Development of a Hardware-in-the-loop Testbed for Laboratory Performance Verification of Flexible Building Equipment in Typical Commercial Buildings

no code implementations • 31 Jan 2023 • Zhelun Chen, Jin Wen, Steven T. Bushby, L. James Lo, Zheng O'Neill, W. Vance Payne, Amanda Pertzborn, Caleb Calfa, Yangyang Fu, Gabriel Grajewski, Yicheng Li, Zhiyao Yang

The development of strategies that exploit these flexibilities could be facilitated by publicly available high-resolution datasets illustrating how control of HVAC systems in commercial buildings can be used in different climate zones to shape the energy use profile of a building for grid needs.

Learning-based Framework for Sensor Fault-Tolerant Building HVAC Control with Model-assisted Learning

no code implementations • 27 Jun 2021 • Shichao Xu, Yangyang Fu, YiXuan Wang, Zheng O'Neill, Qi Zhu

As people spend up to 87% of their time indoors, intelligent Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings are essential for maintaining occupant comfort and reducing energy consumption.