Due to the fast advancement of communication and information technology, intelligent buildings have garnered great interest. These buildings can forecast weather, ambient …
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 …
The occupants' presence, activities, and behaviour can significantly impact the building's performance and energy efficiency. Currently, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning …
Managing supply and demand in the electricity grid is becoming more challenging due to the increasing penetration of variable renewable energy sources. As significant end-use …
In the last few years, the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) for energy management in buildings has received significant attention from the research community …
A model predictive control system with adaptive machine-learning-based building models for building automation and control applications is proposed. The system features an …
Buildings all around the world consume a significant amount of energy, which is more or less one-third of the total primary energy resources. This has raised concerns over energy …
D Enescu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the most used thermal comfort models and indicators with their variants, discussing their usage in control problems referring to energy management in indoor …
Many studies have proven that the building sector can significantly benefit from replacing the current practice rule-based controllers (RBC) by more advanced control strategies like …