[HTML][HTML] Energy modelling and control of building heating and cooling systems with data-driven and hybrid models—A review

Y Balali, A Chong, A Busch, S O'Keefe - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Implementing an efficient control strategy for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
(HVAC) systems can lead to improvements in both energy efficiency and thermal …

Scalable energy management approach of residential hybrid energy system using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning

Z Wang, F **ao, Y Ran, Y Li, Y Xu - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Deploying renewable energy and implementing smart energy management strategies are
crucial for decarbonizing Building Energy Systems (BES). Despite recent advancements in …

[HTML][HTML] Real building implementation of a deep reinforcement learning controller to enhance energy efficiency and indoor temperature control

A Silvestri, D Coraci, S Brandi, A Capozzoli… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has emerged as a promising approach to
address the trade-off between energy efficiency and indoor comfort in buildings, potentially …

Process-oriented guidelines for systematic improvement of supervised learning research in construction engineering

V Asghari, MH Kazemi, M Shahrokhishahraki… - Advanced Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
A limited assessment of the development process and various stages of machine learning
(ML) based solutions for construction engineering (CE) problems are available in the …

Personalized federated learning for cross-building energy knowledge sharing: Cost-effective strategies and model architectures

C Fan, R Chen, J Mo, L Liao - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Sufficient building operational data serve as the key premise to enable the development of
reliable data-driven technologies for building energy management. Considering that …

Field demonstration of predictive heating control for an all-electric house in a cold climate

EN Pergantis, N Al Theeb, P Dhillon, JP Ore, D Ziviani… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficient electric heat pumps that replace fossil-fueled heating systems could significantly
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, electric heat pumps can sharply increase …

Deep reinforcement learning control for co-optimizing energy consumption, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality in an office building

F Guo, S woo Ham, D Kim, HJ Moon - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
With the recent demand for decarbonization and energy efficiency, advanced HVAC control
using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) becomes a promising solution. Due to its flexible …

An innovative heterogeneous transfer learning framework to enhance the scalability of deep reinforcement learning controllers in buildings with integrated energy …

D Coraci, S Brandi, T Hong, A Capozzoli - Building Simulation, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)-based control shows enhanced performance
in the management of integrated energy systems when compared with Rule-Based …

Expert-guided imitation learning for energy management: Evaluating GAIL's performance in building control applications

M Liu, M Guo, Y Fu, Z O'Neill, Y Gao - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) in building energy management is
often hampered by data efficiency and computational challenges. The long training time …

Living laboratories can and should play a greater role to unlock flexibility in United States commercial buildings

JA de Chalendar, A Keskar, JX Johnson, JL Mathieu - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Energy demand flexibility from commercial buildings can play a critical role in the ongoing
energy transition. There is an urgent need to redirect more research and deployment efforts …