If demand side management in electricity grid is a well known concept, the application to
district heating systems (ie modifying the thermal demand in order to make it more compliant …

This paper examines building energy flexibility at an aggregated level and addresses the
main barriers and research gaps for the development of this resource across three design …

Social media data analysis in a smart city context can represent an efficacious instrument to
inform decision making. The manuscript strives to leverage the power of Natural Language …

Energy use for space heating is a substantial part of total energy end use and heating
systems can offer some flexibility in time of use, which should be important in future energy …

In this paper, two coordination frameworks are formulated involving multiple distributed
energy systems (DESs) with flexible sources, which includes energy conversion and storage …

As the climate is rapidly changing, the need for carbon emissions reduction in sustainable
cities and communities has increased. To facilitate the development of low-carbon …

Control applications that facilitate Demand Flexibility (DF) are difficult to deploy at scale in
existing buildings. The heterogeneity of systems and non-standard naming conventions for …

The recent advancements in geospatial technologies together with the availability of
geographic information system (GIS) software and tools with enhanced capabilities in the …

District heating is expected to play an essential role in the cost-effective decarbonisation
strategy of many countries. Resource-optimised management of district heating networks …

This paper provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of state-of-the-art technological
advancements in building integration in smart grids, with a focus on enabling their …