Interpretable Load Patterns of Building District Energy Systems using Attention-based LSTM
Hanfei Yu,
Shifang Huang,
Xiaosong Zhang
Abstract:With the increasing demand for energy and focus on environmental sustainability, district energy systems (DESs) have emerged as a promising solution. To optimize DES operations and energy savings, accurate load forecasting is crucial. This study proposed an LSTM model with an attention mechanism for accurate heating load forecasting within a real DES. By introducing an attention mechanism, the heatmaps generated by weight distribution can reveal the load pattern’s periodicity and building thermal inertia. Rese… Show more
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