Smart Zero-energy Buildings and Communities for Smart Grids

Smart Zero-energy Buildings and Communities for Smart Grids

by Nikos Kampelis, Denia Kolokotsa
Released April 2022
Publisher(s): Wiley-ISTE
ISBN: 9781786306845

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Book description

Smart zero-energy buildings and communities have a major role to play in the evolution of the electric grid towards alignment with carbon neutrality policies. The goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment can be pursued through a holistic approach, including the drastic reduction of buildings’ energy consumption.

The state-of-the-art in this field relates, on the one hand, to design methodologies and innovative technologies which aim to minimize the energy demand at the building level. On the other hand, the development of information and communication technologies, along with the integration of renewable energy and storage, provide the basis for zero and positive energy buildings and communities that can produce, store, manage and exchange energy at a local level.

This book provides a structured and detailed insight of the state-of-the-art in this context based on the analysis of real case studies and applications.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. List of Acronyms
  6. 1 The Role of Smart Grids in the Building Sector
    1. 1.1. Smart and zero-energy buildings
    2. 1.2. Smart and zero-energy communities
    3. 1.3. Conclusion and future prospects
  7. 2 Integrated Design (ID) Towards Smart Zero-energy Buildings and Smart Grids
    1. 2.1. Introduction
    2. 2.2. Methodology
    3. 2.3. Integrated design in smart and zero-energy buildings
    4. 2.4. ID process principles and guidelines
    5. 2.5. Scope of services
    6. 2.6. Remuneration models
    7. 2.7. Application of evaluation tools
    8. 2.8. Sustainability certification
    9. 2.9. Consultancy and quality assurance
    10. 2.10. Measurement of design quality criteria
    11. 2.11. Defining a client’s objectives
    12. 2.12. Defining the tenant’s objectives
    13. 2.13. Best practice sites
  8. 3 Data Analysis and Energy Modeling in Smart and Zero-energy Buildings and Communities
    1. 3.1. Energy signature for the NTL of Cyprus Institute
    2. 3.2. Athalassa Campus and the NTL building
    3. 3.3. Linear Fresnel solar collector at the NTL building, Cyprus Institute
    4. 3.4. Conclusion
  9. 4 On the Comparison of Occupancy in Relation to Energy Consumption and Indoor Environmental Quality: A Case Study
    1. 4.1. Introduction
    2. 4.2. Methodology
    3. 4.3. Description of the case building
    4. 4.4. Description of the experimental procedure
    5. 4.5. Results
    6. 4.6. Discussion and concluding remarks
  10. 5 Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Consumption Assessment and ANN Predictions for an Integrated Internet-based Energy Management System Towards a Zero-energy Building
    1. 5.1. Introduction
    2. 5.2. Description of the SDE buildings
    3. 5.3. The power loads and hourly energy consumption
    4. 5.4. Indoor environmental quality
    5. 5.5. Cross correlation
    6. 5.6. Prediction using artificial neural networks (ANN)
    7. 5.7. Specifications for an integrated internet-based energy management system towards a zero-energy building
    8. 5.8. Conclusion
  11. 6 Objective and Subjective Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in the Loccioni Leaf Lab, Italy
    1. 6.1. Introduction
    2. 6.2. Background information
    3. 6.3. Methodology
    4. 6.4. Collection of building background data
    5. 6.5. Collection of monitored data
    6. 6.6. Right-Now questionnaire survey
    7. 6.7. Results
    8. 6.8. Conclusion
  12. 7 Smart Meters and User Engagement in the Leaf House
    1. 7.1. Introduction
    2. 7.2. Methodology
    3. 7.3. Analysis of user engagement
    4. 7.4. Results
    5. 7.5. Conclusion
  13. 8 Integration of Energy Storage in Smart Communities and Smart Grids
    1. 8.1. Energy storage systems in smart grids
    2. 8.2. Energy storage and smart grids: case studies
    3. 8.3. Conclusion and future prospects
  14. Conclusion and Recommendations
  15. References
  16. List of Authors
  17. Index
  18. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Smart Zero-energy Buildings and Communities for Smart Grids
  • Author(s): Nikos Kampelis, Denia Kolokotsa
  • Release date: April 2022
  • Publisher(s): Wiley-ISTE
  • ISBN: 9781786306845