[HTML][HTML] Air quality and ventilation: Exploring solutions for healthy and sustainable urban environments in times of climate change

IL Niza, AM Bueno, MG da Silva, EE Broday - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Ensuring sustainability and reducing energy consumption in the built environment is
essential for achieving energy efficiency and comfort. To obtain a healthy and sustainable …

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 …

Transmission and infection risk of COVID-19 when people coughing in an elevator

S Liu, Z Deng - Building and environment, 2023 - Elsevier
People in cities use elevators daily. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there are more worries
about elevator safety, since elevators are often small and crowded. This study used a proven …

MERLIN: Multi-agent offline and transfer learning for occupant-centric operation of grid-interactive communities

K Nweye, S Sankaranarayanan, Z Nagy - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Building and power generation decarbonization present new challenges in electric grid
reliability as a result of renewable energy source intermittency and increase in grid load …

[HTML][HTML] Application and Prospect of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Low-Carbon Cities—From the Perspective of Urban Planning Content and Process

F Yan, X Qi - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the era of digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) technology—one of the swiftest
growing emerging technologies—when integrated with urban planning, can introduce …

Energy optimization for HVAC systems in multi-VAV open offices: A deep reinforcement learning approach

H Wang, X Chen, N Vital, E Duffy, A Razi - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
With global warming intensifying and resource conflicts escalating, the world is undergoing
a transformative shift toward sustainable practices and energy-efficient solutions. With more …

Improving room temperature stability and operation efficiency using a model predictive control method for a district heating station

Z Li, J Liu, L Jia, Y Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
In China, the regulation of a district heating (DH) station is mainly based on weather
compensation control. This control method leads to large room temperature fluctuations and …

[HTML][HTML] Real-world validation of safe reinforcement learning, model predictive control and decision tree-based home energy management systems

J Ruddick, G Ceusters, G Van Kriekinge, E Genov… - Energy and AI, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent advancements in machine learning based energy management approaches,
specifically reinforcement learning with a safety layer (OptLayerPolicy) and a metaheuristic …

[HTML][HTML] Explainable reinforcement learning for distribution network reconfiguration

N Gholizadeh, P Musilek - Energy Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
The lack of transparency in reinforcement learning methods' decision-making process has
resulted in a significant lack of trust towards these models, subsequently limiting their …

TreeC: a method to generate interpretable energy management systems using a metaheuristic algorithm

J Ruddick, LR Camargo, MA Putratama… - Knowledge-Based …, 2025 - Elsevier
Energy management systems (EMS) have traditionally been implemented using rule-based
control (RBC) and model predictive control (MPC) methods. However, recent research has …