Articles

Articles published in 2021

Comparison of Flexibility Factors and Introduction of A Flexibility Classification Using Advanced Heat Pump Control. Monika Hall and Achim Geissler. MDPI energies 2021.
Comparison of Flexibility Factors and Introduction of A Flexibility Classification Using Advanced Heat Pump Control

Articles published in 2019

Predictive Rule-Based control to Activate the Energy Flexibility of Norwegian Residential Buildings: Case of an Air-Source Heat Pump and Direct Electric Heating. John Clauß, Sebastian Stinner, Igor Sartori, and Laurent Georges. Applied Energy 237 2019. Elsevier: 500–518.
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.APENERGY.2018.12.074 

Multi-agent reinforcement learning for modeling and control of thermostatically controlled loads. Kazmi, H., Suykens, J., Balint, A., & Driesen, J. Applied Energy 238 2019, 1022-1035.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261919301564

Determinants of energy flexibility in residential hot water systems. Balint, A., & Kazmi, H. Energy and Buildings 2019, 188-189.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778818330494

Evaluation of energy flexibility of low-energy residential buildings connected to district heating. Kyriaki Foteinaki, Rongling Li, Thibault Péan, Carsten Rode, Jaume Salom. Submitted to Energy and Buildings. 2019       

Economic model predictive control for demand flexibility of a residential building. Christian Finck, Rongling Li, Wim Zeiler Energy 2019.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544219305912?via%3Dihub  

A standardised flexibility assessment and methodology for demand response. Sarah O’Connell, Glenn Reynders, Federico Seri, Raymond Sterling, Marcus M. Keane. Submitted to Buildings Pathology and Adaptation.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333499776_A_standardised_flexibility_assessment_methodology_for_demand_response

Influence of the thermal inertia of envelope and furniture on the building heating energy flexibility. 
H. Johra, P. Heiselberg, J. Le Dreau 
Energy and Buildings, Volume 183, 15 January 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.012 

Integration of a magnetocaloric heat pump in an energy flexible residential building. 
H. Johra, K. Filonenko, P. Heiselberg, C. Veje, S. Dall’Olio, K. Engelbrecht, C. Bah.
Renewable Energy 136 (2019), pp. 115-126.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.12.102

Determinant of energy flexibility in residential hot water systems. 
Athila Balint, Hussain Kazmi. 
Energy and Buildings 2019, 188-189.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778818330494

Articles published in 2018

Review of control strategies for improving the energy flexibility provided by heat pump systems in buildings.
Thibault Q. Péan, Jaume Saloma and Ramon Costa-Castelló.
Journal of Process control.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprocont.2018.03.006  

New domain for promoting energy efficiency: Energy Flexible Building Cluster.
Ilaria Vigna, Roberta Pernetti, Wilmer Pasut, Lollini Roberto.
Sustainable Cities and Society 38C (2018) pp. 526-533.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670717312131

Energy Flexibility of Domestic Heat Loads – A Building Typology Approach of the Residential Building Stock in Austria. 
Tobias Weiß, Anna Fulterer and Armin Knotzer. 
Advances in Building Energy Research. January 2018.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17512549.2017.1420606

Energy flexible buildings: An evaluation of definitions and quantification methodologies applied to thermal storage. 
Glenn Reynders, Rui Amaral Lopes, Anna Marszal-Pomianowska, Daniel Aelenei, João Martins and Dirk Saelens. 
Energy and Buildings 166, 2018.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037877881732947X 

Characterizing the Energy Flexibility of Buildings and Districts.
Rune Grønborg Junker, Rishi Relan, Armin Ghasem Azar, Rui Amaral Lopes, Henrik Madsen. Applied Energy, Volume 225, 1 September 2018, Pages 175–182.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030626191830730X

Reducing the carbon footprint of house heating through model predictive control – A simulation study in Danish condition.
P.J.C. Vogler-Finck, R. Wisniewski and P. Popovski.
Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 42, 2018.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670718301173?via%3Dihub

Heating system energy flexibility of low-energy residential buildings. 
Kyriaki Foteinaki, Rongling Li, Alfred Heller, Carsten Rode. 
Accepted by Energy and Buildings. Volume 180, 1 December 2018.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778818314555

Development of a data driven approach to explore the energy flexibility potential of building clusters.
Andong Wang, Rongling Li, Shi You.
Applied Energy Volume 232, 2018
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261918315083

Integration von Energieflexibilität – ein Erfahrungsbericht von der Technischen Universität Delft. Erwin Mlecnik.
Nachhaltige Technologien 3/2018, AEE INTEC, Austria.
www.aee.at/aee/zeitschrift-erneuerbare-energie/10-allgemeines/1081-2018-03-energieflexibilitaet-zugpferd-fuer-smarte-gebaeude-und-netze

Energieflexibilität von Gebäuden – Potenzial, Anwendung, Zukunft.
Tobias Weiss, Armin Knotzer.
Nachhaltige Technologien 3/2018. AEE INTEC, Austria
www.aee.at/aee/zeitschrift-erneuerbare-energie/10-allgemeines/1081-2018-03-energieflexibilitaet-zugpferd-fuer-smarte-gebaeude-und-netze 

Vorhandene Wasserspeicher als Chance zur Energieflexibilisierung,
Thomas Ramschak, Christian Fink.
Nachhaltige Technologien 3/2018. AEE INTEC, Austria
www.aee.at/aee/zeitschrift-erneuerbare-energie/10-allgemeines/1081-2018-03-energieflexibilitaet-zugpferd-fuer-smarte-gebaeude-und-netze

Energetic, Cost, and Comfort Performance of a Nearly-Zero Energy Building Including Rule-Based Control of Four Sources of Energy Flexibility. Delgado BM, Ruusu R. Hasan A., Kilpeläinen, S, Cao S, and Kai Sirén. Buildings 2018, 8(12), 172.
https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings8120172

Direct quantification of multiple-source energy flexibility in a residential building using a new model predictive high-level controller. Ruusu R. Cao S, Delgado BM, Hasan A.Energy Conversion and Management 180 (2019) 1109–1128.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.11.026

Annex 67 – Energy Flexible Buildings. Bart Bleys, Søren Østergaard Jensen and Anna Marszal-Pomianowska. REHVA Journal, December 2018.
https://www.rehva.eu/publications-and-resources/rehva-journal/2018/062018/annex-67-energy-flexible-buildings.html

Articles published in 2017

A fluctuating energy system demands for energy flexible buildings (in Danish).
Søren Østergaard Jensen, Anna Marszal Pomianowska.
HVAC Journal no. 1, January 2017.
http://ipaper.ipapercms.dk/TechMedia/HVACMagasinet/2017/1/

Impact of Demand-Side Management on Thermal Comfort and Energy Costs in a Residential nZEB. 
Thibault Péan, Joana Ortiz and Jaume Salom (2017). 
Buildings, 7(2), p.37.
www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/2/37

Are building users prepared for energy flexible buildings?—A large-scale survey in the Netherlands.
Rongling Li, Gamze Dane, Christian Finck, Wim Zeiler. 
Applied Energy. Applied Energy 203 (2017) PP 623-634.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261917308206

An Exploration of Load-Shifting Potential in real in-situ Heat-pump/Gas-boiler Hybrid.
Anne Stafford.
Building Services Engineering Research and Technology Journal. Vol 38 No.4, 2017, pp.450-460.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0143624416688727

Space heating demand response potential of retrofitted residential apartment blocks. 
Theis Heidmann Pedersen, Rasmus Elbæk Hedegaard, Steffen Petersen. 
Energy and Building 141 (2017) 158–166
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778816309355

IEA EBC Annex 67 Energy Flexible Buildings. 
Søren Østergaard Jensen, Anna Marszal-Pomianowska, Roberto Lolline, Wilmer Pasut, Armin Knotzer, Peter Engelmann, Anna Stafford and Glenn Reunders. 
EBC special issue of Energy and Buildings.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778817317024

Aggregation Potentials for Buildings—Business Models of Demand Response and Virtual Power Plants. 
Zeng Ma, Joy Dalmacio and Bo Nørregard Jørgensen. 
Energies 2017 vol. 10. 
http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/10/1646/pdf

Consumer Central Energy Flexibility in Office Buildings.
Zeng Ma, Joy Dalmacio and Bo Nørregard Jørgensen.
Energy and Power Engineering 2017 vol. 11.
http://findresearcher.sdu.dk/portal/en/publications/consumer-central-energy-flexibility-in-office-buildings(f0b3e908-90c2-4b7e-bbd0-29771d51f027).html.

Quantifying demand flexibility of power-to-heat and thermal energy storage in the control of building heating systems.
Christian Finck, Rongling Li, Rick Kramer and Wim Zeiler.
Applied Energy.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy. 2017.11.036

Multi-market demand response using economic model predictive control of space heating in residential buildings.
Rasmus Elbæk Hedegaard, Theis Heidmann Pedersen and Steffen Petersen.
Energy and Buildings 150 (2017) pp. 253-216.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778816318175

Articles published in 2016

Energy Flexibility: the challenge for last generation buildings (in Italian).
Wilmer Pasur, Toberta Pernitti, Roberto Lollini.
Casa&Clima no. 62, September 2016.
www.eurac.edu/en/research/technologies/renewableenergy/publications/PublishingImages/Pages/General-Publications/CC62_72.pdf