Conventional key performance indicators (KPI) assessed in building simulation lack specific
measures of how the building interacts with the grid and its energy flexibility. This paper …

Executive summary Recent analysis of the UK's energy supply system shows that many of
the strategies to decarbonise energy will have significant impacts on existing gas and …

In district energy systems powered by Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants, thermal
storage can significantly increase CHP flexibility to respond to real time market signals and …

As an extension of the 'energy trilemma'of affordability/sustainability/security to also include
social acceptance, the 'energy quadrilemma', is driving multiple and complex developments …

Energy supply systems such as the electricity, natural gas, district heating and cooling
networks are typically designed and operated independently of each other. The increasing …

Optimisation of heat and electrical load distribution, where the objective function is the
maximum efficiency of the CHP unit for a given load range, can be done considering the …

Abstract The Autonomic Power System (APS) grand challenge was a multi-disciplinary
EPSRC-funded research project that examined novel techniques that would enable the …

We propose a new practical methodology for risk-sensitive stochastic optimal control,
showing that material decreases in risk indices are possible with relatively little loss of …

In Italy and in many EU countries, the last decade was characterized by a large development
of distributed generation power plants. Their presence determined new critical issues for the …

Abstract The Least-Squares Monte Carlo model (LSM model) has emerged as the derivative
valuation technique with the greatest impact in current practice. As with other options …