Smart homes hold the potential for increasing energy efficiency, decreasing costs of energy
use, decreasing the carbon footprint by including renewable resources, and transforming the …

Demand-Side Management (DSM) can be defined as the implementation of policies and
measures to control, regulate, and reduce energy consumption. This paper introduces …

This paper presents an energy management system (EMS) for a smart home, which is
equipped with a fuel cell used for heat and power cogeneration, a PV system, an electric car …

The development of the Smart Grids will enable a more interactive and intelligent behaviour
of the houses that are connected to the grid. This modification of behaviour of the house …

This paper describes some of the aspects of the Smart Grid Initiative in the US and purports
its realization through an emerging paradigm in microgrids, ie, the customer-driven …

The Primary Goal of this article is to discuss the development of intelligent controls for a
power electronic inverter capable of interfacing a photovoltaic (PV)-based unit to the utility …

This paper presents the results of a research activity in the framework of electric load
management in buildings. The buildings are supposed to be smart; they are connected to …

Concerns about energy efficiency and carbon footprints are becoming more significant in the
power industry and public policy, as evidenced by the concerted shift to renewable energy …

This panel paper presents some outlines on the energy management of electric power
microgrids with hybrid components. The hybrid nature of the microgrid is attributed to …

This chapter focuses on two main topics‐Renewable energy and Smart Grid. It covers
operation and control aspects of different sources, namely reactive power control in the …