Glossary

HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning systems.
RL: Reinforcement Learning.
TF-Agents: A library for reinforcement learning in TensorFlow.
Setpoint: The desired temperature or condition that a control system aims to maintain.
Regret Function: A type of reward function that measures the difference between the actual performance and the optimal performance.
Gin Configuration: A lightweight configuration framework for Python.
Productivity Decay Curve: A function describing how productivity decreases as conditions deviate from optimal setpoints.
Energy Cost Models: Models that calculate the cost and carbon emissions associated with energy consumption.
Normalization: The process of scaling data to a standard range or distribution.
VAV: Variable Air Volume systems used in HVAC to control the amount of air flow to different areas.
Control Volume: A defined region in space through which fluid may flow in and out, used in simulations to model physical systems.