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 systematic study on reinforcement learning based applications

K Sivamayil, E Rajasekar, B Aljafari, S Nikolovski… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
We have analyzed 127 publications for this review paper, which discuss applications of
Reinforcement Learning (RL) in marketing, robotics, gaming, automated cars, natural …

A data-driven output voltage control of solid oxide fuel cell using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning

J Li, T Yu, B Yang - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To effectively control the output voltage of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and improve the
operating efficiency of SOFC systems, an SOFC output voltage data-driven controller based …

A new multi-data-driven spatiotemporal PM2. 5 forecasting model based on an ensemble graph reinforcement learning convolutional network

X Liu, M Qin, Y He, X Mi, C Yu - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Spatiotemporal PM2. 5 forecasting technology plays an important role in urban traffic
environment management and planning. In order to establish a satisfactory high-precision …

A multi-step predictive deep reinforcement learning algorithm for HVAC control systems in smart buildings

X Liu, M Ren, Z Yang, G Yan, Y Guo, L Cheng, C Wu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of the building energy management systems (BEMS) enable users to
intelligently control Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioning and Cooling (HVAC) systems …

A new ensemble deep graph reinforcement learning network for spatio-temporal traffic volume forecasting in a freeway network

P Shang, X Liu, C Yu, G Yan, Q **ang, X Mi - Digital Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
Spatio-temporal traffic volume forecasting technologies can effectively improve freeway
traffic efficiency and the travel comfort of humans. To construct a high-precision traffic …

Dynamics analysis of a novel hybrid deep clustering for unsupervised learning by reinforcement of multi-agent to energy saving in intelligent buildings

RZ Homod, H Togun, AK Hussein, FN Al-Mousawi… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems energy demand can be
reduced by manipulating indoor conditions within the comfort range, which relates to control …

Deep reinforcement learning control for co-optimizing energy consumption, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality in an office building

F Guo, S woo Ham, D Kim, HJ Moon - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
With the recent demand for decarbonization and energy efficiency, advanced HVAC control
using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) becomes a promising solution. Due to its flexible …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of reinforcement learning for controlling building energy systems from a computer science perspective

D Weinberg, Q Wang, TO Timoudas… - Sustainable cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy efficient control of energy systems in buildings is a widely recognized challenge due
to the use of low temperature heating, renewable electricity sources, and the incorporation of …