Flexible Interaction between Buildings and Power Grid

Dear Colleagues,

Today's power system, with significant use of renewable energies, is confronted with a lack of flexible control options. It is necessary to utilize flexible resources on the energy source, grid, and load sides to support the stable operation of the power system. As the electrification of buildings progresses, the connections and interactions between buildings and power grids are becoming closer and more frequent. At the same time, buildings contain many flexible resources such as air conditioning systems, cooling/heating storage, and electric vehicles. However, the difficulties involved in building modeling, integration, optimization, and interaction with the power grid limit the efficient and flexible operation of building energy systems, as well as flexible interactions between buildings and power grids. In this vein, this Special Issue focuses on the topic of flexible interactions between buildings and power grids and explores the methods of flexible interaction between buildings and power grids

Research papers, experimental tests, and review papers are all welcome in this Special Issue. The research topics covered in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Definition of building flexibility;
• Quantification of building flexibility potential;
• Interaction mechanism between buildings and power grids;
• Modeling and calibration of building energy systems;
• Optimal scheduling of building multi-energy systems;
• Control methods of building energy systems;
• Optimal design of flexible building energy systems;
• V2H, V2B, B2V and other technologies;
• Prediction of building cooling, heating and electrical load;
• Active and passive building envelope;
• Methods for integrating renewable energy within buildings.

Dr. Jide Niu
Dr. Yakai Lu
Dr. Chuyao Wang
Guest Editors

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