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Final Projects
Autonomous Sustainable Buildings: From Theory to Practice
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Preface
Logistics
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Syllabus
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Schedule
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Assignments for the Course
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Useful Links
Preliminaries
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Why buildings?
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Setting up your learning / tinkering computer environment
Fundamental Concepts
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Thermal Dynamics of Buildings: Part I
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Thermal Dynamics of Buildings: Part II
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Occupant Thermal Comfort
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Basics of AC Power Systems for Buildings
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Basics of Control Theory for Buildings and Their Application
State-of-the-Art Applications
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Paper Discussions
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FTM-Sense: Robust Sensor-free Occupancy Sensing Leveraging WiFi Fine Time Measurement
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PyDCM: Custom Data Center Models with Reinforcement Learning for Sustainability
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Hands-On: Getting Started with PyDCM
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Hands-On: Getting Started with SustainDC
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Gnu-RL: A Precocial Reinforcement Learning Solution for Building HVAC Control Using a Differentiable MPC Policy
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Hands-On: Getting Started with Gnu-RL
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Modeling the Impact of Passive Ventilation Systems on Multi-Zone Thermal Dynamics
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Can Attention Improve Sequence-to-Point Load Disaggregation?
Implementation
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Building a Novel Smart Electrical Meter
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Building a Novel Smart Thermostat
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Final Projects
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23.1
Spring 2026
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23
Final Projects
Below are links to the websites for past years’ final projects.
23.1
Spring 2026
Self-Adaptive Occupancy Forecasting in CMU Classrooms (and Beyond!)
Thermal Digital Twin
CEE-12770-Team5
Disag-With-Light
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Building a Novel Smart Thermostat
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