Karyono, K, Abdullah, BM, Cotgrave, A, Brás, A and Cullen, J (2024) Field studies of the Artificial Intelligence model for defining indoor thermal comfort to acknowledge the adaptive aspect. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 133. ISSN 0952-1976

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Abstract

Numerous Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are available for achieving thermal comfort. They were either trained with limited datasets or using personalized training with limited field studies. This work assessed the model that used the ASHRAE multiple databases as the shallow supervised learning dataset for an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based controller suitable for the residential dwellings' node. The learning accuracy can be increased to 96.1%. This paper presented the field studies to show the model performances for the common UK dwellings: the prior 1970s, the new, modular, refurbished, and the use of new materials to improve indoor thermal performance. The result shows that the model was able to perform in different environments and able to acknowledge adaptive human comfort. This was shown by the ability to represent 98.90% of the ASHRAE Standard 55 data, 6.06% improvement from the previous research. As a result, the broader comfort zone acknowledgement can lead to energy saving whilst maintaining comfort by the possibility of lowering the temperature set point. This study also proves that further energy savings can be acquired from the occupants’ presence, scheduling, and activities. These factors can increase the comfort probability to more than 10%.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	08 Information and Computing Sciences; 09 Engineering; Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:	Engineering
Publisher:	Elsevier
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2024 12:36
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2024 12:36
DOI or ID number:	10.1016/j.engappai.2024.108381
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23867

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