arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 17
GenTL: A General Transfer Learning Model for Building Thermal Dynamics
arXiv:2501. 13703v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Transfer Learning (TL) is an emerging field in modeling building thermal dynamics.
Very Exciting: Zero-Shot Model Predictive Control of Buildings via Excitation-Based Generalized Transfer Learning Models
The paper presents a zero‑shot model predictive control (MPC) approach for buildings that uses excitation‑based generalized transfer learning models. By pretraining on purposefully probed operational data from multiple source buildings, the authors demonstrate that these models achieve superior control performance in 32 simulated target buildings, outperforming both an online linear MPC and a PI controller. This method eliminates the need for target‑specific data, reducing setup cost and facilitating broader deployment of energy‑efficient MPC in the building sector.
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Jul 21
Building2Building: A Large Scale Benchmark for Generalizable Real-World Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2607. 16534v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) has achieved strong results in control, yet learned policies remain brittle to changes in dynamics, action spaces, observation spaces, or goals, a critical limitation for real-world deployment.
arXiv Machine Learning
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Neural Parameter Estimation of RC Thermal Building Models for Model Predictive Control
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arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 20
Comparative Field Deployment of Reinforcement Learning and Model Predictive Control for Residential HVAC
arXiv:2510. 01475v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Model Predictive Control (MPC) has demonstrated significant performance improvements over today's control methods for residential Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), but deploying MPC often requires substantial engineering effort.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3
RESCAST-100K: A Comprehensive Dataset for Cross-Domain Residential Load and Indoor Temperature Forecasting
arXiv:2606. 02852v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate short-term forecasting of residential energy load and indoor temperature is essential for home energy management systems, grid-level demand response, and community energy efficiency efforts.
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ADAPT: Physics-Aware Diffusion-based World Models for Adaptive Predictive Transferable HVAC Control
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arXiv AI
Oct 15
The Smart Buildings Challenge: Learning Foundation Models for Real-World Optimization at Scale
arXiv:2610.18511v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Buildings cause nearly 40\% of carbon emissions in the US. Of total building emissions, HVAC systems are responsible for approximately 40-60\% and acco...
arXiv AI
Jun 2
Explainable Data-driven Deep Reinforcement Learning Methods for Optimal Energy Management in Buildings
arXiv:2606. 02049v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The increasing integration of renewable energy sources into power systems, particularly in buildings equipped with photovoltaic (PV) panels and energy storage systems, introduces significant complexity in energy systems.
arXiv AI
Aug 7
Dream-MPC: Gradient-Based Model Predictive Control with Latent Imagination
arXiv:2605. 04568v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: State-of-the-art model-based Reinforcement Learning (RL) approaches either use gradient-free, population-based methods for planning, learned policy networks, or a combination of policy networks and planning.
arXiv AI
Aug 21
ADAPT: Physics-Aware Diffusion-based World Models for Adaptive Predictive Transferable HVAC Control
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arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 31
Exact Action Values Are Not Enough: Rollout-Verified Reinforcement Fine-Tuning of a Reasoning Model for Multi-Zone VAV Control
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arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 15
Verifier-Based Reinforcement Fine-Tuning of Reasoning Models for Thermal Energy Storage Control
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