Research Article

Explanatory Optimization of the Prediction Model for Building Energy Consumption

Table 1

Prediction errors of different models.

PeriodMetricDataset
Model 1Model 2Model 3Model 4Model 5Our model

JanuaryMAPE16.24%14.73%12.15%10.58%13.96%6.48%
MSE7.196.335.244.353.852.39

FebruaryMAPE17.54%15.21%14.62%9.58%9.16%5.37%
MSE7.986.085.034.814.592.74

MarchMAPE16.61%14.73%12.54%9.38%14.71%6.85%
MSE7.496.635.064.714.382.74

AprilMAPE17.28%16.11%13.62%11.48%9.62%5.37%
MSE6.996.526.094.354.182.63

MayMAPE17.84%17.03%16.95%11.41%13.64%6.17%
MSE7.845.875.164.954.352.81

MeanMAPE15.78%114.57%13.05%11.62%13.84%6.37%

MAPE is short for mean absolute percentage error.