TESLA: An extended study of an energy-saving agent that leverages schedule flexibility

• Main Authors: KWAK, Jun Young, VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep, Maheswaran, Rajiv, Tambe, Milind, Becerik-Gerber, Burcin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Energy; Sustainable multiagent systems; Energy-oriented scheduling; Scheduling flexibility; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1931; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2930/viewcontent/TESLA_JAAMAS_R1_20_1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper presents transformative energy-saving schedule-leveraging agent (TESLA), an agent for optimizing energy usage in commercial buildings. TESLA’s key insight is that adding flexibility to event/meeting schedules can lead to significant energy savings. This paper provides four key contributio...