[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 …

Forecasting methods in energy planning models

KB Debnath, M Mourshed - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy planning models (EPMs) play an indispensable role in policy formulation and energy
sector development. The forecasting of energy demand and supply is at the heart of an EPM …

[HTML][HTML] Trees vs Neurons: Comparison between random forest and ANN for high-resolution prediction of building energy consumption

MW Ahmad, M Mourshed, Y Rezgui - Energy and buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy prediction models are used in buildings as a performance evaluation engine in
advanced control and optimisation, and in making informed decisions by facility managers …

[HTML][HTML] Predictive modelling for solar thermal energy systems: A comparison of support vector regression, random forest, extra trees and regression trees

MW Ahmad, J Reynolds, Y Rezgui - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Predictive analytics play an important role in the management of decentralised energy
systems. Prediction models of uncontrolled variables (eg, renewable energy sources …

Integrated supply–demand energy management for optimal design of off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems for residential electrification in arid climates

C Mokhtara, B Negrou, A Bouferrouk, Y Yao… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The growing research interest in hybrid renewable energy systems (HRESs) has been
regarded as a natural and yet critical response to address the challenge of rural …

[HTML][HTML] Tree-based ensemble methods for predicting PV power generation and their comparison with support vector regression

MW Ahmad, M Mourshed, Y Rezgui - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The variability of renewable energy resources, due to the characteristic weather fluctuations,
introduces uncertainty in generation output that are greater than the conventional energy …

Fault detection diagnostic for HVAC systems via deep learning algorithms

S Taheri, A Ahmadi, B Mohammadi-Ivatloo, S Asadi - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Because of high detection accuracy, deep learning algorithms have recently become the
focus of increased attention for fault detection diagnostic (FDD) analysis of heat, ventilation …

An explainable one-dimensional convolutional neural networks based fault diagnosis method for building heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems

G Li, Q Yao, C Fan, C Zhou, G Wu, Z Zhou… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the frequently changed outdoor weather conditions and indoor requirements,
heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) experiences faulty operations inevitably …

[HTML][HTML] A zone-level, building energy optimisation combining an artificial neural network, a genetic algorithm, and model predictive control

J Reynolds, Y Rezgui, A Kwan, S Piriou - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Buildings account for a substantial proportion of global energy consumption and global
greenhouse gas emissions. Given the growth in smart devices and sensors there is an …

Simulation optimisation towards energy efficient green buildings: Current status and future trends

VJL Gan, IMC Lo, J Ma, KT Tse, JCP Cheng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing global importance of climate change has been clearly recognised in the last
few years. The building industry contributed to a large proportion of the global energy use …