Journal article
Net-zero Energy Impact Building Clusters Emulator for Operation Strategy Development
ASHRAE transactions, Vol.120(2), pp.1M-1M
01 Jan 2014
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
The emerging and improvement of smart grids, net-zero energy buildings, and advanced building energy demand response technologies continuously drive the needs for better building control and operation strategies and building energy simulation testbeds. However, current building operation strategies and simulation testbeds are all developed assuming that buildings do not share energy resources. In this study, it is envisioned that similar to micro-communities in a human society, neighboring buildings will have the tendency to form a cluster, an open cyber-physical system to exploit the economic opportunities provided by a smart grid, distributed power generation, and storage devices. Through optimized demand management, these building clusters will then reduce overall primary energy consumption and peak time electricity demand, and be more resilient to power disruptions. This study aims at developing a building cluster emulator that is capable of simulating realistic energy behaviors of a cluster of buildings and their energy generation and storage devices, such as PV panels, battery devices, thermal storage tank etc.
Metrics
3 Record Views
Details
- Title
- Net-zero Energy Impact Building Clusters Emulator for Operation Strategy Development
- Creators
- Xiwang LiJin WenTeresa WuASHRAE
- Publication Details
- ASHRAE transactions, Vol.120(2), pp.1M-1M
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991019170553504721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output
- Web of Science research areas
- Construction & Building Technology
- Thermodynamics