Energy flexibility of residential buildings: A systematic review of characterization and quantification methods and applications

H Li, Z Wang, T Hong, MA Piette - Advances in Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
With building electric demand becoming increasingly dynamic, and a growing percentage of
intermittent renewable power generation from solar photovoltaics and wind turbines, the …

Data-driven key performance indicators and datasets for building energy flexibility: A review and perspectives

H Li, H Johra, F de Andrade Pereira, T Hong… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy flexibility, through short-term demand-side management (DSM) and energy storage
technologies, is now seen as a major key to balancing the fluctuating supply in different …

Ten questions concerning energy flexibility in buildings

R Li, AJ Satchwell, D Finn, TH Christensen… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Demand side energy flexibility is increasingly being viewed as an essential enabler for the
swift transition to a low-carbon energy system that displaces conventional fossil fuels with …

[HTML][HTML] Demand flexibility of residential buildings: definitions, flexible loads, and quantification methods

Z Luo, J Peng, J Cao, R Yin, B Zou, Y Tan, J Yan - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent research on the demand flexibility of residential buildings in
regard to definitions, flexible loads, and quantification methods. A systematic distinction of …

Integration of flexibility potentials of district heating systems into electricity markets: A review

H Golmohamadi, KG Larsen, PG Jensen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing the penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), eg wind and solar,
intermittency and volatility of the supply-side are increasing in power systems worldwide …

Improving energy flexibility and PV self-consumption for a tropical net zero energy office building

S Zhan, B Dong, A Chong - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Building energy flexibility is crucial for improving the local consumption of renewable energy
and enhancing building self-sufficiency. The abundant solar energy resource in the tropics …

Experimental investigation of demand response potential of buildings: Combined passive thermal mass and active storage

Y Chen, P Xu, Z Chen, H Wang, H Sha, Y Ji, Y Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, combined with the internal
thermal mass of buildings, have been deemed to be promising means of providing demand …

[HTML][HTML] Developing energy flexibility in clusters of buildings: A critical analysis of barriers from planning to operation

J Le Dréau, RA Lopes, S O'Connell, D Finn, M Hu… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines building energy flexibility at an aggregated level and addresses the
main barriers and research gaps for the development of this resource across three design …

[HTML][HTML] A new framework integrating reinforcement learning, a rule-based expert system, and decision tree analysis to improve building energy flexibility

X Zhou, H Du, Y Sun, H Ren, P Cui, Z Ma - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents a new framework that integrates machine learning and a domain
knowledge-based expert system to improve building energy flexibility. In this framework, a …

A fundamental unified framework to quantify and characterise energy flexibility of residential buildings with multiple electrical and thermal energy systems

A Bampoulas, M Saffari, F Pallonetto, E Mangina… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To date, the energy flexibility assessment of multicomponent electrical and thermal systems
in residential buildings is hindered by the lack of adequate indicators due to the different …