Nikolaos Koltsaklis

Dr. Nikolaos Koltsaklis

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, Greece
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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 November 2015 in Applied Energy
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Nikolaos Koltsaklis
MGMichael C. Georgiadis
Michael C. Georgiadis

1 February 2014 in Applied Energy
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Nikolaos Koltsaklis
ADAthanasios Dagoumas
Athanasios Dagoumas
GKGeorgios M. Kopanos
Georgios M. Kopanos
EPEfstratios N. Pistikopoulos
Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos
MGMichael C. Georgiadis
Michael C. Georgiadis


1 October 2017 in Energy Policy
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Nikolaos Koltsaklis
ADAthanasios Dagoumas
Athanasios Dagoumas
IPIoannis P. Panapakidis
Ioannis P. Panapakidis

1 March 2018 in Chemical Engineering Research and Design
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Nikolaos Koltsaklis
MGMyronas Giannakakis
Myronas Giannakakis
MGMichael C. Georgiadis
Michael C. Georgiadis

18 February 2022 in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
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IZIoannis Zenginis
Ioannis Zenginis
JVJohn Vardakas
John Vardakas
Nikolaos KoltsaklisNikolaos Koltsaklis
Nikolaos Koltsaklis
CVChristos Verikoukis
Christos Verikoukis
Smart homes that contain renewable energy sources, storage systems, and controllable loads will be key components of the future smart grid. In this article, we develop a reinforcement-learning (RL)-based scheme for the real-time energy management of a smart home that contains a photovoltaic system, a storage device, and a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The objective of the proposed scheme is to minimize the smart home’s electricity cost and the residents’ thermal discomfort by appropriately scheduling the storage device and the HVAC system on a daily basis. The problem is formulated as a Markov decision process, which is solved using the deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) algorithm. The main contribution of our study compared to the existing literature on RL-based energy management is the development of a clustering process that partitions the training data set into more homogeneous training subsets. Different DDPG agents are trained based on the data included in the derived subsets, while in real time, the test days are assigned to the appropriate agent, which is able to achieve more efficient energy schedules when compared to a single DDPG agent that is trained based on a unified training data set.