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Data-Driven Modeling of Appliance Energy Usage

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  • Cameron Francis Assadian

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA)

  • Francis Assadian

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA)

Abstract

Due to the transition toward the Internet of Everything (IOE), the prediction of energy consumed by household appliances has become a progressively more difficult topic to model. Even with advancements in data analytics and machine learning, several challenges remain to be addressed. Therefore, providing highly accurate and optimized models has become the primary research goal of many studies. This paper analyzes appliance energy consumption through a variety of machine learning-based strategies. Utilizing data recorded from a single-family home, input variables comprised internal temperatures and humidities, lighting consumption, and outdoor conditions including wind speed, visibility, and pressure. Various models were trained and evaluated: (a) multiple linear regression, (b) support vector regression, (c) random forest, (d) gradient boosting, (e) xgboost, and (f) the extra trees regressor. Both feature engineering and hyperparameter tuning methodologies were applied to not only extend existing features but also create new ones that provided improved model performance across all metrics: root mean square error (RMSE), coefficient of determination (R 2 ), mean absolute error (MAE), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE). The best model (extra trees) was able to explain 99% of the variance in the training set and 66% in the testing set when using all the predictors. The results were compared with those obtained using a similar methodology. The objective of performing these actions was to show a unique perspective in simulating building performance through data-driven models, identifying how to maximize predictive performance through the use of machine learning-based strategies, as well as understanding the potential benefits of utilizing different models.

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  • Cameron Francis Assadian & Francis Assadian, 2023. "Data-Driven Modeling of Appliance Energy Usage," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-12, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:22:p:7536-:d:1278552
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