC) in Heating Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) field

Y Yao, DK Shekhar - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Building systems are subject of dynamic system that have a general feature of non-linearity
and in turn, present us with different challenges for its optimized control of energy-saving …

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 …

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 …

Building thermal load prediction through shallow machine learning and deep learning

Z Wang, T Hong, MA Piette - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Building thermal load prediction informs the optimization of cooling plant and thermal energy
storage. Physics-based prediction models of building thermal load are constrained by the …

State-of-the-art on research and applications of machine learning in the building life cycle

T Hong, Z Wang, X Luo, W Zhang - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Fueled by big data, powerful and affordable computing resources, and advanced algorithms,
machine learning has been explored and applied to buildings research for the past decades …

Field demonstration and implementation analysis of model predictive control in an office HVAC system

D Blum, Z Wang, C Weyandt, D Kim, M Wetter, T Hong… - Applied energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a promising technique to address growing needs
for heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems to operate more efficiently and …

Data requirements and performance evaluation of model predictive control in buildings: A modeling perspective

S Zhan, A Chong - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Model predictive control (MPC) has shown great potential in improving building
performance and saving energy. However, after over 20 years of research, it is yet to be …

Operational optimization for off-grid renewable building energy system using deep reinforcement learning

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

Metadata schemas and ontologies for building energy applications: A critical review and use case analysis

M Pritoni, D Paine, G Fierro, C Mosiman, M Poplawski… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Digital and intelligent buildings are critical to realizing efficient building energy operations
and a smart grid. With the increasing digitalization of processes throughout the life cycle of …