ABSTRACT
B Keywords – artificial intelligence; building energy management systems; computational intelligence;
energy conservation; fuzzy systems; grey predictor; intelligent agents; multi-agent systems
Theprincipleofenergyconservation isa linguafrancaamongscientistsandengineers (Jeltsema
and Scherpen, 2009). In this paper, we present a review of the contribution of artificial
intelligence (AI) techniques to energy conservation in buildings. In sustainable buildings,
energy conservation plays a pivotal role; as is known, however, energy consumption and
comfort are two important factors that usually affect each other in opposite ways. Therefore,
modern AI techniques’ contribution in buildings is not unilateral (energy conservation) but is
addressed in the framework of designing a building automation system (BAS) with the goal of
meeting the requirements of energy efficiency and occupants’ well-being.
