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Modern machine learning optimizes for accuracy without explicit treatment of internal computational cost, even though physical and biological systems operate under intrinsic energy constraints. We evaluate energy-aware learning across 2,203…
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In response to the substantial energy consumption in buildings, the Japanese government initiated the BI-Tech (Behavioral Insights X Technology) project in 2019, aimed at promoting voluntary energy-saving behaviors through the utilization…
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In this paper, we propose a new end-to-end methodology to optimize the energy performance as well as comfort and air quality in large buildings without any renovation work. We introduce a metamodel based on recurrent neural networks and…
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