Occupancy-Based Energy Consumption Estimation Improvement through Deep Learning
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Background of Research
1.2. Related Work
1.3. Proposed Method
2. Methodology
2.1. Data Collection
2.1.1. Data Collection for Occupancy
2.1.2. Data Collection for Energy Consumption
2.1.3. Data Preprocessing
2.2. Methodology for Estimating Occupancy
2.2.1. Data Analysis for Estimating Occupancy
2.2.2. Estimating the Occupancy Based on Deep Learning
2.3. Methodology for Estimating Energy Consumption
2.3.1. Data Analysis for Estimating Energy Consumption
2.3.2. Estimating Energy Consumption Based on Deep Learning
3. Experiments and Results
3.1. Experimental Environment
3.2. Estimation of Occupancy
3.2.1. Data Analysis
3.2.2. Estimation of Occupancy Using Deep Learning
3.3. Prediction of Energy Consumption
3.3.1. Analysis of Energy Consumption
3.3.2. Analysis of the Correlation between Occupancy and Energy Consumption
3.3.3. Prediction of Energy Consumption Using Deep Learning
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Wei et al. [20] | Commercial Building | HVAC | CO2 | Ensemble | ~940 W (average) | RMSE 30 |
Markovic et al. [21] | Campus Buildings | Plug | PIR | LSTM | 365 W (peak) | RMSE 19 |
900 W (peak) | RMSE 54 | |||||
367 W (peak) | RMSE 82 | |||||
Anand et al. [22] | Institutional Building | Plug, Light | WiFi | ANN-DN | ~500 kW (peak) | RMSE 32.5 |
Wang et al. [23] | Office Building | Plug | Camera | LSTM | ~15 kW (peak) | RMSE 0.42 |
MAE | MSE | RMSE | ||||
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Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 1 | Room 2 | |
Estimation (Proposed) | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Sensing (Conventional) | 3.1 | 2.6 | 12.3 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
MAE | MSE | RMSE | CV(RMSE) | MAPE | |
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Ground-truth | 4.4 | 29.6 | 5.4 | 13.0% | 0.107 |
Estimation (Proposed) | 4.5 | 31.3 | 5.6 | 13.4% | 0.107 |
Sensing (Conventional) | 4.7 | 34.7 | 5.9 | 14.1% | 0.111 |
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Kim, M.-L.; Park, K.-J.; Son, S.-Y. Occupancy-Based Energy Consumption Estimation Improvement through Deep Learning. Sensors 2023, 23, 2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23042127
Kim M-L, Park K-J, Son S-Y. Occupancy-Based Energy Consumption Estimation Improvement through Deep Learning. Sensors. 2023; 23(4):2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23042127
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Mi-Lim, Keon-Jun Park, and Sung-Yong Son. 2023. "Occupancy-Based Energy Consumption Estimation Improvement through Deep Learning" Sensors 23, no. 4: 2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23042127
APA StyleKim, M.-L., Park, K.-J., & Son, S.-Y. (2023). Occupancy-Based Energy Consumption Estimation Improvement through Deep Learning. Sensors, 23(4), 2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23042127