Among the main components of a smart city, the energy system plays a vital and core role in
the transition towards a sustainable urban life. Furthermore, the utilization of renewable …

Smart city is an application of Internet of Things (IoT) notion. Unceasing growth of population
and urbanization have intensified innovative ways to handle urbanization with minimal …

Demand response (DR) has been widely regarded as an effective way to provide regulation
services for smart grids by controlling demand-side resources via new and improved …

Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) is a bottom-up, physics-based approach to
simulate the thermal performance of new or existing neighborhoods and cities. The field has …

Smart grid (SG) networks are newly upgraded networks of connected objects that greatly
improve reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of the traditional energy infrastructure. In this …

The increasing demand for electricity and the emergence of smart grids have presented new
opportunities for a home energy management system (HEMS) that can reduce energy …

This paper presents a robust short-term electrical load forecasting framework that can
capture variations in building operation, regardless of building type and location. Nine …

Smart thermostats and home energy management systems (HEMSs) are generally studied
separately. However, their joint use can provide a greater benefit. Therefore, this study …

In this paper, a detailed home energy management system structure is developed to
determine the optimal day-ahead appliance scheduling of a smart household under hourly …

As the smart grid solutions enable active consumer participation, demand response (DR)
strategies have drawn much interest in the literature recently, especially for residential …