The functional mockup interface for tool independent exchange of simulation models

T Blochwitz, M Otter, M Arnold, C Bausch… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2011 - elib.dlr.de
The Functional Mockup Interface (FMI) is a tool independent standard for the exchange of
dynamic models and for co-simulation. The development of FMI was initiated and organized …

System modeling for grid-interactive efficient building applications

Y Ye, CA Faulkner, R Xu, S Huang, Y Liu… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the abundance of research applications of system modeling in grid-interactive
efficient buildings (GEBs), the transfer of those applications to real-world practices is still in …

Deep clustering of cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning to optimize multi chiller HVAC systems for smart buildings energy management

RZ Homod, ZM Yaseen, AK Hussein… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chillers are responsible for almost half of the total energy demand in buildings. Hence, the
obligation of control systems of multi-chiller due to changes indoor environments is one of …

Ensemble prediction aided multi-objective co-design optimizations of grid-connected integrated renewables for green hydrogen production

X Yin, Z Zhao, W Yang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of renewables including wind and photovoltaic (PV) powers to produce green
hydrogen will be of great importance for promoting cleaner productions. However, there is a …

Tactics for carbon neutral office buildings in Hong Kong

FW Yu, WT Ho - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
This study evaluates strategies to achieve carbon neutrality in office buildings in Hong Kong
and examines whether current energy efficiency standards and guidelines foster a 40 …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven adaptive building thermal controller tuning with constraints: A primal–dual contextual Bayesian optimization approach

W Xu, B Svetozarevic, L Di Natale, P Heer, CN Jones - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
We study the problem of tuning the parameters of a room temperature controller to minimize
its energy consumption, subject to the constraint that the daily cumulative thermal discomfort …

An optimal configuration strategy of multi-chiller system based on overlap analysis and improved GA

Y Lyu, X **, Q Xue, Z Jia, Z Du - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
For design of the multi-chiller system, the configuration can be optimized that the system is
high efficiency when it is operated under frequent load and operation condition in one year …

Measurement and verification of energy performance for chiller system retrofit with k nearest neighbour regression

WT Ho, FW Yu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
There is no generic performance indicator for chiller systems running in different cooling
load profiles. This study applies the k nearest neighbour (kNN) regression to analyse the pre …

ANN-based procedure to obtain the optimal design and operation of the compression chiller network–Energy, economic and environmental analysis

N Moghaddas-Zadeh, M Farzaneh-Gord… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
In a large-scale chiller plant, a network of chillers is a suitable solution to respond to the
variable cooling demand. The energy consumption of a chiller network depends on the …

A review of HVAC system optimization and its effects on saving total energy utilization of a building

R Revichandran, JSM Ali, M Idres… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - semarakilmu.com.my
The paper illustrates the review on the optimizations studies of HVAC systems based on
three main methods–HVAC operational variables optimization, optimization of control …