Hourly energy consumption prediction of an office building based on ensemble learning and energy consumption pattern classification

2021 ◽  
Vol 241 ◽  
pp. 110929
Author(s):  
Zhenxiang Dong ◽  
Jiangyan Liu ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Kuining Li ◽  
Xin Li
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Junqi Yu ◽  
Tianlun Zhang ◽  
Anjun Zhao ◽  
Yunfei Xie

Energy consumption prediction can provide reliable data support for energy scheduling and optimization of office buildings. It is difficult for traditional prediction model to achieve stable accuracy and robustness when energy consumption mode is complex and data sources are diverse. Based on such situation, this paper raised an approach containing the method of comprehensive similar day and ensemble learning. Firstly, the historical data was analyzed and calculated to obtain the similarity degree of meteorological features, time factor and precursor. Next, the entropy weight method was used to calculate comprehensive similar day and applied to the model training. Then the improved sine cosine optimization algorithm (SCA) was applied to the optimization and parameter selection of a single model. Finally, an approach of model selection and integration based on dominance was proposed, which was compared with Support Vector Regression (SVR), Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), with a large office building in Xi ‘an taken as an example to analysis showing that compared with the prediction accuracy, root mean square percentage error (RMSPE) in the ensemble learning model after using comprehensive similar day was reduced by about 0.15 compared with the BP model, and was reduced by about 0.05, 0.06 compared with the SVR and LSTM model. Respectively, the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) was reduced by 12.02%, 6.51% and 5.28%. Compared with several other integration methods, integration model based on dominance reduced absolute error at all times. Accordingly, the proposed approach can effectively solve problems of low accuracy and poor robustness in traditional model and predict the building energy consumption efficaciously.


Author(s):  
Junaidah Jailani ◽  
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Norsyalifa Mohamad ◽  
Muhammad Amirul Omar ◽  
Hauashdh Ali ◽  
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According to the National Energy Balance report released by the Energy Commission of Malaysia in 2016, the residential sector uses 21.6% of the total energy in Malaysia. Residents waste energy through inefficient energy consumption and a lack of awareness. Building occupants are considered the main factor that influences energy consumption in buildings, and to change energy consumption on an overall scale, it is crucial to change individual behaviour. Therefore, this study focused on analysing the energy consumption pattern and the behaviour of consumers towards energy consumption in their homes in the residential area of Batu Pahat, Johor. A self-administrated questionnaire approach was employed in this study. The findings of this study showed that the excessive use of air conditioners was a significant factor in the increasing electricity bills of homeowners as well as the inefficient use of electrical appliances. Also, this study determined the effect of awareness on consumer behaviour. This study recommends ways to help minimise energy consumption in the residential area.


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