Simulation-based design optimization of houses with low grid dependency

Zahra Mohammadi, Pieter Jan Hoes and Jan L.M. Hensen

Renewable Energy, 2020, vol. 157, issue C, 1185-1202

Abstract: There is a significant growth in the utilization of renewable energy in the built environment. Due to the intermittent nature of most renewable energy sources, energy mismatch problems between on-site generation and demand both in hourly and seasonal levels is unavoidable. In addition, energy-pricing policies are leading to less or no Photovoltaic (PV) feed-in-tariffs in the near future and/or even providing incentives to uphold self-consumption. Therefore, it is essential to enhance the building designs in a way to improve the utilization of on-site generated energy and to decrease the dependency on the nearby energy grid.

Keywords: Grid independence; Energy matching; Grid interaction; Performance assessment; Policy scenarios; Design decision making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.157

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