Abstract The concept of Smart Buildings was introduced by the Energy Performance
Building Directive, with the aim to promote energy flexibility, renewable energy production …

Demand response is increasing in popularity and many utilities are developing demand
response programs. However, there exists many challenges to the deployment of demand …

The alignment between electricity market liberalisation and consumer participation is
essential to improve market efficiency, increase system flexibility and support the transition …

Since the export of fossil fuel is the backbone of Kuwait's economy, the enormous upsurge in
the internal fuel consumption creates anguish and bane. At present, 46% of the internal …

There is a growing interest over the last decades in the field of autonomous island grids that
is driven mainly by climate reasons. The common objective among the members of the …

Enduring expansions and advancement in the knowledge driven energy-economy era
promise a power system that is cost-effectively competent, environmentally responsive …

Not far into the future, the power grid will be supported by response from the consumers,
helping the grid operators in making more informed decisions about administrating …

Commercial buildings generally have large thermal inertia and thus can provide services to
power grids (eg, demand response (DR)) by modulating their heating, ventilation, and air …

Owing to the large thermal inertia of commercial buildings, their heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning (HVAC) systems have been extensively studied for providing grid ancillary …

The recent aspirations for a more sustainable energy system and a reduction of energy-
related CO2 emissions have triggered a change of paradigm in power distribution grids …