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 …

At present, the domotization of homes and public buildings is becoming increasingly
popular. Domotization is most commonly applied to the field of energy management, since it …

A trade-off problem exists in ventilation systems to ensure acceptable indoor air quality (IAQ)
with minimized energy use. It is often solved by the centralized optimization approach today …

Nowadays, it is becoming increasingly common to deploy sensors in public buildings or
homes with the aim of obtaining data from the environment and taking decisions that help to …

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning for residential and commercial buildings requires a
substantial share of electric energy, and ultimately drives summer peak demand in the …

In recent years, the research on the control method of variable air volume (VAV) has been
the focus of VAV air-conditioning research. Single terminal PID control is prone to overshoot …

Abstract Model-based, real-time optimal control is an effective tool to improve the energy
efficiency of central air-conditioning systems. However, its performance relies heavily on the …

This article studies finite-time distributed formation tracking control of a second-order multi-
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system. To reduce the burden of the system's computation …

The dynamic hygrothermal behaviour of existing buildings can be characterized using data-
driven models that are established via system identification techniques. However, most of …

The paper presents a general agent-based system identification framework as potential
solution for data-driven models of building systems that can be developed and integrated …