Machine learning for energy performance prediction at the design stage of buildings
Author
Olu-Ajayi, Razak
Alaka, Hafiz
Sulaimon, Ismail
Sunmola, Funlade
Ajayi, Saheed
Attention
2299/25785
Abstract
The substantial amount of energy consumption in buildings and the associated adverse effects prompts the importance of understanding building energy efficiency. Developing an energy prediction model with high accuracy is considered one of the most effective approach to understanding building energy efficiency. Therefore, various studies have developed diverse models for predicting building energy consumption focused on the current building stock. However, to ensure future buildings are constructed to be more energy efficient, it is essential to consider energy efficiency at the design stage. Machine Learning (ML) algorithms are considered the most contemporary and best method for prediction, and these algorithms (such as Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Decision Tree (DT), among others) have gained much attention in the field of energy prediction. However, no study has explored the application of hyper parameter tuning and feature selection methods in developing a design stage Machine Learning (ML) energy predictive model. In this research, nine machine learning classification-based algorithms were compared for energy performance assessment at the design stage of residential buildings. Additionally, feature selection and hyper parameter tunning were implemented. The result shows that it is possible to develop a high performing ML model for building energy use prediction at the design stage. Furthermore, Gradient Boosting (GB) outperformed the other models with an accuracy of 0.67 for predicting building energy performance.
Publication date
2022-02-28Published in
Energy for Sustainable DevelopmentPublished version
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2021.11.002Other links
http://hdl.handle.net/2299/25785Metadata
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