Measuring the right factors: A review of variables and models for thermal comfort and indoor air quality

N Ma, D Aviv, H Guo, WW Braham - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The indoor environment directly affects health and comfort as humans spend most of the day
indoors. However, improperly controlled ventilation systems can expend unnecessary …

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in the prediction of thermal comfort in buildings: Energy implications of AI-based thermal comfort controls

J Ngarambe, GY Yun, M Santamouris - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings consume about 40% of globally-produced energy. A notable amount of this energy
is used to provide sufficient comfort levels to the building occupants. Moreover, given recent …

A review of thermal comfort models and indicators for indoor environments

D Enescu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the most used thermal comfort models and indicators with their variants,
discussing their usage in control problems referring to energy management in indoor …

Application of artificial neural network for predicting hourly indoor air temperature and relative humidity in modern building in humid region

L Mba, P Meukam, A Kemajou - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
The prediction of the air temperature (IT) and relative humidity (IH) in a building can help to
reduce energy consumption for air conditioning. The purpose of this work was to apply the …

Improving prediction performance for indoor temperature in public buildings based on a novel deep learning method

C Xu, H Chen, J Wang, Y Guo, Y Yuan - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents a case study of public buildings using a novel deep learning method to
forecast indoor air temperature. The aim is to explore the potential of long short-term …

Real-time prediction model for indoor temperature in a commercial building

Z Afroz, T Urmee, GM Shafiullah, G Higgins - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Indoor environmental parameters have significant influence on commercial building energy
consumption and indoor thermal comfort. Prediction of these parameters, especially that of …

Cool roofs can mitigate cooling energy demand for informal settlement dwellers

A Nutkiewicz, A Mastrucci, ND Rao, RK Jain - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cities are critical to meeting our sustainable energy goals. Informal settlement
redevelopment programs represent an opportunity to improve living conditions and curb …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting indoor air temperature and thermal comfort in occupational settings using weather forecasts, indoor sensors, and artificial neural networks

M Sulzer, A Christen, A Matzarakis - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
We present an approach to generate location-specific forecasts of indoor temperature (T i)
and thermal comfort and issue indoor heat warnings for occupational settings. Indoor …

Simulation and validation of indoor temperatures and relative humidity in multi-zone buildings under occupancy conditions using multi-objective calibration

S Martínez-Mariño, P Eguía-Oller… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Buildings are expected to be energy efficient but also to provide a comfortable environment
to their occupants as well as to be durable. Indoor relative humidity influences the energy …

Choosing between linear and nonlinear models and avoiding overfitting for short and long term groundwater level forecasting in a linear system

C Zanotti, M Rotiroti, S Sterlacchini, G Cappellini… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Groundwater level forecasting is a useful tool for a more efficient and sustainable
groundwater resource management. Developing models that can accurately reproduce …