Active Building as an Energy System: Concept, Challenges, and Outlook
Over the last decades, environmental concerns and the global tendency to reduce the use of fossil fuels and replacing them with renewable energy sources (RESs) to face the increasing rate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have increased. Buildings consume a significant amount of energy and therefore...
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doaj-11809bf1c59d4f82ae795691bc81080e2021-04-19T23:00:58ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362021-01-019580095802410.1109/ACCESS.2021.30730879402869Active Building as an Energy System: Concept, Challenges, and OutlookVahid Vahidinasab0Chenour Ardalan1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5372-8239Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0255-8353Damian Giaouris3Sara L. Walker4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2653-7792Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, U.KFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IranFaculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, IranSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.KSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.KOver the last decades, environmental concerns and the global tendency to reduce the use of fossil fuels and replacing them with renewable energy sources (RESs) to face the increasing rate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have increased. Buildings consume a significant amount of energy and therefore, they are responsible for a noticeable part of the total GHG emission. Thus, when we talk about decarbonization of the energy systems, buildings are an important sector of the energy system that needs to be considered. Using RESs, smart technologies, and information and communication technologies along with the improvement in energy efficiency, are a number of endeavors to increase the role of building on the way toward decarbonization. In the new environment, the buildings are not passive players of the energy systems and they are able to take an active role and participate in the energy-efficient operation. While they are able to manage their resources and serve the local energy requirements of the residents in the best possible manner, they can participate in the energy and balancing markets and support the network operators as a service provider. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of active buildings’ concept, challenges and outlook to pave the way for the researchers from academia and industry who want to start working in this area.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9402869/Active buildingenergy systemsdecarbonizationdemand responseflexibilityenergy efficiency |
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Active Building as an Energy System: Concept, Challenges, and Outlook |
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Active Building as an Energy System: Concept, Challenges, and Outlook |
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Active Building as an Energy System: Concept, Challenges, and Outlook |
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Over the last decades, environmental concerns and the global tendency to reduce the use of fossil fuels and replacing them with renewable energy sources (RESs) to face the increasing rate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have increased. Buildings consume a significant amount of energy and therefore, they are responsible for a noticeable part of the total GHG emission. Thus, when we talk about decarbonization of the energy systems, buildings are an important sector of the energy system that needs to be considered. Using RESs, smart technologies, and information and communication technologies along with the improvement in energy efficiency, are a number of endeavors to increase the role of building on the way toward decarbonization. In the new environment, the buildings are not passive players of the energy systems and they are able to take an active role and participate in the energy-efficient operation. While they are able to manage their resources and serve the local energy requirements of the residents in the best possible manner, they can participate in the energy and balancing markets and support the network operators as a service provider. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of active buildings’ concept, challenges and outlook to pave the way for the researchers from academia and industry who want to start working in this area. |
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Active building energy systems decarbonization demand response flexibility energy efficiency |
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