Online Implementation of a Soft Actor-Critic Agent to Enhance Indoor Temperature Control and Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Recently, a growing interest has been observed in HVAC control systems based on Artificial Intelligence, to improve comfort conditions while avoiding unnecessary energy consumption. In this work, a model-free algorithm belonging to the Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) class, Soft Actor-Critic, was...

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Main Authors: Davide Coraci, Silvio Brandi, Marco Savino Piscitelli, Alfonso Capozzoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/4/997