Autonomous Thermal Control in Smart Buildings
Selection of research papers I have written on this topic are:
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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 )
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.).
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.