Publications 2023

Allan, J.; Mangili, F.; Derboni, M.; Gisler, L.; Hainoun, A.; Rizzoli, A.; Ventriglia, L.; Sulzer, M. A semantic data framework to support data-driven demand forecasting. In Energy & thermal management systems, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 022001 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/2/022001
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Allan, J.; Mangili, F.; Derboni, M. Digicities. Urban digital layers to support the energy transition of cities; Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE: Bern, 2023; 35 p. https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Default?DocumentID=70735&Load=true
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Bardow, A.; Fiorentini, M.; Heer, P.; Kämper, A.; Koirala, B.; Knoeri, C.; Marinakis, A.; Markard, J.; Mayer, P.; Oswald, K.; et al. Flexibility and sector coupling in energy systems: definitions and metrics; Report No.: SWEET Call1-2020: PATHNFDR; SWEET PATHFNDR consortium: Zurich, 2023; 21 p. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000641177
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Beaud, M.; Cai, H.; Perera, A. T. D.; Heer, P. Performance gaps between energy system planning and operation: a study exploring the impacts of model fidelity and dispatch strategy. In Energy performance modelling, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 032016 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/3/032016
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Behrunani, V.; Zagorowska, M.; Hudoba de Badyn, M.; Ricca, F.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J. Degradation-aware data-enabled predictive control of energy hubs. In Predictive & adaptive control, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 072006 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/7/072006
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Behrunani, V. N.; Irvine, A.; Belgioioso, G.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J.; Dörfler, F. Designing fairness in autonomous peer-to-peer energy trading. In IFAC world congress, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC-PapersOnLine; Elsevier: sine loco, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 3751-3756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1544
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Behrunani, V.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J. Experimental validation for distributed control of energy hubs. In Predictive & adaptive control, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 072004 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/7/072004
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Brandes, M.; Cai, H.; Vivian, J.; Croci, L.; Heer, P.; Smith, R. Data-driven modeling of heat pumps and thermal storage units for MPC. In Energy performance modelling, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 032008 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/3/032008
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Bünning, F.; Heer, P.; Smith, R. S.; Lygeros, J. Increasing electrical reserve provision in districts by exploiting energy flexibility of buildings with robust model predictive control. Adv. Appl. Energy 2023, 10, 100130 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2023.100130
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Cai, H. Circular economy meets building automation. In Energy performance modelling, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 192011 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/19/192011
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Chaudry, M.; Jayasuriya, L.; Hall, J. W.; Jenkins, N.; Eyre, N.; Eggimann, S. Simulating flexibility, variability and decentralisation with an integrated energy system model for Great Britain. Sci. Rep. 2023, 13, 4772 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31257-9
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Di Natale, L.; Svetozarevic, B.; Heer, P.; Jones, C. N. Computationally efficient reinforcement learning: targeted exploration leveraging simple rules. In IEEE conference on decision and control, presented at the 62nd IEEE conference on decision and control, CDC 2023, Singapore, December 13-15, 2023; Proceedings of the IEEE conference on decision and control; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.: New York, 2023; pp 2334-2339. https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383956
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Di Natale, L.; Svetozarevic, B.; Heer, P.; Jones, C. N. Towards scalable physically consistent neural networks: an application to data-driven multi-zone thermal building models. Appl. Energy 2023, 340, 121071 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121071
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Dounas, T.; Hunhevicz, J.; Byers, B. S. Design dimensions for blockchain oracles in the AEC industry. In European conference on computing in construction and international CIB W78 conference on information technology for construction, presented at the 2023 European conference on computing in construction and summer school 2023 CIB W78 40th international conference and Charles M. Eastman Phd award, Heraklion, July 10-12, 2023; Kassem, M., Tagliabue, L. C., Amor, R., Sreckovic, M., Chassiakos, A., Eds.; Proceedings of the European conference on computing in construction; European council on computing in construction (EC3), 2023; p (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2023.297
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Eggimann, S.; Mutschler, R.; Orehounig, K.; Fiorentini, M. Climate change shifts the trade-of between lower cooling and higher heating demand from daylight saving time in office buildings. Environ. Res. Lett. 2023, 18 (2), 024001 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb0e3
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Eggimann, S.; Vivian, J.; Chen, R.; Orehounig, K.; Patt, A.; Fiorentini, M. The potential of lake-source district heating and cooling for European buildings. Energy Convers. Manag. 2023, 283, 116914 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.116914
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Fiorentini, M.; Heer, P.; Baldini, L. Design optimization of a district heating and cooling system with a borehole seasonal thermal energy storage. Energy 2023, 262, 125464 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125464
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Fochesato, M.; Laaksonlaita, T.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J. Modeling and real-time control of a hydrogen refueling station with uncertain demand. In 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC PapersOnLine; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 2695-2700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1363
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Fumey, B.; Weber, R.; Baldini, L. Heat transfer constraints and performance mapping of a closed liquid sorption heat storage process. Appl. Energy 2023, 335, 120755 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120755
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Go, J.; Byun, J.; Orehounig, K.; Heo, Y. Battery-H2 storage system for self-sufficiency in residential buildings under different electric heating system scenarios. Appl. Energy 2023, 337, 120742 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120742
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Hassoun, L.; Khayatian, F.; Ganobjak, M.; Wernery, J.; Vivian, J. Integrated assessment of buildings visual and thermal performance with translucent bricks. In Daylighting & electric lighting, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Andersen, M., Smith, B., Schwartz, Y., Waibel, C., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Eds.; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 112008 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/11/112008
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Heer, P.; Brandes, M.; Cai, H.; Palla, H. K3 Handwerkcity. Der Gewerbepark erreicht hohen energetischen Selbstversorgungsgrad. Aqua Gas 2023, 103 (6), 20-26.
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Hekmat, N.; Cai, H.; Zufferey, T.; Hug, G.; Heer, P. Data-driven demand-side flexibility quantification: prediction and approximation of flexibility envelopes. In 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, presented at the 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, Belgrade, June 25-29, 2023; Power tech conference; IEEE: sine loco, 2023; p (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech55446.2023.10202703
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Hoffmann, C.; Hauri, C.; Primas, A.; Dorer, V.; Huber, H. Hybrid ventilation in residential and office buildings. In Air quality, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Andersen, M., Smith, B., Schwartz, Y., Waibel, C., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Eds.; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 102015 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/10/102015
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Hunhevicz, J. J.; Bucher, D. F.; Soman, R. K.; Honic, M.; Hall, D. M.; De Wolf, C. Web3-based role and token data access: the case of building material passports. In Proceedings of the 2023 European conference on computing in construction and the 40th international CIB W78 conference, presented at the European conference on computing in construction, Heraklion, July 10-12, 2023; European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3): sine loco, 2023; p (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2023.217
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Koirala, B. P.; Cai, H.; de Koning, J.; Heer, P.; Orehounig, K. Flexibility assessment of power-hydrogen-power (P2H2P) system in multi-energy districts. In Predictive & adaptive control, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 072007 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/7/072007
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Le Dréau, J.; Lopes, R. A.; O'Connell, S.; Finn, D.; Hu, M.; Queiroz, H.; Alexander, D.; Satchwell, A.; Österreicher, D.; Polly, B.; et al. Developing energy flexibility in clusters of buildings: a critical analysis of barriers from planning to operation. Energy Build. 2023, 300, 113608 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113608
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Li, R.; Leng, Z.; Li, G.; Yang, B.; Lu, G. Effects of aging on rheological, chemical, and micromechanical properties of waterborne epoxy resin modified bitumen emulsion. Int. J. Pavement Eng. 2023, 24 (2), 2077943 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2022.2077943
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Li, Q.; Vulic, N.; Cai, H.; Heer, P. Flexibility implications of optimal PV design: building vs. community scale. In Optimization at building & urban scale, presented at the CISBAT international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 082002 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/8/082002
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Lienhard, N.; Mutschler, R.; Leenders, L.; Rüdisüli, M. Concurrent deficit and surplus situations in the future renewable Swiss and European electricity system. Energy Strat. Rev. 2023, 46, 101036 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.101036
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Locher, M.; Haghighi, E. Luftlesen verrät Präsenz. Bulletin SEV/VSE, Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE, 2023, pp 18-22.
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Maccarini, A.; Sotnikov, A.; Sommer, T.; Wetter, M.; Sulzer, M.; Afshari, A. Influence of building heat distribution temperatures on the energy performance and sizing of 5th generation district heating and cooling networks. Energy 2023, 275, 127457 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.127457
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Micheli, F.; Behrunani, V.; Mehr, J.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J. Stochastic MPC for energy hubs using data driven demand forecasting. In 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC-PapersOnLine; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 11026-11031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.803
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Rezadoost Dezfuli, R.; Bazazzadeh, H.; Taban, M.; Mahdavinejad, M. Optimizing stack ventilation in low and medium-rise residential buildings in hot and semi-humid climate. Case Stud. Therm. Eng. 2023, 52, 103555 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2023.103555
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Rousseau, J.; Cai, H.; Heer, P.; Orehounig, K.; Hug, G. Uncertainty-aware energy flexibility quantification of a residential building. In Proceedings of 2023 IEEE PES innovative smart grid technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE 2023), presented at the Proceedings of 2023 IEEE PES innovative smart grid technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE 2023), Grenoble, France, October 23-26, 2023; IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe; IEEE, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEUROPE56780.2023.10407489
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Rüdisüli, M.; Mutschler, R.; Teske, S. L.; Sidler, D.; van den Heuvel, D. B.; Diamond, L. W.; Orehounig, K.; Eggimann, S. Potential of renewable surplus electricity for power-to-gas and geo-methanation in Switzerland. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2023, 48 (39), 14527-14542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.12.290
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Siabi, E. K.; Awafo, E. A.; Kabo-bah, A. T.; Derkyi, N. S. A.; Akpoti, K.; Mortey, E. M.; Yazdanie, M. Assessment of Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) climate scenarios and its impacts on the Greater Accra region. Urban Clim. 2023, 49, 101432 (35 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101432
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Smith, R. S.; Behrunani, V.; Lygeros, J. Control of multicarrier energy systems from buildings to networks. Annu. Rev. Control Robot. Auton. Syst. 2023, 6 (1), 4.1-4.24. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-control-042820-125219
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Srinivasan, A.; Wu, R.; Heer, P.; Sansavini, G. Impact of forecast uncertainty and electricity markets on the flexibility provision and economic performance of highly-decarbonized multi-energy systems. Appl. Energy 2023, 338, 120825 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120825
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Sulzer, M.; Wetter, M.; Mutschler, R.; Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, A. Platform-based design for energy systems. Appl. Energy 2023, 352, 121955 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121955
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Thorsteinsson, S.; Cai, H.; Bendtsen, J. D.; Heer, P.; Vivian, J. Making an air-source heat pump smart-grid ready. In Load shifting & smart grid, presented at the CISBAT international conference 2023, Lausanne, 13-15 September, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 052006 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/5/052006
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Thrampoulidis, E.; Hug, G.; Orehounig, K. Approximating optimal building retrofit solutions for large-scale retrofit analysis. Appl. Energy 2023, 333, 120566 (22 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120566
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Vivian, J.; Heer, P.; Fiorentini, M. Effect of climate on the optimal sizing and operation of seasonal ice storage systems. In Optimization at building & urban scale, presented at the CISBAT 2023 hybrid international scientific conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 082021 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/8/082021
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Vivian, J.; Heer, P.; Fiorentini, M. Optimal sizing and operation of seasonal ice thermal storage systems. Energy Build. 2023, 300, 113633 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113633
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Vulic, N.; Rüdisüli, M.; Orehounig, K. Evaluating energy flexibility requirements for high shares of variable renewable energy: a heuristic approach. Energy 2023, 270, 126885 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126885
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Vulic, N.; Eggimann, S.; Sulzer, M.; Orehounig, K. National building stock model for evaluating the impact of different retrofit measures. In Energy performance modelling, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Andersen, M., Smith, B., Schwartz, Y., Waibel, C., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Eds.; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 032004 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/3/032004
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Walch, A.; Rüdisüli, M. Strategic PV expansion and its impact on regional electricity self-sufficiency: case study of Switzerland. Appl. Energy 2023, 346, 121262 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121262
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Wang, H.; Hunhevicz, J.; Hall, D.; Meier, G.; De Wolf, C. Blockchain for regenerative built environment governance. In Regenerative planning, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 182001 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/18/182001
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Xie, H.; Bellizio, F.; Cremer, J. L.; Strbac, G. Regularised learning with selected physics for power system dynamics. In 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, presented at the 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, Belgrade, June 25-29, 2023; Power tech conference; IEEE: sine loco, 2023; p (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech55446.2023.10202688
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Xu, W.; Jiang, Y.; Svetozarievic, B.; Heer, P. CONFIG: Constrained efficient global optimization for closed-loop control system optimization with unmodeled constraints. In 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC PapersOnLine; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2023; Vol. 56-2, pp 513-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1619
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Xu, W.; Jiang, Y.; Svetozarevic, B.; Jones, C. Constrained efficient global optimization of expensive black-box functions. In International conference on machine learning, 23-29 July 2023, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, presented at the 40th international conference on machine learning (PMLR), Honolulu, June 23-29, 2023; Krause, A., Brunskill, E., Cho, K., Engelhardt, B., Sabato, S., Scarlett, J., Eds.; Proceedings of machine learning research; MLResearch Press, 2023; Vol. 202, pp 38485-38498. https://proceedings.mlr.press/v202/xu23h.html
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Xu, W.; Jiang, Y.; Svetozarevic, B.; Jones, C. N. Primal-dual contextual Bayesian optimization for control system online optimization with time-average constraints. In IEEE conference on decision and control, presented at the 62nd IEEE conference on decision and control, CDC 2023, Singapore, December 13-15, 2023; Proceedings of the IEEE conference on decision and control; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.: New York, 2023; pp 4112-4117. https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383653
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Yazdanie, M.; Orehounig, K. A review and analysis of energy systems planning models and tools for renewable energy integration in cities. In Renewable energy, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Andersen, M., Smith, B., Schwartz, Y., Waibel, C., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Eds.; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 042007 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/4/042007
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Yazdanie, M. Resilient energy system analysis and planning using optimization models. Energy Clim. Chang. 2023, 4, 100097 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egycc.2023.100097
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Zagorowska, M.; Balta, E. C.; Behrunani, V.; Rupenyan, A.; Lygeros, J. Efficient sample selection for safe learning. In IFAC world congress, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC-PapersOnLine; Elsevier: sine loco, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 10107-10112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.882
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Zakwan, M.; Di Natale, L.; Svetozarevic, B.; Heer, P.; Jones, C. N.; Trecate Ferrari, G. Physically consistent neural ODEs for learning multi-physics systems. In 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC PapersOnLine; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 5855-5860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.079
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Zhan, H.; Mahyuddin, N.; Sulaiman, R.; Khayatian, F. Phase change material (PCM) integrations into buildings in hot climates with simulation access for energy performance and thermal comfort: a review. Constr. Build. Mater. 2023, 397, 132312 (37 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132312
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