Reinforcement learning for building controls: The opportunities and challenges

Z Wang, T Hong - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Building controls are becoming more important and complicated due to the dynamic and
stochastic energy demand, on-site intermittent energy supply, as well as energy storage …

[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] Reinforced model predictive control (RL-MPC) for building energy management

J Arroyo, C Manna, F Spiessens, L Helsen - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Buildings need advanced control for the efficient and climate-neutral use of their energy
systems. Model predictive control (MPC) and reinforcement learning (RL) arise as two …

A survey on model-based reinforcement learning

FM Luo, T Xu, H Lai, XH Chen, W Zhang… - Science China Information …, 2024 - Springer
Reinforcement learning (RL) interacts with the environment to solve sequential decision-
making problems via a trial-and-error approach. Errors are always undesirable in real-world …

Ten questions concerning reinforcement learning for building energy management

Z Nagy, G Henze, S Dey, J Arroyo, L Helsen… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …