Autonomous Thermal Control in Smart Buildings

Selection of research papers I have written on this topic are:

  1. Z. Bin Tariq, M. H. Toufiq Imam, K. Kar, S. Mishra, Experimental Evaluation of Data-Driven Predictive Indoor Thermal Management, Proceedings of the Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy Conference), Phoeniz, AZ, June 2019.
  2. S. Gupta, K. Kar, S. Mishra and J. T. Wen, Singular Perturbation Method For Smart Building Temperature Control Using Occupant Feedback, Asian Journal of Control, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 386-402, May 2018. (A shorter version appeared in Proceedings of 19th IFAC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, August 2014.)
  3. S. Gupta, K. Kar, S. Mishra and J. T. Wen, Distributed Consensus Algorithms for Collaborative Temperature Control in Smart Buildings, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol.12, no.4, pp.1285-1296, Oct. 2015. (A shorter version appeared in American Control Conference (ACC) 2015.) (Winner of the 2015 IEEE T-ASE Best Paper Award )
  4. S. Gupta, K. Kar, S. Mishra, and J. T. Wen, Incentive Mechanism for Truthful Occupant Comfort Feedback in Human-in-the-loop Building Thermal Management, Extended version of a paper that appeared in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2015), Gothenberg, Sweden.
  5. S. K. Gupta, S. Atkinson, I. O'Boyle, J. Drogo, K. Kar, S. Mishra, J. T. Wen, BEES: Real-Time Occupant Feedback and Environmental Learning Framework For Collaborative Thermal Management in Multi-Zone, Multi-Occupant Buildings, Energy and Buildings, Volume 125, August 2016, Pages 142-152.
  6. S. K. Gupta and K. Kar, Human-in-the-loop Thermal Management for Smart Buildings, Book chapter in Intelligent Building Control Systems, J.T. Wen and S. Mishra (eds.).
  7. S. Bhattacharya, K. Kar and J. H. Chow, Optimal Precooling of Thermostatic Loads under Time-varying Electricity Prices, American Control Conference (ACC) 2017, Seattle, WA, May 2017. (A full version of this work appeared in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.)
  8. Z. B. Tariq, K. Kar, S. Mishra, J.T. Wen, Enabling Better Thermal Management of Indoor Spaces through Adaptive Zonal Heat Transfer, American Control Conference (ACC) 2018, Milwaukee, WI, June 2018.
  9. Z. Bin Tariq, M. H. Toufiq Imam, K. Kar, S. Mishra, Experimental Evaluation of Data-Driven Predictive Indoor Thermal Management, Proceedings of the Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy Conference), Phoeniz, AZ, June 2019.
  10. S. A. R. Naqvi, Z. Nawrocki, Z. B. Tariq, K. Kar, S. Mishra, Achieving Improved Personalization and Energy Efficiency in Cohabited Work-Spaces Through Data-Driven Predictive Control, Proceedings of Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), October 2020.
  11. S. A. R. Naqvi, K. Kar, S. Bhattacharya, V. Chandan, Optimizing HVAC Operations in Multi-unit Buildings for Grid Demand Response, Proceedings of 2020 American Control Conference (ACC), Denver, CO, USA, July 2020.
  12. S. A. R. Naqvi, K. Kar, S. Bhattacharya, V. Chandan, Peak Power Reduction for HVAC Operations in Multi-unit Commercial Buildings, Proceedings of 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), February 2021.
  13. S. Naqvi, K. Kar, S. Bhattacharya, V. Chandan, Peak Power Minimization for Commercial Thermostatically Controlled Loads in Multi-Unit Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 998-1010, April 2022. (Extended version of the ISGT 2021 paper.)
  14. S. Naqvi et al., Data-Driven Co-optimization of Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality in Commercial Buildings, Proc. e-Energy 2023 (Paper in AMLIES Workshop), Orlando, FL, June 2023.
  15. S. Naqvi, K. Kar, and S. Mishra, Autonomous pre-conditioning and improved personalization in shared workspaces through data-driven predictive control, Energy and Buildings 285, 2023.
  16. S. Naqvi, K. Kar, S. Bhattacharya, V. Chandan, S. Mishra and T. Salsbury, Air Quality and Comfort Constrained Energy Efficient Operation of Multi-Zone Buildings, To appear in Building and Environment, Accepted August 2023.