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Bits4Watts Workshop 2026: 2nd International Workshop on Low-Carbon Building and Urban Energy Systems Powered by Data, AI, and Smart Controls

Introduction

Digitalization is becoming increasingly crucial in making today’s buildings low-carbon and energy-efficient. According to the International Energy Agency, utilizing the data from ubiquitous sensors, actuators, and IoT devices could save around 10% of energy use in residential and commercial buildings by 2040. By leveraging data and data-driven techniques, various stakeholders can gain valuable insights and make better decision-making throughout all phases, from design through construction to operations.

This workshop aims to explore the integration of data, AI, and advanced controls in building energy management from individual buildings to the community scale. The workshop will feature selected presentations of case studies that highlight recent developments and demonstrations of data management, artificial intelligence, model-based diagnostic and control technologies, and grid interactions. The format will encourage an open discussion to address what is necessary to move from research to the widespread adoption of smart data-driven building technologies. By the end of the workshop, participants will have a deeper understanding of the current state of smart data-driven technologies in buildings and will be able to identify existing gaps that need to be addressed in future research and development.

Workshop Program

  1. 12:30 – 12:50 pm
    Yeonsook Heo

    Knowledge Meets Data: Evolving Dynamic Rule-Based Control with AI

    Yeonsook Heo, Professor, Korea University, South Korea

  2. 12:50 – 1:10 pm
    Xuyuan Kang

    Evaluation of the Impact of Representative Meteorological Year (RMY) Data on the Simulation for Flexible Building Microgrids

    Xuyuan Kang, Associate Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  3. 1:10 – 1:30 pm
    Marco Savino Piscitelli

    Advancing Building Digitalization through AI and Semantic Interoperability: Insights from the INTEGRATES Project

    Marco Savino Piscitelli, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

  4. 1:30 – 1:40 pm
    ☕ Coffee & Tea Break
  5. 1:40 – 2:00 pm
    Xiaochen Yang

    Short-Term Load Forecasting for District Energy Systems Using STGCN with Multi-Source Adjacency Matrices and Residual Graph Fusion

    Xiaochen Yang, Associate Professor, Tianjin University, China

  6. 2:00 – 2:20 pm
    Xiaochen Liu

    Energy-Aware Computing Power Sharing for Sustainable Artificial Intelligence

    Xiaochen Liu, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University, China

  7. 2:20 – 2:40 pm
    James Lai

    Panel Discussion: Smart Buildings at a Crossroads: What Really Matters for Decarbonization?

    Facilitator: Sicheng Zhan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Organizing Committee

Venue

The workshop will take place on November 18, 2026 at SDE3, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Architectural Drive Singapore 117566.

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