Human Comfort-Based-Home Energy Management for Demand Response Participation
The residential building sector is encouraged to participate in demand response (DR) programs owing to its flexible and effective energy resources during peak hours with the help of a home energy management system (HEMS). Although the HEMS contributes to reducing energy consumption of the building a...
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| description | The residential building sector is encouraged to participate in demand response (DR) programs owing to its flexible and effective energy resources during peak hours with the help of a home energy management system (HEMS). Although the HEMS contributes to reducing energy consumption of the building and the participation of occupants in energy saving programs, unwanted interruptions and strict guidance from the system cause inconvenience to the occupants further leading to their limited participation in the DR programs. This paper presents a human comfort-based control approach for home energy management to promote the DR participation of households. Heating and lighting systems were chosen to be controlled by human comfort factors such as thermal comfort and visual comfort. Case studies were conducted to validate the proposed approach. The results showed that the proposed approach could effectively reduce the energy consumption during the DR period and improve the occupants’ comfort. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb9822a80f7c4cc08260c628b97888e52023-11-20T00:23:33ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-05-011310246310.3390/en13102463Human Comfort-Based-Home Energy Management for Demand Response ParticipationHerie Park0Division of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, KoreaThe residential building sector is encouraged to participate in demand response (DR) programs owing to its flexible and effective energy resources during peak hours with the help of a home energy management system (HEMS). Although the HEMS contributes to reducing energy consumption of the building and the participation of occupants in energy saving programs, unwanted interruptions and strict guidance from the system cause inconvenience to the occupants further leading to their limited participation in the DR programs. This paper presents a human comfort-based control approach for home energy management to promote the DR participation of households. Heating and lighting systems were chosen to be controlled by human comfort factors such as thermal comfort and visual comfort. Case studies were conducted to validate the proposed approach. The results showed that the proposed approach could effectively reduce the energy consumption during the DR period and improve the occupants’ comfort.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/10/2463home energy management systemhuman comfort factorthermal comfortvisual comfortdemand response |
| spellingShingle | Herie Park Human Comfort-Based-Home Energy Management for Demand Response Participation Energies home energy management system human comfort factor thermal comfort visual comfort demand response |
| title | Human Comfort-Based-Home Energy Management for Demand Response Participation |
| title_full | Human Comfort-Based-Home Energy Management for Demand Response Participation |
| title_fullStr | Human Comfort-Based-Home Energy Management for Demand Response Participation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human Comfort-Based-Home Energy Management for Demand Response Participation |
| title_short | Human Comfort-Based-Home Energy Management for Demand Response Participation |
| title_sort | human comfort based home energy management for demand response participation |
| topic | home energy management system human comfort factor thermal comfort visual comfort demand response |
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