This book is intended to provide advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an introduction to the topic of building energy modeling, simulation, analysis, and optimization. It is assumed that the reader has a basic understanding of fluid mechanics, thermodynamic...

This data is the result of the robust scheduling of a multi-chiller system with a storage unit for two case studies.

Solar PV and wind energy is an integral part of different renewable energy resources, in general, and, in particular, it is the main and continuous input variable from the practically inexhaustible sun. Solar energy is expected to play a very significant role in the fut...

There are four books on our shelf that have the words, more or less, ���wealth of nations��� in their titles. They are Adam Smith���s 1776 pioneering work, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, and three of recent vintage, David Landes��� The W...

Access to energy resources, energy supply security, high and increasing prices of energy, lack of competition, slow market entry of renewables, insufficient investment in energy efficiency, and sluggish progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions are all well-known is...

The use of smart meters has increased since the beginning of the 21st century. The UK government, for example, has recently initiated a programme of rolling out 53 million smart electricity and gas meters for homes and small businesses by 2020 with the expectation that ...

Energy efficiency has always been a major challenge for the scientist and the engineers. However, in recent years, the increased public concern for the preservation of natural resources and the protection of the environment has strongly stimulated the research and devel...

Today, the improvements in system communications have stimulated the implementation of distributed systems. These distributed systems are then usually managed by a centralized supervisory platform, commonly known as a SCADA system (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisiti...

Utility providers are under constant pressure to meet the ever-increasing demand for energy with a finite production capacity. Due to this, utility providers need to ensure that the demand does not exceed the supply. The use of demand response programs has been used as ...

This paper presents the analysis of energy management and financial planning that is carried out in the design and implementation of photovoltaic systems in urban areas of the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. A questionnaire with a Likert scale and 36 items was designed,...