[HTML][HTML] An overview of machine learning applications for smart buildings

K Alanne, S Sierla - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The efficiency, flexibility, and resilience of building-integrated energy systems are
challenged by unpredicted changes in operational environments due to climate change and …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of occupant energy consumption behavior in buildings: How we got here, where we are, and where we are headed

X Xu, H Yu, Q Sun, VWY Tam - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Occupant behavior has been widely considered as one of the key influencing factors on
building energy consumption. The complexity of its formation mechanism and the dynamic …

Prediction of heating and cooling loads based on light gradient boosting machine algorithms

J Guo, S Yun, Y Meng, N He, D Ye, Z Zhao, L Jia… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning models have been widely used to study the prediction of heating
and cooling loads in residential buildings. However, most of these methods use the default …

Online transfer learning strategy for enhancing the scalability and deployment of deep reinforcement learning control in smart buildings

D Coraci, S Brandi, T Hong, A Capozzoli - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, advanced control strategies based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)
proved to be effective in optimizing the management of integrated energy systems in …

Applications of reinforcement learning for building energy efficiency control: A review

Q Fu, Z Han, J Chen, Y Lu, H Wu, Y Wang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The wide variety of smart devices equipped in modern intelligent buildings and the
increasing comfort requirements of occupants for the environment make the control of …

Scalable coordinated management of peer-to-peer energy trading: A multi-cluster deep reinforcement learning approach

D Qiu, Y Ye, D Papadaskalopoulos, G Strbac - Applied energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing penetration of small-scale distributed energy resources (DER) has the
potential to support cost-efficient energy balancing in emerging electricity systems, but is …

Deep reinforcement learning optimal control strategy for temperature setpoint real-time reset in multi-zone building HVAC system

X Fang, G Gong, G Li, L Chun, P Peng, W Li… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Determining a proper trade-off between energy consumption and indoor thermal comfort is
important for HVAC system control. Deep Q-learning (DQN) based multi-objective optimal …

[HTML][HTML] Advances of machine learning in multi-energy district communities‒mechanisms, applications and perspectives

Y Zhou - Energy and AI, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy paradigm transition towards the carbon neutrality requires combined and continuous
efforts in cleaner power production, advanced energy storages, flexible district energy …

Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning optimization framework for building energy system with renewable energy

R Shen, S Zhong, X Wen, Q An, R Zheng, Y Li, J Zhao - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Under the background of high global building energy consumption, meeting the ever-
growing energy consumption demand of building energy system (BES) through renewable …

Data-driven district energy management with surrogate models and deep reinforcement learning

G Pinto, D Deltetto, A Capozzoli - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Demand side management at district scale plays a crucial role in the energy transition
process, being an ideal candidate to balance the needs of both users and grid, by managing …