Reinforcement learning for building controls: The opportunities and challenges

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 269; no. C; p. 115036
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhe, Hong, Tianzhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: algorithms; artificial intelligence; Building controls; Building performance; buildings; data collection; energy; learning; Machine learning; Optimization; Reinforcement learning; Building performance; Optimization; Building controls; Reinforcement learning; Machine learning

•Reinforcement learning has been explored for building control applications.•We reviewed studies using reinforcement learning for building controls.•We surveyed algorithm, state, action, reward, and the environment for reinforcement learning controller.•Research trends, progress and gaps of this fie...