Pallonetto, Fabiano and Oxizidis, Simeon and Milano, Federico and Finn, Donal (2016) The effect of time-of-use tariffs on the demand response flexibility of an all-electric smart-grid-ready dwelling. Energy and Buildings, 128. pp. 56-67. ISSN 03787788

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The paper is concerned with the development and evaluation of control algorithms for the implementation of demand response strategies in a smart-grid enabled all-electric residential building. The dwelling is equipped with a 12 kW heat pump, a 0.8 m3 water storage tank, a 6 kW photovoltaic (PV) array, solar thermal collectors for domestic hot water heating and an electric vehicle. The building, located in Ireland, is fully instrumented. An EnergyPlus building simulation model of the dwelling was developed and calibrated using monitored data from the building. The developed model is used to assess the effectiveness of demand response strategies using different time-of-use electricity tariffs in conjunction with zone thermal control. A reduction in generation cost (−22.5%), electricity end-use expenditure (−4.9%) and carbon emission (−7.6%), were estimated when DR measures were implemented and compared with a baseline system. Furthermore, when the zone control features were enabled, the efficiency of the control improved significantly giving, an overall annual economic saving of 16.5% for the residential energy cost. The analysis also identified an annual reduction of consumer electricity consumption of up to 15.9%, lower carbon emissions of 27% and facilitated greater utilisation of electricity generated by grid-scale renewable resources, resulting in a reduction of generation costs for the utility of up to 45.3%.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Residential building; Control algorithms; Demand response; Renewable energy; Time of use tariff; Energy management system; Thermal storage; Building simulation; Flexibility; Smart grid;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Innovation Value Institute, IVI Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	15607
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.06.041
Depositing User:	Fabiano Pallonetto
Date Deposited:	01 Mar 2022 16:42
Journal or Publication Title:	Energy and Buildings
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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