eprintid: 1457532
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creators_name: Rocha, P
creators_name: Siddiqui, AS
creators_name: Stadler, M
title: Improving Energy Efficiency via Smart Building Energy Management Systems: A Comparison with Policy Measures
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F61
keywords: Smart building energy management, Dynamic energy consumption, Energy-efficiency policy measures, Non-linear optimisation.
note: 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.
abstract: 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.
date: 2015-02-01
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.11.077
vfaculties: VMPS
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Article
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elements_id: 998443
doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.11.077
lyricists_name: Rocha, Paula
lyricists_name: Siddiqui, Afzal
lyricists_id: PCMDR89
lyricists_id: ASIDD11
full_text_status: public
publication: Energy and Buildings
volume: 88
pagerange: 203-213
issn: 0378-7788
citation:        Rocha, P;    Siddiqui, AS;    Stadler, M;      (2015)    Improving Energy Efficiency via Smart Building Energy Management Systems: A Comparison with Policy Measures.                   Energy and Buildings , 88    pp. 203-213.    10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.11.077 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.11.077>.       Green open access   
 
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