Intelligent buildings have drawn considerable attention due to rapid progress in
communication and information technologies. These buildings can utilize current and …

Buildings account for about 40% of the global energy consumption. Renewable energy
resources are one possibility to mitigate the dependence of residential buildings on the …

This paper proposes a novel reinforcement learning (RL) architecture for the efficient
scheduling and control of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system in a …

Buildings account for nearly 40% of the total energy consumption in the United States, about
half of which is used by the HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system …

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 …

This paper investigates heat pump systems in smart grids, focussing on fields of application
and control approaches that have emerged in academic literature. Based on a review of …

The area of building energy management has received a significant amount of interest in
recent years. This area is concerned with combining advancements in sensor technologies …

In the last four decades several methods have been used to model occupants' presence and
actions (OPA) in buildings according to different purposes, available computational power …

Buildings account for 35% of the global final energy demand. Efficiency improvements and
advanced control strategies have a significant impact in the reduction of energy costs and …

Classical building control systems are becoming vulnerable with increasing complexities in
contemporary built environments and energy systems. Due to this, the reinforcement …