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] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Energy, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality: Multi-objective optimization review

T Al Mindeel, E Spentzou, M Eftekhari - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The reliance on optimization techniques for robust assessments of environmental and
energy-saving solutions has been largely driven by the increasing need to comply with …

Personal comfort models–A new paradigm in thermal comfort for occupant-centric environmental control

J Kim, S Schiavon, G Brager - Building and Environment, 2018‏ - Elsevier
A personal comfort model is a new approach to thermal comfort modeling that predicts an
individual's thermal comfort response, instead of the average response of a large …

State of the art review on the HVAC occupant-centric control in different commercial buildings

G Huang, ST Ng, D Li, Y Zhang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems control that takes occupant
information into account is called HVAC occupant-centric control (OCC), which strikes better …

Personal comfort models: Predicting individuals' thermal preference using occupant heating and cooling behavior and machine learning

J Kim, Y Zhou, S Schiavon, P Raftery, G Brager - Building and environment, 2018‏ - Elsevier
A personal comfort model is a new approach to thermal comfort modeling that predicts
individuals' thermal comfort responses, instead of the average response of a large …

Human-in-the-loop HVAC operations: A quantitative review on occupancy, comfort, and energy-efficiency dimensions

W Jung, F Jazizadeh - Applied Energy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems account for almost half of the
energy consumption in buildings. By benefiting from advancements in information and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of using IoT for energy efficient buildings and cities: A built environment perspective

KM Al-Obaidi, M Hossain, NAM Alduais, HS Al-Duais… - Energies, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly utilized in smart buildings and smart
cities to reduce energy consumption. This advancement has caused a knowledge gap in …

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in the prediction of thermal comfort in buildings: Energy implications of AI-based thermal comfort controls

J Ngarambe, GY Yun, M Santamouris - Energy and Buildings, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Buildings consume about 40% of globally-produced energy. A notable amount of this energy
is used to provide sufficient comfort levels to the building occupants. Moreover, given recent …

Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling

J **e, H Li, C Li, J Zhang, M Luo - Energy and Buildings, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Ensuring occupants' thermal comfort and work performance is one of the primary objectives
for building environment conditioning systems. In recent years, there emerged many …