Paper Info
Title
Reinforcement Learning-Based BEMS Architecture for Energy Usage Optimization.
Abstract
Currently, many intelligent building energy management systems (BEMSs) are emerging for saving energy in new and existing buildings and realizing a sustainable society worldwide. However, installing an intelligent BEMS in existing buildings does not realize an innovative and advanced society because it only involves simple equipment replacement (i.e., replacement of old equipment or LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamps) and energy savings based on a stand-alone system. Therefore, artificial intelligence (AI) is applied to a BEMS to implement intelligent energy optimization based on the latest ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) technology. AI can analyze energy usage data, predict future energy requirements, and establish an appropriate energy saving policy. In this paper, we present a dynamic heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) scheduling method that collects, analyzes, and infers energy usage data to intelligently save energy in buildings based on reinforcement learning (RL). In this regard, a hotel is used as the testbed in this study. The proposed method collects, analyzes, and infers IoT data from a building to provide an energy saving policy to realize a futuristic HVAC (heating system) system based on RL. Through this process, a purpose-oriented energy saving methodology to achieve energy saving goals is proposed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.3390/s20174918
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
reinforcement learning (RL),artificial intelligence (AI),building energy management system (BEMS),energy optimization,internet of things (IoT)
Journal
20
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
17
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sanguk Park100.34
Sangmin Park215.76
Myeong-in Choi344.42
Sanghoon Lee474097.47
Tacklim Lee562.60
Seunghwan Kim610127.54
Keon-hee Cho703.38
Sehyun Park826936.03