Advanced controls on energy reliability, flexibility and occupant-centric control for smart and energy-efficient buildings

Predictive control of low-temperature heating system with passive thermal mass energy storage and photovoltaic system: Impact of occupancy patterns and climate change

(2023) Zhichen Wei et al.   ENERGY

A review of data-driven fault detection and diagnostics for building HVAC systems

(2023) Zhelun Chen et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Data-driven estimation of time-dependent solar gain coefficient in a two-zone building with synthetic occupants: Two B-splines integrated grey-box modeling approaches

(2023) Xiang Zhang et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Impact of solar gain estimation on heat loss coefficient determination using in-situ data: Comparing co-heating test with B-splines integrated grey-box modelling

(2023) Xiang Zhang et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Ten questions concerning occupant-centric control and operations

(2023) Zoltan Nagy et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

A novel occupant-centric stratum ventilation system using computer vision: Occupant detection, thermal comfort, air quality, and energy savings

(2023) Bin Yang et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

AMLFN-AD:Adaptive multi-level integrated fusion attack detection framework for intelligent building systems

(2023) Jingling Yuan et al.   Computer Networks

Building automation systems for energy and comfort management in green buildings: A critical review and future directions

(2023) Guofeng Qiang et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Peer-to-peer energy sharing and trading of renewable energy in smart communities ─ trading pricing models, decision-making and agent-based collaboration

(2023) Yuekuan Zhou et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Data-driven approach to prioritize residential buildings’ retrofits in cold climates using smart thermostat data

(2023) Aya Doma et al.   Architectural Science Review

Building energy simulation and its application for building performance optimization: A review of methods, tools, and case studies

(2023) Yiqun Pan et al.   Advances in Applied Energy

Digital twin technology for thermal comfort and energy efficiency in buildings: A state-of-the-art and future directions

(2023) Victor Adetunji Arowoiya et al.   Energy and Built Environment

Incentive initiatives on energy-efficient renovation of existing buildings towards carbon–neutral blueprints in China: Advancements, challenges and prospects

(2023) Zhengxuan Liu et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Classifying the operational energy performance of buildings with the use of digital twins

(2023) Paulius Spudys et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

DeepValve: Development and experimental testing of a Reinforcement Learning control framework for occupant-centric heating in offices

(2023) Amirreza Heidari et al.   ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

A hierarchical control with thermal and electrical synergies on battery cycling ageing and energy flexibility in a multi-energy sharing network

(2023) Aoye Song et al.   Renewable Energy

Co-simulation for buildings and smart energy systems — A taxonomic review

(2023) Qamar Alfalouji et al.   SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY

Evolution of residents' cooperative behavior in neighborhood renewal: An agent-based computational approach

(2023) Ruopeng Huang et al.   COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS

An occupant-centric control framework for balancing comfort, energy use and hygiene in hot water systems: A model-free reinforcement learning approach

(2022) Amirreza Heidari et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Dynamics analysis of a novel hybrid deep clustering for unsupervised learning by reinforcement of multi-agent to energy saving in intelligent buildings

(2022) Raad Z. Homod et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Comparison of online and offline deep reinforcement learning with model predictive control for thermal energy management

(2022) Silvio Brandi et al.   AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION

Time-dependent solar aperture estimation of a building: Comparing grey-box and white-box approaches

(2022) Xiang Zhang et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

The generalizability of pre-processing techniques on the accuracy and fairness of data-driven building models: A case study

(2022) Ying Sun et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

An occupant-centered approach to improve both his comfort and the energy efficiency of the building

(2022) Fateh Boulmaiz et al.   KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS

Estimating dynamic solar gains from on-site measured data: An ARX modelling approach

(2022) Xiang Zhang et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

A practical deep reinforcement learning framework for multivariate occupant-centric control in buildings

(2022) Yue Lei et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Towards self-learning control of HVAC systems with the consideration of dynamic occupancy patterns: Application of model-free deep reinforcement learning

(2022) Mohammad Esrafilian-Najafabadi et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

A multi-step predictive deep reinforcement learning algorithm for HVAC control systems in smart buildings

(2022) Xiangfei Liu et al.   ENERGY

Real-world implementation and cost of a cloud-based MPC retrofit for HVAC control systems in commercial buildings

(2022) Max Bird et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Smart design and control of thermal energy storage in low-temperature heating and high-temperature cooling systems: A comprehensive review

(2022) Amirmohammad Behzadi et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A review of critical fire event library for buildings and safety framework for smart firefighting

(2022) Aatif Ali Khan et al.   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Study on city digital twin technologies for sustainable smart city design: A review and bibliometric analysis of geographic information system and building information modeling integration

(2022) Haishan Xia et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Data Analytics and Information Technologies for Smart Energy Storage Systems: A State-of-the-Art Review

(2022) Fuzhan Nasiri et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

A systematic literature review on smart and personalized ventilation using CO2 concentration monitoring and control

(2022) Ge Song et al.   Energy Reports

Policies, applications, barriers and future trends of building information modeling technology for building sustainability and informatization in China

(2022) Mingjing Xie et al.   Energy Reports

A data-model fusion dispatch strategy for the building energy flexibility based on the digital twin

(2022) Yuguang Song et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Digital twin enabled fault detection and diagnosis process for building HVAC systems

(2022) Xiang Xie et al.   AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION

The change in temporal trend and spatial distribution of CO2 emissions of China's public and commercial buildings

(2022) Kairui You et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

A review of data-driven smart building-integrated photovoltaic systems: Challenges and objectives

(2022) Zhengguang Liu et al.   ENERGY

Digital twins for decoding human-building interaction in multi-domain test-rooms for environmental comfort and energy saving via graph representation

(2022) Veronica Martins Gnecco et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Evaluation of advanced control strategies for building energy systems

(2022) Phillip Stoffel et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A comprehensive review: Fault detection, diagnostics, prognostics, and fault modeling in HVAC systems

(2022) Vijay Singh et al.   International Journal of Refrigeration

Sustainable energy sharing districts with electrochemical battery degradation in design, planning, operation and multi-objective optimisation

(2022) Yuekuan Zhou   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Occupant-Centric Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Control System for Multi-Zone Commercial Buildings

(2022) Alperen Yayla et al.   Sustainability

A cross-scale ‘material-component-system’ framework for transition towards zero-carbon buildings and districts with low, medium and high-temperature phase change materials

(2022) Yuekuan Zhou et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Dynamic integrated control for Chinese district heating system to balance the heat supply and heat demand

(2022) Guoqiang Liu et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Wireless, AI-enabled wearable thermal comfort sensor for energy-efficient, human-in-the-loop control of indoor temperature

(2022) Seonghun Cho et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

A comprehensive review of time use surveys in modelling occupant presence and behavior: Data, methods, and applications

(2021) Mohamed Osman et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Artificial intelligence based anomaly detection of energy consumption in buildings: A review, current trends and new perspectives

(2021) Yassine Himeur et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Data pre-processing and optimization techniques for stochastic and deterministic low-order grey-box models of residential buildings

(2021) Xingji Yu et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Deep learning based inverse model for building fire source location and intensity estimation

(2021) Luyao Kou et al.   FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL

A framework to identify key occupancy indicators for optimizing building operation using WiFi connection count data

(2021) Nastaran Alishahi et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Influence of building characteristics and renovation techniques on the energy-saving performances of EU smart city projects

(2021) Kyuman Cho et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Energy fault detection for small buildings based on peer comparison of estimated operating status

(2021) Hidenori Komatsu et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Building Information Modeling and Internet of Things integration for smart and sustainable environments: A review

(2021) Ada Malagnino et al.   Journal of Cleaner Production

Smart monitoring technologies for personal thermal comfort: A review

(2021) Ana Čulić et al.   Journal of Cleaner Production

An overview of data tools for representing and managing building information and performance data

(2021) Na Luo et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Quantification on fuel cell degradation and techno-economic analysis of a hydrogen-based grid-interactive residential energy sharing network with fuel-cell-powered vehicles

(2021) Yingdong He et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Occupant-centered real-time control of indoor temperature using deep learning algorithms

(2021) Seunghoon Jung et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Learning-based CO2 concentration prediction: Application to indoor air quality control using demand-controlled ventilation

(2021) Saman Taheri et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Extracting interpretable building control rules from multi-objective model predictive control data sets

(2021) Min Gyung Yu et al.   ENERGY

Trade-off between accuracy and fairness of data-driven building and indoor environment models: A comparative study of pre-processing methods

(2021) Ying Sun et al.   ENERGY

Energy management for a hybrid electric vehicle based on prioritized deep reinforcement learning framework

(2021) Guodong Du et al.   ENERGY

Characterizing and structuring urban GIS data for housing stock energy modelling and retrofitting

(2021) SeyedehRabeeh HosseiniHaghighi et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Transformation towards a carbon-neutral residential community with hydrogen economy and advanced energy management strategies

(2021) Yingdong He et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Techno-economic analysis and energy modelling as a key enablers for smart energy services and technologies in buildings

(2021) Massimiliano Manfren et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A systematic literature review on the use of artificial intelligence in energy self-management in smart buildings

(2021) J. Aguilar et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

An overview of machine learning applications for smart buildings

(2021) Kari Alanne et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Artificial neural network-based smart aerogel glazing in low-energy buildings: A state-of-the-art review

(2021) Yuekuan Zhou   iScience

Potential of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) applications in building a smart healthcare system: A systematic review

(2021) Ruby Dwivedi et al.   Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research

Energy optimization for regional buildings based on distributed reinforcement learning

(2021) Yude Qin et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

A state-of-the-art review on shallow geothermal ventilation systems with thermal performance enhancement system classifications, advanced technologies and applications

(2021) Zhengxuan Liu et al.   Energy and Built Environment

Machine-learning based hybrid demand-side controller for high-rise office buildings with high energy flexibilities

(2020) Yuekuan Zhou et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

A review on cooling performance enhancement for phase change materials integrated systems—flexible design and smart control with machine learning applications

(2020) Yuekuan Zhou et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Building Temperature Regulation in a Multi-Zone HVAC System using Distributed Adaptive Control

(2020) Georgios Lymperopoulos et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

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

(2020) Jack Ngarambe et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A BIM-based simulation framework for fire safety management and investigation of the critical factors affecting human evacuation performance

(2020) Qi Sun et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING INFORMATICS

Unsupervised learning of energy signatures to identify the heating system and building type using smart meter data

(2020) Paul Westermann et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

A review of automatic control strategies based on simulations for adaptive facades

(2020) Amir Tabadkani et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

A hybrid data mining approach for anomaly detection and evaluation in residential buildings energy data

(2020) Chengliang Xu et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Smart Detection of Fire Source in Tunnel Based on the Numerical Database and Artificial Intelligence

(2020) Xiqiang Wu et al.   FIRE TECHNOLOGY

Application of a Digitized Fuel Load Surveying Methodology to Office Buildings

(2020) Negar Elhami-Khorasani et al.   FIRE TECHNOLOGY

Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling

(2020) Jiaqing Xie et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Building information modelling applications in smart buildings: From design to commissioning and beyond A critical review

(2020) Christiana Panteli et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Bayesian Inference of Fire Evolution Within a Compartment Using Heat Flux Measurements

(2020) Jan-Michael Cabrera et al.   FIRE TECHNOLOGY

Passive and active phase change materials integrated building energy systems with advanced machine-learning based climate-adaptive designs, intelligent operations, uncertainty-based analysis and optimisations: A state-of-the-art review

(2020) Yuekuan Zhou et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A simulation-based method to investigate occupant-centric controls

(2020) Mohamed M. Ouf et al.   Building Simulation

Smart buildings features and key performance indicators: A review

(2020) Joud Al Dakheel et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Is anyone home? A critical review of occupant-centric smart HVAC controls implementations in residential buildings

(2020) Helen Stopps et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Automated in-situ determination of buildings’ global thermo-physical characteristics and air change rates through inverse modelling of smart meter and air temperature data

(2020) Arash Rasooli et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Fault detection and diagnosis of large-scale HVAC systems in buildings using data-driven methods: A comprehensive review

(2020) Maryam Sadat Mirnaghi et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Cluster analysis-based anomaly detection in building automation systems

(2020) H. Burak Gunay et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Adaptive-predictive control strategy for HVAC systems in smart buildings – A review

(2020) Maryam Gholamzadehmir et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Multi-task deep reinforcement learning for intelligent multi-zone residential HVAC control

(2020) Yan Du et al.   ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH

Applications of reinforcement learning in energy systems

(2020) A.T.D. Perera et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A new generation of AI: A review and perspective on machine learning technologies applied to smart energy and electric power systems

(2019) Lefeng Cheng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH

Asian green building rating tools: a comparative study on scoring methods of quantitative evaluation systems

(2019) Xiang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Deep learning framework to forecast electricity demand

(2019) Jatin Bedi et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Adopting Internet of Things for the development of smart buildings: A review of enabling technologies and applications

(2019) Mengda Jia et al.   AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION

Artificial intelligence-based fault detection and diagnosis methods for building energy systems: Advantages, challenges and the future

(2019) Yang Zhao et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Development and implementation of automated fault detection and diagnostics for building systems: A review

(2019) Zixiao Shi et al.   AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION

Context aware intrusion detection for building automation systems

(2019) Zhiwen Pan et al.   COMPUTERS & SECURITY

A review of smart building sensing system for better indoor environment control

(2019) Bing Dong et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A critical review of field implementations of occupant-centric building controls

(2019) June Young Park et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Optimization of electricity use in office buildings under occupant uncertainty

(2019) Mohamed M. Ouf et al.   Journal of Building Performance Simulation

A practical artificial intelligence-based approach for predictive control in commercial and institutional buildings

(2019) N. Cotrufo et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Analytical investigation of autoencoder-based methods for unsupervised anomaly detection in building energy data

(2018) Cheng Fan et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

A review of open loop control strategies for shades, blinds and integrated lighting by use of real-time daylight prediction methods

(2018) Sneha Jain et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Model Predictive Control (MPC) for Enhancing Building and HVAC System Energy Efficiency: Problem Formulation, Applications and Opportunities

(2018) Gianluca Serale et al.   Energies

A zone-level, building energy optimisation combining an artificial neural network, a genetic algorithm, and model predictive control

(2018) Jonathan Reynolds et al.   ENERGY

Unsupervised data analytics in mining big building operational data for energy efficiency enhancement: A review

(2018) Cheng Fan et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A review of unsupervised statistical learning and visual analytics techniques applied to performance analysis of non-residential buildings

(2018) Clayton Miller et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Photovoltaic integrated shading devices (PVSDs): A review

(2018) Xiang Zhang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

A review on macro-encapsulated phase change material for building envelope applications

(2018) Zhengxuan Liu et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Internet of Things for Green Building Management: Disruptive Innovations Through Low-Cost Sensor Technology and Artificial Intelligence

(2018) Wayes Tushar et al.   IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING MAGAZINE

A review of occupant-centric building control strategies to reduce building energy use

(2018) Sophie Naylor et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

LightLearn: An adaptive and occupant centered controller for lighting based on reinforcement learning

(2018) June Young Park et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Reinforcement learning for demand response: A review of algorithms and modeling techniques

(2018) José R. Vázquez-Canteli et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

HVAC system energy optimization using an adaptive hybrid metaheuristic

(2017) Ali Ghahramani et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Learning-Based Hierarchical Distributed HVAC Scheduling With Operational Constraints

(2017) Nikitha Radhakrishnan et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

Automatic assisted calibration tool for coupling building automation system trend data with commissioning

(2016) Nicholas Zibin et al.   AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION

Designing sensor sets for capturing energy events in buildings

(2016) Tom Lovett et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Unsupervised energy prediction in a Smart Grid context using reinforcement cross-building transfer learning

(2016) Elena Mocanu et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Reinforcement learning for optimal control of low exergy buildings

(2015) Lei Yang et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Energy Efficient Agent Function Block: A semantic agent approach to IEC 61499 function blocks in energy efficient building automation systems

(2015) Arash Mousavi et al.   AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION

A neural network-based multi-zone modelling approach for predictive control system design in commercial buildings

(2015) Hao Huang et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Temporal knowledge discovery in big BAS data for building energy management

(2015) Cheng Fan et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A review on optimized control systems for building energy and comfort management of smart sustainable buildings

(2014) Pervez Hameed Shaikh et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Fault detection and diagnosis for buildings and HVAC systems using combined neural networks and subtractive clustering analysis

(2013) Zhimin Du et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Development of an RDP neural network for building energy consumption fault detection and diagnosis

(2013) Frédéric Magoulès et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Efficient energy consumption and operation management in a smart building with microgrid

(2013) Di Zhang et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

An integrated system for buildings’ energy-efficient automation: Application in the tertiary sector

(2012) Vangelis Marinakis et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Robustness and generalization

(2011) Huan Xu et al.   MACHINE LEARNING

Challenges for energy and buildings research: objectives, methods and funding mechanisms

(2009) Tadj Oreszczyn et al.   BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

Advanced control systems engineering for energy and comfort management in a building environment—A review

(2008) A.I. Dounis et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS