Fig. 1 Tendency of temperature increase in Argentina (°C/56 years): annual, summer, and winter (source: National Weather Service, 2022) More about this image found in Tendency of temperature increase in Argentina (°C/56 years): annual, summer...

Fig. 2 Location of Mendoza, Argentina: total radiation and clear-sky days’ data More about this image found in Location of Mendoza, Argentina: total radiation and clear-sky days’ data

Fig. 3 Location and south-east facade of the office building More about this image found in Location and south-east facade of the office building

Fig. 4 Interior data logger location in the second level: from left to right: individual office (BOX NW) oriented northwest and open plan office (PL2) oriented north More about this image found in Interior data logger location in the second level: from left to right: ind...

Fig. 5 Solar protection devices More about this image found in Solar protection devices

Fig. 6 In situ measurements More about this image found in In situ measurements

Fig. 7 Scatter plot graphics comparing thermal comfort performance in occupancy and non-use state: left panel: open plan office (PL2) and right panel: individual office (BOX NW) (Givoni thermal comfort area for summer, between temperatures 20 °C and 27 °C and relative humidity 55–80%) More about this image found in Scatter plot graphics comparing thermal comfort performance in occupancy an...

Fig. 8 Comparative comfort performance between measures (ME) and simulated (SIM) building use hours for open plan office (PL2) and individual office (BOX NW) More about this image found in Comparative comfort performance between measures (ME) and simulated (SIM) b...

Fig. 1 Layout of district cooling energy plant More about this image found in Layout of district cooling energy plant

Fig. 2 Detailed description of district cooling energy plant More about this image found in Detailed description of district cooling energy plant

Fig. 3 (Top) Map of the campus with a DCEP whose data are used for model calibration, and (bottom) out of sample prediction for P ch using the calibrated model (7), T oadb is the ambient dry-bulb temperature: ( a ) schematic of the UWC Tampines Campus, from Ref. [ 40 ] and ( b ) chiller po... More about this image found in (Top) Map of the campus with a DCEP whose data are used for model calibrati...

Fig. 4 Baseline controller More about this image found in Baseline controller

Fig. 5 Load tracking performances of the MPC, RL, and BL controllers: the “Ref” is cooling required q ˙ k L , ref More about this image found in Load tracking performances of the MPC, RL, and BL controllers: the “Ref” is...

Fig. 6 Power consumption versus real-time electricity price for the MPC, RL, and BL controllers More about this image found in Power consumption versus real-time electricity price for the MPC, RL, and B...

Fig. 7 TES cold water volume versus real-time electricity price for the MPC, RL, and BL controllers More about this image found in TES cold water volume versus real-time electricity price for the MPC, RL, a...

Fig. 8 Required cooling load versus real-time electricity price for the MPC, RL, and BL controllers More about this image found in Required cooling load versus real-time electricity price for the MPC, RL, a...

Fig. 9 Number of active chillers versus real-time electricity price for the MPC, RL, and BL controllers More about this image found in Number of active chillers versus real-time electricity price for the MPC, R...

Fig. 10 Sparsity pattern of the matrix P θ appearing in Eq. (29) More about this image found in Sparsity pattern of the matrix P θ appearing in Eq. (29)

Fig. 11 Values of θ versus policy iteration index. Only five θ ’s are shown to avoid clutter. More about this image found in Values of θ versus policy iteration index. Only five θ ’s are shown to a...

Fig. 1 Schematic of DER More about this image found in Schematic of DER