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.
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.
no code implementations • 9 Aug 2020 • Shichao Xu, Yi-Xuan Wang, Yanzhi Wang, Zheng O'Neill, Qi Zhu
Traditional HVAC control methods are typically based on creating explicit physical models for building thermal dynamics, which often require significant effort to develop and are difficult to achieve sufficient accuracy and efficiency for runtime building control and scalability for field implementations.