Research Summary
Pavlak’s research interests focus on increasing the intelligence and autonomy of building energy systems and generation technologies.
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Recent Publications
A novel parametric workflow for simulating urban heat island effects on residential building energy use: Coupling local climate zones with the urban weather generator a case study of seven U.S. cities
Hashemi, F., Mills, G., Poerschke, U., Iulo, L. D., Pavlak, G. & Kalisperis, L., Sep 1 2024, In: Sustainable Cities and Society. 110, 105568.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Implementing dynamic subset sensitivity analysis for early design datasets
Hinkle, L. E., Pavlak, G., Curtis, L. & Brown, N. C., Feb 2024, In: Automation in Construction. 158, 105198.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Site suitability analysis for implementing solar PV power plants using GIS and fuzzy MCDM based approach
Almasad, A., Pavlak, G., Alquthami, T. & Kumara, S., Jan 1 2023, In: Solar Energy. 249, p. 642-650 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Analyzing Harmony and Discord Among Optimal Building Controllers Responding to Energy, Cost, and Carbon Reduction Objectives
Li, L. X. & Pavlak, G. S., Feb 1 2023, In: Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities. 4, 1, 011002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Predicting uncertainty of a chiller plant power consumption using quantile random forest: A commercial building case study
Salimian Rizi, B., Pavlak, G., Cushing, V. & Heidarinejad, M., Nov 15 2023, In: Energy. 283, 129112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluating optimal control of active insulation and HVAC systems in residential buildings
Sepehri, A. & Pavlak, G. S., Feb 15 2023, In: Energy and Buildings. 281, 112728.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tradeoffs in optimization of Active Insulation Systems and HVAC: A case study in residential buildings
Sepehri, A. & Pavlak, G., 2023, In: Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 29, 9, p. 927-935 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Collective comfort optimization in multi-occupancy environments by leveraging personal comfort models and thermal distribution patterns
Topak, F., Pavlak, G. S., Pekeriçli, M. K., Wang, J. & Jazizadeh, F., Jul 1 2023, In: Building and Environment. 239, 110401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Risk-aware sizing and transactive control of building portfolios with thermal energy storage
Yu, M. G. & Pavlak, G. S., Feb 15 2023, In: Applied Energy. 332, 120474.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Model-Based Testbed for Uncertainty Quantification in Building Control Systems with Advanced Sequences of Operation
Abdel Haleem, S. M., Pavlak, G. S. & Bahnfleth, W. P., Jun 1 2022, In: Journal of Architectural Engineering. 28, 2, 04022007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An optimization framework for the network design of advanced district thermal energy systems
Allen, A., Henze, G., Baker, K., Pavlak, G. & Murphy, M., Aug 15 2022, In: Energy Conversion and Management. 266, 115839.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DYNAMIC SUBSET SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR DESIGN EXPLORATION
Hinkle, L., Pavlak, G., Brown, N. & Curtis, L., 2022, In: Simulation Series. 54, 1, p. 107-118 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Extracting interpretable building control rules from multi-objective model predictive control data sets
Yu, M. G. & Pavlak, G. S., Feb 1 2022, In: Energy. 240, 122691.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Quantifying the Value of Stochastic Supervisory Controller for Building Thermal Energy Storage Aggregators in Two-Settlement Grid Markets
Yu, M. G. & Pavlak, G. S., Aug 1 2022, In: Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities. 3, 3, 031002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Uncertainty-aware optimal dispatch of building thermal storage portfolios via smoothed variance-reduced accelerated gradient methods
Yu, M. G., Pavlak, G. S. & Shanbhag, U. V., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 51, 104405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review