{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4403886150","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3671127.3698166","title":"Key Lessons From Improving the Energy Efficiency of Hospitals Using Reinforcement Learning: Insights From 39 Deployments in India","display_name":"Key Lessons From Improving the Energy Efficiency of Hospitals Using Reinforcement Learning: Insights From 39 Deployments in India","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-10-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4403886150","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3671127.3698166"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3671127.3698166","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3671127.3698166","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3671127.3698166","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3671127.3698166","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Saksham Dutta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4236-5352"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Saksham Dutta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047964179","display_name":"A. Singhal","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Akshit Singhal","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114453301","display_name":"Appala Srisurya Pardhasaradhi Tupurani","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Appala Srisurya Pardhasaradhi Tupurani","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Listin Abey Mathew","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5702-3316"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Listin Abey Mathew","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114453302","display_name":"Amreen Parveen","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Amreen Parveen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114453303","display_name":"Venu A. Madhav","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Venu A. Madhav","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114102024","display_name":"Divyam Arora","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dishant Arora","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"K. Selvakumar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4649-1921"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"K. Selvakumar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082956417","display_name":"Deva P. Seetharam","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Deva P. Seetharam","raw_affiliation_strings":["Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Smart Joules Private Limited, New Delhi, India","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":9,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.11074718,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"154","last_page":"158"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11954","display_name":"Energy Efficiency and Management","score":0.9746999740600586,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11954","display_name":"Energy Efficiency and Management","score":0.9746999740600586,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10603","display_name":"Smart Grid Energy Management","score":0.9192000031471252,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10121","display_name":"Building Energy and Comfort Optimization","score":0.9065999984741211,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2215","display_name":"Building and Construction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.781302809715271},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reinforcement-learning","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","score":0.7530080676078796},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6020855903625488},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/efficient-energy-use","display_name":"Efficient energy use","score":0.5820122361183167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy","display_name":"Energy (signal processing)","score":0.4150081276893616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.2615513503551483},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.1966533362865448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.19553259015083313},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electrical-engineering","display_name":"Electrical engineering","score":0.11204826831817627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.0823645293712616}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.781302809715271},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97541855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830687","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","level":2,"score":0.7530080676078796},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6020855903625488},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2742236","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924713","display_name":"Efficient energy use","level":2,"score":0.5820122361183167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186370098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442787","display_name":"Energy (signal processing)","level":2,"score":0.4150081276893616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2615513503551483},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1966533362865448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.19553259015083313},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.11204826831817627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0823645293712616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3671127.3698166","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3671127.3698166","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3671127.3698166","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3671127.3698166","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3671127.3698166","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3671127.3698166","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8799999952316284,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4403886150.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4403886150.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":7,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2957897705","https://openalex.org/W3024350433","https://openalex.org/W3087355053","https://openalex.org/W3130417286","https://openalex.org/W3157674762","https://openalex.org/W3162079807","https://openalex.org/W4280643421"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4306904969","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2138720691","https://openalex.org/W2376932109"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"To":[0],"improve":[1],"the":[2,99,112,130,174],"energy":[3,119,155,175],"efficiency":[4,120],"of":[5,33,90,177],"commercial":[6,181],"buildings,":[7],"we":[8,97,110],"have":[9,23],"developed":[10],"a":[11],"Reinforcement":[12],"Learning":[13],"(RL)":[14],"based":[15],"system":[16,92,113],"named":[17],"Chiller":[18],"Plant":[19],"Automation":[20],"(CPA).":[21],"We":[22,85],"implemented":[24],"it":[25],"in":[26,30,79,121,180],"39":[27],"hospitals,":[28],"located":[29],"different":[31],"geographies":[32],"India":[34],"with":[35,75,81],"varied":[36],"weather":[37],"conditions,":[38],"to":[39,147,163,172],"optimize":[40],"their":[41],"Heating,":[42],"Ventilation,":[43],"and":[44,66,93,117,152,158],"Air":[45],"Conditioning":[46],"(HVAC)":[47],"systems,":[48,157],"comprising":[49],"69":[50],"chillers,":[51],"108":[52],"primary":[53],"chilled":[54,59],"water":[55,60,64],"pumps,":[56,61,65],"24":[57],"secondary":[58],"82":[62],"condenser":[63],"147":[67],"cooling":[68,83],"towers.":[69],"This":[70],"paper":[71],"describes":[72],"our":[73,91],"experience":[74],"this":[76],"large-scale":[77],"deployment":[78],"hospitals":[80,123],"stringent":[82],"requirements.":[84],"first":[86],"present":[87],"an":[88],"overview":[89],"its":[94],"components.":[95],"Next,":[96],"describe":[98],"practical":[100,161],"lessons":[101,133,139],"learned":[102],"from":[103],"these":[104,108,122,138],"deployments.":[105],"Based":[106],"on":[107,126],"lessons,":[109],"iterated":[111],"design":[114],"multiple":[115],"times":[116],"improved":[118],"by":[124],"7%":[125],"average":[127],"without":[128],"discomforting":[129],"occupants.":[131],"The":[132],"(i)":[134],"are":[135],"generic,":[136],"as":[137],"can":[140],"inform":[141],"solution":[142],"providers":[143],"about":[144],"key":[145],"factors":[146],"consider":[148],"when":[149,168],"deploying":[150],"RL":[151],"IoT-based":[153],"building":[154],"management":[156],"(ii)":[159],"provide":[160],"solutions":[162],"address":[164],"common":[165],"challenges":[166],"encountered":[167],"integrating":[169],"RL-based":[170],"systems":[171,179],"reduce":[173],"consumption":[176],"HVAC":[178],"buildings.":[182]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-04-17T18:11:37.981687","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}