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 …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Energy modelling and control of building heating and cooling systems with data-driven and hybrid models—A review

Y Balali, A Chong, A Busch, S O'Keefe - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Implementing an efficient control strategy for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
(HVAC) systems can lead to improvements in both energy efficiency and thermal …

Ten questions concerning model predictive control for energy efficient buildings

M Killian, M Kozek - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Buildings are dynamical systems with several control challenges: large storage capacities,
switching aggregates, technical and thermal constraints, and internal and external …

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 …

Deep reinforcement learning to optimise indoor temperature control and heating energy consumption in buildings

S Brandi, MS Piscitelli, M Martellacci, A Capozzoli - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In this work, Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is implemented to control the
supply water temperature setpoint to terminal units of a heating system. The experiment was …

[HTML][HTML] Approximate model predictive building control via machine learning

J Drgoňa, D Picard, M Kvasnica, L Helsen - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Many studies have proven that the building sector can significantly benefit from replacing the
current practice rule-based controllers (RBC) by more advanced control strategies like …

Building thermal modeling and model predictive control with physically consistent deep learning for decarbonization and energy optimization

T **ao, F You - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Being a primary contributor to global energy consumption and energy-related carbon
emissions, the building and building construction sectors are a crucial player in the …

A review on the basics of building energy estimation

N Fumo - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Energy security, environmental concerns, thermal comfort, and economic matters are driving
factors for the development of research on reducing energy consumption and the associated …