Intelligent building control systems for thermal comfort and energy-efficiency: A systematic review of artificial intelligence-assisted techniques

GH Merabet, M Essaaidi, MB Haddou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Building operations represent a significant percentage of the total primary energy consumed
in most countries due to the proliferation of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning …

[HTML][HTML] Residential Demand Side Management model, optimization and future perspective: A review

S Panda, S Mohanty, PK Rout, BK Sahu, M Bajaj… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The residential load sector plays a vital role in terms of its impact on overall power balance,
stability, and efficient power management. However, the load dynamics of the energy …

A review on optimized control systems for building energy and comfort management of smart sustainable buildings

PH Shaikh, NBM Nor, P Nallagownden… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Advanced control systems engineering for energy and comfort management in a building environment—A review

AI Dounis, C Caraiscos - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Given restrictions that comfort conditions in the interior of a building are satisfied, it becomes
obvious that the problem of energy conservation is a multidimensional one. Scientists from a …

Review of control techniques for HVAC systems—Nonlinearity approaches based on Fuzzy cognitive maps

F Behrooz, N Mariun, MH Marhaban, MA Mohd Radzi… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems are the major energy-consuming
devices in buildings. Nowadays, due to the high demand for HVAC system installation in …

Modeling occupancy and behavior for better building design and operation—A critical review

B Dong, D Yan, Z Li, Y **, X Feng, H Fontenot - Building Simulation, 2018 - Springer
People spend more than 90% of their life time in buildings, which makes occupant behavior
one of the leading influences of energy consumption in buildings. Occupancy and occupant …

A roadmap towards intelligent net zero-and positive-energy buildings

D Kolokotsa, D Rovas, E Kosmatopoulos, K Kalaitzakis - Solar energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Buildings nowadays are increasingly expected to meet higher and more complex
performance requirements: they should be sustainable; use zero-net energy; foster a healthy …

A review on energy consumption optimization techniques in IoT based smart building environments

AS Shah, H Nasir, M Fayaz, A Lajis, A Shah - Information, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, due to the unnecessary wastage of electrical energy in residential buildings,
the requirement of energy optimization and user comfort has gained vital importance. In the …

User-led decentralized thermal comfort driven HVAC operations for improved efficiency in office buildings

F Jazizadeh, A Ghahramani, B Becerik-Gerber… - Energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort is one of the main driving factors in defining the operational settings of
HVAC systems, and it greatly impacts energy efficiency in buildings. Lack of information …

Predictive controllers for thermal comfort optimization and energy savings

RZ Freire, GHC Oliveira, N Mendes - Energy and buildings, 2008 - Elsevier
The present work is focused on the study of indoor thermal comfort control problem in
buildings equipped with HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems. The …