The efficiency, flexibility, and resilience of building-integrated energy systems are
challenged by unpredicted changes in operational environments due to climate change and …

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 …

Occupant Behavior (OB) is one of the major drivers of building energy consumption.
However, OB is usually oversimplified in Building Performance Simulation (BPS), resulting …

Carbon neutrality is an ambitious goal that has been promulgated to be achieved on or
before 2060. However, most of the current energy policies focus more on carbon emission …

Over the past few decades, attention in buildings' design and operation has gradually shifted
from promoting only energy efficiency objectives to also addressing human comfort and well …

Abstract Controlling Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems is critical to
improving energy efficiency of demand-side. In this paper, a model-free optimal control …

The availability of computational power, and a wealth of data from sensors have boosted the
development of model-based predictive control for smart and effective control of advanced …

Occupant behavior in buildings might result into gap between predicted and actual energy
use and cause indoor thermal comfort fluctuations, due to its uncertainty and …

Currently, the indoor thermal environment in many buildings is controlled by conventional
control techniques that maintain the indoor temperature within a prescribed deadband. The …

Room occupancy prediction based on indoor environmental quality may be the
breakthrough to ensure energy efficiency and establish an interior ambience tailored to each …