Despite the tightening of energy performance standards for buildings in various countries and the increased use of efficient and renewable energy technologies, it is clear that the …
As buildings account for approximately 40% of global energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions, their role in decarbonizing the power grid is crucial. The …
This study proposes a self-learning control system that aims to learn occupancy profiles, building energy consumption patterns, and lag-time of the heating, ventilation, and air …
Y An, C Chen - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract To reduce indoor PM 2.5 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm) pollution and maintain thermal comfort with relatively low energy consumption, this …
A Iyanu, H Chang, CS Lee, S Chang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing worldwide energy demand and the resulting escalations in greenhouse gas emissions require a reassessment of energy usage in many sectors. The building industry …
SM Dawood, A Hatami, RZ Homod - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents Model-based Reinforcement Learning (MB-RL) techniques to control the indoor air temperature, and CO2 concentration level, and minimize the energy …
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 …
TP Teng, WJ Chen - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial Intelligence (AI) based control algorithms for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment have been gradually applied to improve building energy …
The advent of smart thermostats with real-time sensing raises the question of how to preemptively control heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to minimize …