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Can semi-parametric additive models outperform linear models, when forecasting indoor temperatures in free-running buildings?

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posted on 2019-04-02, 08:57 authored by Matej Gustin, Rob McLeod, Kevin LomasKevin Lomas
A novel application combining semi-parametric Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) with logistic GAMs was developed to forecast indoor temperatures and window opening states during prolonged heatwaves. GAM models were compared to AutoRegressive models with eXogenous inputs (ARX) and validated against monitored data from two case study dwellings, located near to Loughborough in the UK, during the 2013 heatwave. Input variables were selected using backward stepwise regressions based on minimisation of the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE), for the ARX and GAM models respectively. Comparison of the models showed that whilst GAMs are capable of improving the forecasting accuracy, the improvements are significant only up to 3-6 hours ahead. During heatwaves and over longer forecasting horizons, GAMs were found to be less reliable and accurate than ARX models. The marginal improvement in forecasting accuracy at shorter horizons did not justify the additional computational time and risk of instability associated with more complex GAMs, at longer forecasting horizons. Whilst, logistic GAMs were shown to adequately predict the window opening state, incorporating knowledge of the window state did not significantly improve the accuracy of the indoor temperature predictions.

Funding

This research was made possible by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) support for the ‘London-Loughborough (LoLo) Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand’ (grant EP/L01517X/1).

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

Energy and Buildings

Citation

GUSTIN, M., MCLEOD, R. and LOMAS, K.J., 2019. Can semi-parametric additive models outperform linear models, when forecasting indoor temperatures in free-running buildings? Energy and Buildings, 193, pp. 250-266.

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Elsevier

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2019-03-26

Notes

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Elsevier under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

ISSN

0378-7788

Language

  • en