Ten questions concerning reinforcement learning for building energy management
As buildings account for approximately 40% of global energy consumption and associated
greenhouse gas emissions, their role in decarbonizing the power grid is crucial. The …
greenhouse gas emissions, their role in decarbonizing the power grid is crucial. The …
Design and application of occupant voting systems for collecting occupant feedback on indoor environmental quality of buildings–a review
DS Khan, J Kolarik, P Weitzmann - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Tools leveraging information and communication technologies for collecting occupant
feedback on indoor environmental quality in buildings are receiving increasing attention …
feedback on indoor environmental quality in buildings are receiving increasing attention …
Collective comfort optimization in multi-occupancy environments by leveraging personal comfort models and thermal distribution patterns
Buildings with shared spaces present a unique challenge for maintaining thermal comfort
due to their dynamic occupancy patterns and the potential for wide variation in occupant …
due to their dynamic occupancy patterns and the potential for wide variation in occupant …
Comparative assessment of HVAC control strategies using personal thermal comfort and sensitivity models
W Jung, F Jazizadeh - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Research efforts have demonstrated the potentials of improving the performance of Heating,
Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems by leveraging personalized thermal …
Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems by leveraging personalized thermal …
Cohort comfort models—Using occupant's similarity to predict personal thermal preference with less data
Abstract Cohort Comfort Models (CCM) are introduced as a technique for creating a
personalized thermal prediction for a new building occupant without the need to collect large …
personalized thermal prediction for a new building occupant without the need to collect large …
Can occupant voting systems provide energy savings and improved occupant satisfaction in buildings?—a review
D Sheikh Khan, J Kolarik - Science and Technology for the Built …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Occupant voting system (s)(OVS) are digital tools used to collect continuous and real-time
feedback on occupants' perception of and desired changes to the indoor environmental …
feedback on occupants' perception of and desired changes to the indoor environmental …
Energy saving potentials of integrating personal thermal comfort models for control of building systems: Comprehensive quantification through combinatorial …
W Jung, F Jazizadeh - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Research studies provided evidence on the energy efficiency of integrating personal thermal
comfort profiles into the control loop of Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) …
comfort profiles into the control loop of Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) …
Development of a personalized thermal comfort driven controller for HVAC systems
Increasing thermal comfort and reducing energy consumption are two main objectives of
advanced HVAC control systems. In this study, a thermal comfort driven control (PTC-DC) …
advanced HVAC control systems. In this study, a thermal comfort driven control (PTC-DC) …
Fair-iot: Fairness-aware human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning for harnessing human variability in personalized iot
S Elmalaki - Proceedings of the International Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Thanks to the rapid growth in wearable technologies, monitoring complex human context
becomes feasible, paving the way to develop human-in-the-loop IoT systems that naturally …
becomes feasible, paving the way to develop human-in-the-loop IoT systems that naturally …
TrojanSense, a participatory sensing framework for occupant-aware management of thermal comfort in campus buildings
This paper describes the development of TrojanSense, a participatory sensing framework
developed to collect, analyze and report user assessments of thermal preference at the …
developed to collect, analyze and report user assessments of thermal preference at the …