TY  - JOUR
JF  - Energy and Buildings
A1  - Rocha, P
A1  - Siddiqui, AS
A1  - Stadler, M
KW  - Smart building energy management
KW  -  Dynamic energy consumption
KW  -  Energy-efficiency policy measures
KW  -  Non-linear optimisation.
SP  - 203
VL  - 88
N1  - This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
EP  - 213
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.11.077
ID  - discovery1457532
N2  - To foster the transition to more sustainable energy systems, policymakers have been approving measures to
improve energy efficiency as well as promoting smart grids. In this setting, building managers are encouraged
to adapt their energy operations to real-time market and weather conditions. Yet, most fail to do so as they
rely on conventional building energy management systems (BEMS) that have static temperature set points for
heating and cooling equipment. In this paper, we investigate how effective policy measures are at improving
building-level energy efficiency compared to a smart BEMS with dynamic temperature set points. To this end, we present an integrated optimisation model mimicking the smart BEMS that combines decisions on heating and cooling systems operations with decisions on energy sourcing. Using data from an Austrian and a Spanish building, we find that the smart BEMS results in greater reduction in energy consumption than a conventional BEMS with policy measures.
AV  - public
Y1  - 2015/02/01/
SN  - 0378-7788
TI  - Improving Energy Efficiency via Smart Building Energy Management Systems: A Comparison with Policy Measures
ER  -