Energy Efficiency Valuation: Estimating the increase in expected transaction price due to improved energy efficiency in the Dutch housing market

Recent advancements in causal inference and machine learning research have brought forward methods to estimate effects of interventions from observational data. The augmented inverse probability weighted (AIPW) estimator is such a method, which can be used to obtain estimates of potential outcomes. Potential outcomes are defined as a...

Energy Study of Drying: Using Machine Learning to Predict the Energy Consumption of an Industrial Powder Drying Process

In this thesis, we use data science / statistical techniques to better understand the energy consumption behind a powder drying facility located in Zwolle, as part of Abbott's initiative to better manage its energy consumption. As powder drying is by far the facility's most energy intensive process, this project therefore focuses exclusively on...