Ever increasing numbers of air-conditioners and, in many places, more extreme weather
and urban overheating are placing additional stresses on electricity networks globally …

The building and infrastructure sector is accountable for 40% of the total worldwide energy
consumption and one third of the worldwide GHG emissions. In developed countries, the …

Cooling of commercial buildings contributes significantly to the peak demand placed on an
electrical utility grid. Time-of-use electricity rates encourage shifting of electrical loads to off …

This paper provides an overview of research related to use of building thermal mass for
shifting and reducing peak cooling loads in commercial buildings. The paper presents …

This paper demonstrates model-based predictive optimal control of active and passive
building thermal storage inventory in a test facility in real time using time-of-use …

The integration of intermittent renewable energy and stochastic electric vehicle (EV) loads in
buildings and power systems poses new challenges such as increased peak demands and …

This paper describes the development and evaluation of a model-based approach for
minimizing peak cooling demand using energy storage inherent in building structures. On …

Pre-cooling is a method to shift peak air conditioning demand to off-peak and shoulder
hours by utilizing energy storage in the thermal mass of buildings. This paper evaluates the …

This paper investigates the potential and economics of electrical space heating in Swedish
single-family dwellings (SFDs) to provide Demand Response (DR) for the electricity load in …

This paper evaluates the benefits of combined optimal control of both passive building
thermal capacitance and active thermal energy storage systems to minimize total utility cost …