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Machine Learning and Data Analysis for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Intelligent Operation, Maintenance, and Optimization of Building Energy Systems

  • 1st Edition - September 17, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Tianyi Zhao, Chengyu Zhang, Ben Jiang
  • Language: English

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Description

Machine Learning and Data Analysis for Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Intelligent Operation, Maintenance, and Optimization of Building Energy Systems introduces data basics, from selecting and evaluating data to the identification and repair of abnormalities. Other sections cover data mining applied to energy forecasting, including long- and short-term predictions, the introduction of occupant-focused behavior analysis, and current methods for supply and demand applications. Case studies are included in each part to assist in evaluation and implementation of these techniques across building energy systems.

Working from the fundamentals of big data analysis to a complete method for building energy assessment, flexibility, and management, this book provides students, researchers, and professionals with an essential, cutting-edge resource on this important technology.

Key features

  • Builds from data basics to complex solutions and applications for energy efficiency in building systems
  • Includes step-by-step methods for data anomaly and fault identification, repair, and maintenance
  • Provides real-world case studies and applications for immediate use in research and industry

Readership

Researchers, professors, and graduate students in energy systems and energy transition

Table of contents

Part I: Data Basics

1. Introduction

2. Data Preparation

3. Abnormal Data Identification and Repair

4. Classification and Definition of Data Type

5. Identification and Repair of Abnormal Energy Consumption Data

6. Case Studies in Different Buildings

Part II: Data Mining

7. Energy Consumption Forecasting

8. Short-time-scale Energy Consumption Prediction (for O&M Regulation)

9. Long-time-scale Energy Consumption Prediction (for Design Evaluation)

10. Case Studies in Different Scenarios

Part III: Data Application

11. Review of Evaluation and Methods for Energy Supply and Demand Matching

12. Energy Supply and Demand Matching Evaluation Methods: Power-load Matching Coefficient

13. Optimization of Supply-side Energy Schemes

14. Optimization of Demand-side Energy Use Solutions

15. Conclusions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 25, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

TZ

Tianyi Zhao

Zhao Tianyi is the Deputy Dean and an Associate Professor of the School of Civil Engineering at Dalian University of Technology. He is the Group Lead of the On-line Automation Solutions Institute for Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (OASIS-EB). This group focuses on investigating intelligent regulation and control methods for building energy systems, incorporating advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Dean, School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China

CZ

Chengyu Zhang

Zhang Chengyu is a PhD student at the Institute for Building Energy and member of the Online Automation Solutions Institute for Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, both at the Dalian University of Technology, China. His main research focus is on energy application for sustainable intelligent buildings, with particular emphasis on energy consumption prediction and anomaly detection and repair of energy monitoring data. One of his most significant contributions in academia is the development of a novel model for building occupant energy-use behavior, which has been integrated into energy consumption prediction to enhance its effectiveness. Additionally, he has collaborated with colleagues to propose strategies for building energy conservation based on adjusting energy-use behaviors and has put forward a comprehensive approach for detecting and repairing anomalies in energy monitoring data.

Affiliations and expertise
PhD Candidate, Institute of Building Energy, Dalian University of Technology, China

BJ

Ben Jiang

Ben Jiang is a PhD Candidate at the Dalian University of Technology and a member of the Online Automation Solutions Institute for Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, China, led by Professor Zhao. His research focuses on building intelligence applications, including the prediction and analysis of building energy consumption and related parameters.

Affiliations and expertise
PhD Candidate, Dalian University of Technology, China

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