Building-Automation on Cognaptus https://cognaptus.com/tags/building-automation/ Recent content in Building-Automation on Cognaptus Hugo -- 0.145.0 en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jerk Matters: Teaching Reinforcement Learning Some Mechanical Manners https://cognaptus.com/blog/2026-01-06-jerk-matters-teaching-reinforcement-learning-some-mechanical-manners/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://cognaptus.com/blog/2026-01-06-jerk-matters-teaching-reinforcement-learning-some-mechanical-manners/ A mechanism-first reading of how higher-order action regularization can make reinforcement learning policies smoother, less switch-happy, and more practical for HVAC and other physical-control systems. When Your House Talks Back: Teaching Buildings to Think About Energy https://cognaptus.com/blog/2026-01-01-when-your-house-talks-back-teaching-buildings-to-think-about-energy/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://cognaptus.com/blog/2026-01-01-when-your-house-talks-back-teaching-buildings-to-think-about-energy/ A smart-building benchmark shows why LLM agents are already useful for grounded device operations—and why financial reasoning still belongs behind deterministic controls.