PMID- 38404842 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240227 IS - 2405-8440 (Print) IS - 2405-8440 (Electronic) IS - 2405-8440 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2024 Feb 29 TI - Early energy performance analysis of smart buildings by consolidated artificial neural network paradigms. PG - e25848 LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25848 [doi] LID - e25848 AB - The assessment of energy performance in smart buildings has emerged as a prominent area of research driven by the increasing energy consumption trends worldwide. Analyzing the attributes of buildings using optimized machine learning models has been a highly effective approach for estimating the cooling load (C(L)) and heating load (H(L)) of the buildings. In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) is used as the basic predictor that undergoes optimization using five metaheuristic algorithms, namely coati optimization algorithm (COA), gazelle optimization algorithm (GOA), incomprehensible but intelligible-in-time logics (IbIL), osprey optimization algorithm (OOA), and sooty tern optimization algorithm (STOA) to predict the C(L) and H(L) of a residential building. The models are trained and tested via an Energy Efficiency dataset (downloaded from UCI Repository). A score-based ranking system is built upon three accuracy evaluators including mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), root mean square error (RMSE), and percentage-Pearson correlation coefficient (PPCC) to compare the prediction accuracy of the models. Referring to the results, all models demonstrated high accuracy (e.g., PPCCs >89%) for predicting both C(L) and H(L). However, the calculated final scores of the models (43, 20, 39, 38, and 10 in H(L) prediction and 36, 20, 42, 42, and 10 in C(L) prediction for the STOA, OOA, IbIL, GOA, and COA, respectively) indicated that the GOA, IbIL, and STOA perform better than COA and OOA. Moreover, a comparison with various algorithms used in earlier literature showed that the GOA, IbIL, and STOA provide a more accurate solution. Therefore, the use of ANN optimized by these three algorithms is recommended for practical early forecast of energy performance in buildings and optimizing the design of energy systems. CI - (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Guo, Guoqing AU - Guo G AD - Xi'an Jiaotong-liverpool University, Xi'an, Shannxi, 215123, China. FAU - Liu, Peng AU - Liu P AD - Xi'an Jiaotong-liverpool University, Xi'an, Shannxi, 215123, China. FAU - Zheng, Yuchen AU - Zheng Y AD - Chenyu Technology (Wuhan) Co., LTD, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240207 PL - England TA - Heliyon JT - Heliyon JID - 101672560 PMC - PMC10884448 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Artificial intelligence OT - Energy performance OT - Prediction OT - Smart buildings OT - Thermal loads COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2024/02/26 06:42 MHDA- 2024/02/26 06:43 PMCR- 2024/02/07 CRDT- 2024/02/26 04:33 PHST- 2023/08/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/26 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/26 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/26 04:33 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2405-8440(24)01879-6 [pii] AID - e25848 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25848 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Heliyon. 2024 Feb 7;10(4):e25848. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25848. eCollection 2024 Feb 29.