Advanced controls on energy reliability, flexibility, resilience, and occupant-centric control for smart and energy-efficient buildings—a state-of-the-art review

Z Liu, X Zhang, Y Sun, Y Zhou - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced controls have attracted increasing interests due to the high requirement on smart
and energy-efficient (SEE) buildings and decarbonization in the building industry with …

A comprehensive review of predictive control strategies in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC): Model-free VS model

X **n, Z Zhang, Y Zhou, Y Liu, D Wang… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Predictive control offers significant advantages in nonlinear control, high thermal inertia, and
dynamic control. This article uses a Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses methodology to …

Data-driven predictive control for smart HVAC system in IoT-integrated buildings with time-series forecasting and reinforcement learning

D Zhuang, VJL Gan, ZD Tekler, A Chong, S Tian, X Shi - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimising HVAC operations towards human wellness and energy efficiency is a major
challenge for smart facilities management, especially amid COVID situations. Although IoT …

High spatial granularity residential heating load forecast based on Dendrite net model

L Zhang, J Li, X Xu, F Liu, Y Guo, Z Yang, T Hu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
With the application of smart meters, more information is available from residential buildings
for support heat load forecast. Yet, there is still a lack of an effective method to exploit the …

[HTML][HTML] AI-Driven Innovations in Building Energy Management Systems: A Review of Potential Applications and Energy Savings

DMTE Ali, V Motuzienė, R Džiugaitė-Tumėnienė - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Despite the tightening of energy performance standards for buildings in various countries
and the increased use of efficient and renewable energy technologies, it is clear that the …

Real-time automatic control of multi-energy system for smart district community: A coupling ensemble prediction model and safe deep reinforcement learning

TM Alabi, L Lu, Z Yang - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy system autonomous control is influenced by day-ahead forecasting, despite being
carried out independently in the literature. This paper develops an energy management …

Prospects and challenges of reinforcement learning-based HVAC control

A Iyanu, H Chang, CS Lee, S Chang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing worldwide energy demand and the resulting escalations in greenhouse gas
emissions require a reassessment of energy usage in many sectors. The building industry …

Sustainable residential building energy consumption forecasting for smart cities using optimal weighted voting ensemble learning

M Alymani, HA Mengash, M Aljebreen… - Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent times, smart-built environments have gone through an incessant transformation,
becoming more independent and sensitive ecosystems which can balance energy …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic indoor thermal environment using reinforcement learning-based controls: Opportunities and challenges

A Chatterjee, D Khovalyg - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, the indoor thermal environment in many buildings is controlled by conventional
control techniques that maintain the indoor temperature within a prescribed deadband. The …

A review on enhancing energy efficiency and adaptability through system integration for smart buildings

I Ahmed, M Asif, HH Alhelou, M Khalid - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing need for reducing carbon emissions and promoting smart, energy-saving
buildings is fueling the rising trend of sophisticated control systems. This study provides …