TY - JOUR
T1 - Large language model-based agent Schema and library for automated building energy analysis and modeling
AU - Zhang, Liang
AU - Fu, Xiaoqin
AU - Li, Yanfei
AU - Chen, Jianli
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2025/8
Y1 - 2025/8
N2 - Large language models (LLMs) agents can function as autonomous, interactive, goal-oriented systems, but in the building energy sector, there is currently no structured paradigm that researchers and engineers can follow to create, access, and share effective LLM agents without starting from scratch. This paper introduces a JSON-based agent schema designed to structure the description of LLM agents. Additionally, the paper introduces an open-source library on GitHub that serves as a centralized repository for LLM agents designed for building energy analysis and modeling, all structured according to this schema. This library is publicly accessible, allowing users to utilize and upload agents, thereby enhancing the accessibility of LLM agents. The case studies demonstrate the schema's effectiveness with four example agents developed across different platform. These applications, developed on diverse platforms, successfully execute and seamlessly align with the proposed schema and can be reproduced without additional information beyond the schema.
AB - Large language models (LLMs) agents can function as autonomous, interactive, goal-oriented systems, but in the building energy sector, there is currently no structured paradigm that researchers and engineers can follow to create, access, and share effective LLM agents without starting from scratch. This paper introduces a JSON-based agent schema designed to structure the description of LLM agents. Additionally, the paper introduces an open-source library on GitHub that serves as a centralized repository for LLM agents designed for building energy analysis and modeling, all structured according to this schema. This library is publicly accessible, allowing users to utilize and upload agents, thereby enhancing the accessibility of LLM agents. The case studies demonstrate the schema's effectiveness with four example agents developed across different platform. These applications, developed on diverse platforms, successfully execute and seamlessly align with the proposed schema and can be reproduced without additional information beyond the schema.
KW - Agent schema and library
KW - Agentic workflow
KW - Building energy analysis
KW - Building energy modeling
KW - Large language model
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105003998075
U2 - 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106244
DO - 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106244
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105003998075
SN - 0926-5805
VL - 176
JO - Automation in Construction
JF - Automation in Construction
M1 - 106244
ER -