Smart Buildings, Smart Communities and Demand Response

Preface ix
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Nomenclature xv
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Chapter 1. Demand Response in Smart Zero Energy Buildings and Grids 1
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1.1. Introduction 1
 
1.2. Smart and zero energy buildings 2
 
1.3. DR and smart grids 9
 
1.3.1. DR and congestion management 18
 
1.3.2. DR and AS 19
 
1.3.3. DR programs 21
 
1.3.4. Building level DR 22
 
1.3.5. District level DR and microgrids 26
 
1.3.6. ANN-based short-term power forecasting 31
 
1.4. Scientific focus of the book 32
 
1.5. Book outline and objectives 34
 
Chapter 2. DR in Smart and Near-zero Energy Buildings: The Leaf Community 37
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2.1. The Leaf Lab industrial building, AEA Italy 39
 
2.2. The Leaf House residential building, AEA Italy 41
 
Chapter 3. Performance of Industrial and Residential Near-zero Energy Buildings 43
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3.1. Materials and methods 44
 
3.1.1. Energy simulation model 45
 
3.2. Energy performance analysis 51
 
3.2.1. The Leaf Lab 51
 
3.2.2. The Leaf House 57
 
3.3. Discussion 61
 
3.4. Conclusion 63
 
Chapter 4. HVAC Optimization Genetic Algorithm for Industrial Near-Zero Energy Building Demand Response 65
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Denia Kolokotsa is Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Crete in Greece, President of the European Cool Roofs Council, Editor of the Elsevier Energy and Buildings Journal and former Editor-in-Chief of the Advances in Building Energy Research Journal.
 
Nikos Kampelis works as a Research Associate at the Energy Management in the Built Environment Research (EMBER) laboratory of the Technical University of Crete. He completed his PhD on demand response for the optimal integration of loads and renewable energy in microgrids.