A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition
The transition to a sustainable society and a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 requires extensive deployment of renewable energy sources that, due to the aleatority and non-programmability of most of them, may seriously affect the stability of existing power grids. In this context, buildings are incre...
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| author | Girolama Airò Farulla Giovanni Tumminia Francesco Sergi Davide Aloisio Maurizio Cellura Vincenzo Antonucci Marco Ferraro |
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| description | The transition to a sustainable society and a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 requires extensive deployment of renewable energy sources that, due to the aleatority and non-programmability of most of them, may seriously affect the stability of existing power grids. In this context, buildings are increasingly being seen as a potential source of energy flexibility for the power grid. In literature, key performance indicators, allowing different aspects of the load management, are used to investigate buildings’ energy flexibility. The paper reviews existing indicators developed in the context of theoretical, experimental and numerical studies on flexible buildings, outlining the current status and the potential future perspective. Moreover, the paper briefly reviews the range of grid services that flexible buildings can provide to support the reliability of the electric power system which is potentially challenged by the increasing interconnection of distributed variable renewable generation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9969d0cb78c7481aa8e3d2eeb4b833332023-11-22T12:51:14ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-09-011418567610.3390/en14185676A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy TransitionGirolama Airò Farulla0Giovanni Tumminia1Francesco Sergi2Davide Aloisio3Maurizio Cellura4Vincenzo Antonucci5Marco Ferraro6Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, ItalyIstituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 98126 Messina, ItalyIstituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 98126 Messina, ItalyIstituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 98126 Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, ItalyIstituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 98126 Messina, ItalyIstituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 98126 Messina, ItalyThe transition to a sustainable society and a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 requires extensive deployment of renewable energy sources that, due to the aleatority and non-programmability of most of them, may seriously affect the stability of existing power grids. In this context, buildings are increasingly being seen as a potential source of energy flexibility for the power grid. In literature, key performance indicators, allowing different aspects of the load management, are used to investigate buildings’ energy flexibility. The paper reviews existing indicators developed in the context of theoretical, experimental and numerical studies on flexible buildings, outlining the current status and the potential future perspective. Moreover, the paper briefly reviews the range of grid services that flexible buildings can provide to support the reliability of the electric power system which is potentially challenged by the increasing interconnection of distributed variable renewable generation.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5676energy flexible buildingskey performance indicatorsenergy flexibilitybuilding grid service |
| spellingShingle | Girolama Airò Farulla Giovanni Tumminia Francesco Sergi Davide Aloisio Maurizio Cellura Vincenzo Antonucci Marco Ferraro A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition Energies energy flexible buildings key performance indicators energy flexibility building grid service |
| title | A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition |
| title_full | A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition |
| title_short | A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition |
| title_sort | review of key performance indicators for building flexibility quantification to support the clean energy transition |
| topic | energy flexible buildings key performance indicators energy flexibility building grid service |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5676 |
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