Model predictive control of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems: A state-of-the-art review

S Taheri, P Hosseini, A Razban - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the fast advancement of communication and information technology, intelligent
buildings have garnered great interest. These buildings can forecast weather, ambient …

All you need to know about model predictive control for buildings

J Drgoňa, J Arroyo, IC Figueroa, D Blum… - Annual Reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been proven that advanced building control, like model predictive control (MPC), can
notably reduce the energy use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. However, despite …

Evolutionary algorithms and their applications to engineering problems

A Slowik, H Kwasnicka - Neural Computing and Applications, 2020 - Springer
The main focus of this paper is on the family of evolutionary algorithms and their real-life
applications. We present the following algorithms: genetic algorithms, genetic programming …

Intelligent building control systems for thermal comfort and energy-efficiency: A systematic review of artificial intelligence-assisted techniques

GH Merabet, M Essaaidi, MB Haddou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Building operations represent a significant percentage of the total primary energy consumed
in most countries due to the proliferation of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven predictive control for unlocking building energy flexibility: A review

A Kathirgamanathan, M De Rosa, E Mangina… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Managing supply and demand in the electricity grid is becoming more challenging due to
the increasing penetration of variable renewable energy sources. As significant end-use …

Model predictive control (MPC) for enhancing building and HVAC system energy efficiency: Problem formulation, applications and opportunities

G Serale, M Fiorentini, A Capozzoli, D Bernardini… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the last few years, the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) for energy
management in buildings has received significant attention from the research community …

Whole building energy model for HVAC optimal control: A practical framework based on deep reinforcement learning

Z Zhang, A Chong, Y Pan, C Zhang, KP Lam - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
Whole building energy model (BEM) is a physics-based modeling method for building
energy simulation. It has been widely used in the building industry for code compliance …

Comprehensive analysis of the relationship between thermal comfort and building control research-A data-driven literature review

JY Park, Z Nagy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Buildings are responsible for about 30–40% of global energy demand. At the same time, we
humans spend almost our entire life, up to 80–90% of the time, inside of buildings. Reducing …

[HTML][HTML] BIM and IoT data fusion: The data process model perspective

X Huang, Y Liu, L Huang, E Onstein… - Automation in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digitalization in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has
highlighted the process of gathering and combining data from numerous sources. This …

Machine learning modelling for predicting non-domestic buildings energy performance: A model to support deep energy retrofit decision-making

S Seyedzadeh, FP Rahimian, S Oliver, S Rodriguez… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-domestic buildings contribute 20% of the UK's annual carbon emissions. A contribution
exacerbated by its ageing stock of which only 7% is considered new-build. Consequently …