$T_{\mathrm{k}}^{his}$	thermal energy storage in building (−)
$x_{\mathrm{k}}^{}$	the state of the system (−)
$u_{\mathrm{k}}^{}$	decision variable (−)
$J_{\mathrm{k}}^{\ast }$	the lowest cost from stage k to stage m (−)
$S_{\mathrm{k}}^{in,T}$	current temperature of the room (°C)
$S_{\mathrm{k}}^{PAU,times}$	the remaining start hours of the PAU (−)
$S_{\mathrm{k}}^{ASHP,on/off}$	the on/off of the ASHP (−)
$S_{\mathrm{k}}^{Set,T}$	the setting of the room temperature (°C)
$S_{\mathrm{k}}^{PAU,on/off}$	the on/off of the PAU (−)
$S_{\mathrm{k}}^{PAU,mode}$	the working mode of the PAU (−)
$S_{\mathrm{k}}^{shading}$	solar radiation blocked by shading equipment (%)
$S_{\mathrm{k},\min }^{in,T}$	minimum room temperature at time k (°C)
$S_{\mathrm{k},\max }^{in,T}$	maximum room temperature at time k (°C)
$S_{\mathrm{k}}^{Weather}$	outdoor weather (−)
${\lambda }_{\mathrm{k}}^{cmf}$	the weighting coefficient of discomfort cost (−)
${\lambda }_{\mathrm{k}}^{cst}$	the weighting coefficient of energy cost (−)
${\lambda }_{\mathrm{k}}^{on/off}$	the weighting coefficient of ASHP on/off cost (−)
$C_{\mathrm{k}}^{cmf}$	discomfort cost (−)
$C_{\mathrm{k}}^{cst}$	energy cost (kW)
$C_{\mathrm{k}}^{on/off}$	ASHP on/off cost (−)
$G$	solar radiation (W/m2)
$Q$	the heating and cooling output of ASHP (kW)
Subscripts
$0-24,\mathrm{k}$	the stage index
Abbreviations
HVAC	heating, ventilation and air conditioning
NZE	net zero emissions
NZEB	nearly zero energy buildings
MPC	model predictive control
SVM	support vector machine
ANN	Artificial Neural Network
MPR	multivariate polynomial regression
MSE	Mean Square Error
MAE	Mean Absolute Error
MAPE	Mean Absolute Percent Error
R 2	coefficient of determination
RBFs	radial basis functions
MLP	multi-layer-perceptons
ASHP	Air-Sourced Heat Pump
PAU	Primary Air Unit
BNMI	best network after multiple iterations
DP	dynamic programming