Energy crisis and the global impetus to “go green” have encouraged the integration of
renewable energy resources, plug‐in electric vehicles, and energy storage systems to the …

Energy efficiency in the home is a major concern for households, governments and various
non-government organisations. Energy efficiency has implications beyond usage and costs …

Energy is a vital resource for human activities and lifestyle, powering important everyday
infrastructures and services. Currently, pollutant and non-renewable sources, such as fossil …

This paper presents a methodology to maximize the self-sufficiency or cost-effectiveness of
grid-connected prosumers by optimizing the sizes of photovoltaic (PV) systems and …

Peak load management strategies are useful to commercial building operators for saving on
energy costs and also to electricity grid operators for hel** to balance power supply and …

In this paper combined demand side management strategy for residential consumers is
studied for five households in South Africa. This study is twofold; the first part proposes an …

This paper discusses an experimental study of the home appliances scheduling problem
that incorporates realistic aspects. The residential load scheduling problem is solved while …

Long-term distribution network planning (DNP) is considered as one of the most challenging
issues for distribution network operators (DNOs). By increasing EVs in cities, it has appeared …

This paper addresses the load scheduling problem in residential sector while considering
preferences of consumers and reduction of peak load. This study proposes an optimization …

In recent years, significant development in smart metering and remote sensing systems in
the electricity industry, especially on the side of consumers, it has made in implementation …