Smart Zero-energy Buildings and Communities for Smart Grids

Smart zero-energy buildings and communities have a major role to play in the evolution of the electric grid towards alignment with carbon neutrality policies. The goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment can be pursued through a holistic approach, including the drastic reduction of buildings’ energy consumption.The state-of-the-art in this field relates, on the one hand, to design methodologies and innovative technologies which aim to minimize the energy demand at the building level. On the other hand, the development of information and communication technologies, along with the integration of renewable energy and storage, provide the basis for zero and positive energy buildings and communities that can produce, store, manage and exchange energy at a local level.This book provides a structured and detailed insight of the state-of-the-art in this context based on the analysis of real case studies and applications.

Nikos Kampelis is a researcher at the Energy Management in the Built Environment Research (EMBER) laboratory of the Technical University of Crete, Greece. His research focuses on the optimal integration of loads and renewable energy in smart buildings and smart grids.Denia Kolokotsa is Professor of Energy Resources Management and Dean of the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete, Greece. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Solar Energy Advances Journal, and Subject Editor of the Nature Scientific Reports Journal. Her research interests include, among others, energy management for the built environment, energy efficiency and renewable energies, distributed energy management systems, building automation and design, development and energy management of microgrids and smart grids.