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IECE Transactions on Social Statistics and Computing, 2024, Volume 1, Issue 4: 89-101

Free Access | Research Article | 21 November 2024
1 School of Computing, National College of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2 School of Computing, Dublin City University, Ireland
* Corresponding author: Teerath Kumar, email: [email protected]
Received: 16 October 2024, Accepted: 03 November 2024, Published: 21 November 2024  

Abstract
This research investigates the impact of retrofit interventions on the energy performance of domestic buildings in Ireland using predictive machine learning (ML) models. The study applies machine learning models to classify Building Energy Rating (BER) for dwellings in County Dublin Ireland. Keeping the focus on selecting features in a highly correlated dataset, the study predicts energy ratings with an accuracy of 69 percent. Light Gradient Boosting Machine Classifier is observed for best performance among twenty plus ML models applied for prediction. The study also performs retrofit experiments on dwelling features and evaluate their effectiveness towards improving the energy performance of the dwelling contributing to Energy Performance of Buildings Directives (EPBD) applicable in Ireland using statistical inferences. This research discusses the potential of data driven approaches in optimizing energy utilisation and shaping policies for sustainable building practices.

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Enhancing Energy Performance in Irish Dwellings: A Machine Learning Approach to Retrofit Interventions

Keywords
machine learning
BER
statistical
optimizing

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Tirpathi, S., & Kumar, T. (2024). Enhancing Energy Performance in Irish Dwellings: A Machine Learning Approach to Retrofit Interventions. IECE Transactions on Social Statistics and Computing, 1(4), 89–101. https://doi.org/10.62762/TSSC.2024.898106

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