Customer-aware and grid-interactive energy management for smart buildings

The national vision to be a climate-neutral society motivates the wide utilization of renewable energy sources (RESs) and the development of energy-efficient buildings. Moreover, there will be a large-scale integration of electric vehicles (EVs), which can greatly put stress in the building electrical grid. A microgrid connecting RESs, EVs, energy storage, building loads and possible interconnecting multiple buildings, is promising to accelerate the sustainable transition of buildings.

The building microgrids are also flexible to provide grid services and reduce power demand from grid. To maximize the utilization of RESs and flexibility in buildings, it is urgent to design a smart energy management system with optimal sizing for building microgrids.

Our project aims to design a smart building microgrid with intelligent energy management to achieve energy-efficient buildings. The results will be applied for Use Cases in buildings owned by City of Stockholm and Logicenters.