Index
A
Adaptations, neighborhood
bishopstown adaptation augmentation,
51–53
deciding and acting,
52–53
sensing and understanding,
51–52
challenger adaptation augmentation,
49–51
deciding and acting,
50–51
sensing and understanding,
49
examples in cooperate,
48–53
Advanced modeling and simulation approaches,
271
After action review (AAR),
34
aggrESCo business model,
270
Alternative energy-service supply,
8
Analytical hierarchy process,
28
Ancillary services market,
168
Ashby’s law of requisite variety,
260
Assessment methodology,
36–39
adjustment parameters,
39
baseline
and reporting period,
38–39
Automation
B
arbitrage opportunities,
242
challenger site of, electrical energy consumption,
243
division of energy consumptions,
243
Battery planning management,
154
Behavioral barrier
credible or trustworthy,
258
Behavior, neighborhood
under an economic objective, typical winter day,
13
with a +1°C flexibility window,
16
with a +2°C flexibility window,
16
under classic energy positivity objective, typical winter day,
12
CO
2 minimization case,
23
economic value maximization case,
24
self-sufficiency maximization case,
24
Leisureworld boiler schedules,
98
mathematical description,
88
Building energy rating
energy baseline/benchmarking methodologies,
38
energy consumption guide (ECG) 19,
38
energy savings measurement methodology,
38
Building energy simulation tools,
43
Building-level energy optimization scenario,
139
Building management system (BMS),
46
monitoring and controlling,
51
Buildings assessment, key factors,
7
monitoring and controlling,
51
Business case (BC)
CO
2 reduction and low carbon energy integration,
172
liberalized regulation,
173
traditional regulation scenario,
172
determination for EPN,
160
distribution network fees,
173
liberalized regulation,
173
traditional regulation,
173
generic value exchange mapping,
181
in liberalized energy systems,
160
quantitative assessment,
176
time value of money principle,
177
reliability of supply,
174
liberalized regulation,
174
traditional regulation,
174
distributed energy storage (DES),
164
distributed generation,
164
distributed heat (and cooling),
164
Business model development,
41
demand-side interventions,
268
price-signal visibility,
268
C
Capacity market (CM),
165
operational cash flows,
189
business case sensitivity tests,
202–205
effect of regulatory context,
205–209
French energy system, value map,
191
optimization on retail prices,
193,
194
RAEPN actor, definition,
189
value map of, Irish energy system,
190
overview of considered cases,
192
reserve operating time,
184
retailer-aggregator and EPN, splitting of benefits,
209
RA-Led and EPN-Led methods,
216
Central business cases,
195
Centralized neighborhood optimization,
138
CIT NICORE IoT application enablement platform,
135
City of Amsetrdam’s Energy Atlas project,
119
Cloud based neighborhood management systems,
2
NIM as translation service,
134
Cloud hosted compute and services
data tagging service,
143
Cloud management system,
141
CO
2 emission reduction,
36
Combined heat and power (CHP),
9,
86
electricity generation
under retail and dynamic prices,
20
energy meter, increased resolution,
53
mathematical description,
87
Common information model (CIM),
120
Communication network security,
3
Communication standards,
118
Communication technologies,
107
communication protocol exemplars source the butler project,
108
protocol landscape for iot,
108
Configurable dashboard of GUI,
145
Consumption, energy uses
UC1 real-time monitoring of neighborhood,
230
Consumption forecast
vs. real consumption,
153
Control and Optimization for Energy Positive Neighborhoods (COOPERaTE)
neighborhood information model (NIM),
125
visualization service
challenger consumption and production overview,
153
reference architecture,
122
Control and optimization for energy positive neighborhoods (COOPERaTE),
3,
252,
263,
264
key challenges
Control service
single multiple ownerships neighborhood scenario,
137
single ownership neighborhood scenario,
136
Cooling system, improvement,
50
Cork institute of technology (CIT),
51
Cost benefit analysis (CBA),
25
Cost-effective energy efficiency technology,
252
Cost-reflective tariffs,
270
Critical-peak pricing,
19
D
Data aggregator management GUI,
141
data analytical infrastructure and frameworks,
113
Data management software,
144
Data security standards,
118
Decentralized optimizations,
138
Demand response (DR),
163,
254
Demand-side distribution network constraint management
Demand side interventions,
5
Demand-side management (DSM),
141
Distributed generation,
164
Distribution network constraint management (DNCM),
21
Distribution network operators (DNOs),
180,
260
Distribution System Operator (DSO)
trading of energy services,
168
Domain Specific Language (DSL),
127
E
Edge based intelligence,
143
communication protocol exemplars source the butler project,
108
protocol landscape for iot,
108
Edge hardware exemplars,
110
Electrical storage mathematical description,
88
Electric heat pump (EHP),
9
electricity consumption,
17
Electricity generating devices,
13
Electricity neighborhood, entire
effect of naive charging,
148
Electricity network, physical
Electricity power market,
166
ancillary services market,
168
constraint management market,
168
imbalance settlement,
167
zones of consumption,
166
Electric vehicle (EV)
EMBIX module
batteries set value vs real power,
241
generation of, battery power set values,
241
platform of demand response,
242
EMBIX’s platform
connecting to external forecasting module,
151
Emissions/efficiency markets,
169–170
End-to-end reference model,
121
COOPERaTE architecture components,
123
COOPERaTE reference architecture,
122
grouping of components,
122
neighborhood level services,
121
service-oriented system’s approach,
121
End-user mobile application,
144
Energy baseline methodology,
49
Energy conservation measures (ECM),
37
Energy consumption guide (ECG) 19,
38
Energy demand, UC2 and power generation forecasting,
230
Energy efficiency (EE),
35,
252
barriers
Energy efficient Building Data Model (eeBDM) community,
121
Energy management platforms,
263
Energy management services,
34,
60
Energy modeling
modeling and simulation actions,
44
requirements and modeling environment decision,
42–43
Energy optimization algorithms,
57,
262
metering infrastructure, role of,
262
Energy positive neighborhood (EPN),
1,
7,
31,
34–36,
38,
40,
41,
49,
51,
52,
159
alternative objectives/criteria,
21–23
delivery, system-of-systems approach,
48
demand response (DR),
163
energy shifting in time,
163
substitution of energy vectors,
163
trading of consumer utility,
163
economic value objectives,
20–21
energy baseline approach,
39
energy positivity, classic definition
market participation,
171
liberalized regulation,
172
traditional regulation,
171
multicriteria analysis,
25–28
planning phase
intervention suitability assessment
multicriteria analysis,
25
pricing schemes
comparable means to assess asset based and demand-side based solutions, development of,
271–272
effective interfaces development,
272–273
energy service based business models,
270
markets and charging regimes to district
enabling passing price signals,
270
minimum resource sizes for power system services, existing limits relaxation,
270
support for investments in EPN enabling infrastructure,
272
security considerations,
117
energy modeling and simulation,
261–262
lack of appropriate metering,
261
uncertainty of technology capability,
261
interoperability and complexity,
265–266
security and privacy,
267
common use of performance assessment,
264
inhabitants and workers empowerment,
264
assessment methodology,
36–39
business model development,
40–41
energy modeling and simulation
information technology
systems and services,
45–46
environmental benefits,
10
Energy services
Bishoptown demo site, energy components,
228
flexible energy generation,
228
in NIMBUS, energy generation,
228
challenger demo site,
229
optimization potential,
229
Energy services company (ESCo),
270
Energy systems
markets liberalization,
252
building-level demand,
231
in Challenger demo site,
232
in demonstration sites,
229
energy purchased, from Grid,
246
forecasting and optimization algorithms,
230,
231
implementation of services,
230
integrating platform and services of COOPERaTE,
232
optimization services,
230
prototype optimization,
231
UC2 energy demand and power generation forecasting,
230
UC3 optimization of power purchases vs on-site generation,
230
UC1 real-time monitoring of consumption,
230
Enterprise technologies,
112
agile self-service reporting,
116
broader device support,
112
commercial applications,
117
improved visualization,
112
programming libraries,
116
Equipment, energy governing characteristics,
39
Evaluation/assessment,
234
application of energy optimization,
237
for CIT Bishopstown demonstration site,
234
electric power consumption and generation,
235
heat load and generation for,
235
individual buildings and neighborhood,
234
for LeisureWorld building,
236
on-line optimization of, NIMBUS battery,
234
reporting period for,
234
thermal storage output power and energy stored,
236
Evaluation methodology,
232
COOPERaTE energy KPIs,
233
for Parchment Square data,
233
Example neighborhood services,
133–154
commercial energy services,
135–141
demand response service,
140
external data sources interface,
140
forecasting services,
139
visualization service,
141
industrial energy services,
149–154
flexibility management service,
154
load and production forecast,
153–154
visualization service,
150
residential energy services,
141–149
demand side management services,
144–146
optimization/flexibility service,
147–149
Exported electricity, transport,
18
F
Facility management systems (FMS),
46
Forecasting and optimization services,
138
Fossil-fuel generation,
85
RAEPN electricity prices,
188
G
Generation and storage technologies,
42
Geography mark-up language (GML),
120
Grid
behavior, metaheuristic optimization technique,
147
effect of load-optimized charging,
149
Grid CO
2 emission rates,
22
Grid connection point (GCP),
171
H
Heterogeneous platforms and services
Human machine interfaces,
112
I
Imperfect competition,
257
Imports and exports prices
Incorporating operating reserve,
184
Industrial foundation class (IFC),
120
Information communication technology (ICT),
2,
45,
159
deciding to acting
tasks, tools and outcomes,
48
sensing to understanding
themes, tools and outcomes,
47
system-of-systems (SoS) approach,
45
systems and services
sensing and understanding,
45
data acquisition, aggregation, and actuation,
46
data interoperability,
46
voice of the customer,
46
Integrated access devices (IADs),
109
Internal rate of return,
178
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC),
120
International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP),
37,
233
Internet of things (IoT)
Intel IoT reference model,
141,
142
Investment option weights
analytical hierarchy process,
28
reserve operating time,
184
Irish RAEPN electricity prices,
186
K
Key performance indicator (KPI),
263,
264
arbitrage opportunities,
242
challenger site of, electrical energy consumption,
243
division of energy consumptions,
243
challenger demo site
local resources utilization,
245
total energy savings,
245
CIT Bishopstown Neighborhood
comparison of baseline and reporting period,
240
cooling system consumption, before and after fine regulation,
241
EMBIX module
batteries set value vs real power,
241
generation of, battery power set values,
241
platform of demand response,
242
evaluation and assessment,
234
application of energy optimization,
237
for CIT Bishopstown demonstration site,
234
electric power consumption and generation,
235
heat load and generation for,
235
individual buildings and neighborhood,
234
for LeisureWorld building,
236
on-line optimization of, NIMBUS battery,
234
reporting period for,
234
thermal storage output power and energy stored,
236
LeisureWorld
comparison of baseline and reporting period,
238
electrical and thermal demand and generation for,
238
levels of consumption
local PV energy generation,
245
NIMBUS
comparison of baseline and reporting period,
236
Parchment Square buildings
baseline and reporting period, comparison of,
240
electrical load and electrical storage power,
239
electricity generation,
237
Kolb’s learning cycle,
31
L
Lagrangian relaxation,
260
LeisureWorld
comparison of baseline and reporting period,
238
electrical and thermal demand and generation for,
238
Local electricity distribution network,
16
Local flexible generating plant,
18
Low carbon electricity generators,
8
Low carbon generation,
17
Low carbon incentive regimes,
19
M
Market barriers
Market participants,
19,
256
Market price signals,
256
Markets, flexibility,
165
Measurement and verification (M&V)
Metering infrastructure,
270
Metropolitan area network (MAN),
109
Mixed Integer Non-Linear Programming formulations,
88
Modelica-based library,
58
electrical components,
76
simplified battery storage system,
79
Model Management component,
132
Monitoring and energy optimization systems,
39
Multicriteria analysis
basic technique
linear additive model,
26
Multicriteria performance criteria
internal rate of return (IRR),
25
net present value (NPV),
25
Multicriteria performance matrix,
25
Multiplatform services enabled, via NIM,
135
N
National sustainable building energy test-bed (NSBET),
51
Near-real-time (NRT),
133
cloud strike-through icon,
145
monitoring capability,
146
Neighborhood energy manager (NEM),
57
Neighborhood energy optimization algorithms,
85
centralized optimization, single ownership neighborhood,
89
hierarchical two-level optimization,
93
mathematical notations and definition,
85
boiler mathematical description,
88
combined heat and power mathematical description,
87
electrical storage mathematical description,
88
thermal storage mathematical description,
88
Neighborhood energy optimization scenario,
139
Neighborhood energy system,
58
Neighborhood information model (NIM),
52
Neighborhood integration,
3
Neighborhood-level objective,
57
optimization using building schedules flexibility,
99
Neighborhood optimization, with energy price/grid CO
2 emission rates,
22
Neinghborhood information model (NIM),
125
claimed adaptability and extensibility,
131
plugin based implementation of,
132
UML class diagram detailing generic NIM,
130
Net cost minimization objective,
19
Net electricity import, under various objective
with different heating technologies,
14
net total energy cost under various objectives
with different heating technologies,
15
Net present value (NPV),
177,
178
for BCs relative to the load,
219
payback periods-EPN led method,
219
Networked interactions,
179
energy system actors,
179
distribution network operator (DNO),
180
transmission system operator (TSO),
179
energy system actors/roles,
181
ETSO actor and roles,
181
representation of actors,
182
flow types in external EPN mapping,
182
value mapping methodology,
180
generic value exchange mapping,
181
Net-zero-energy buildings (NZEB),
7
NIM data format (NDF),
131
adapters containing new transformation code,
132
definition of, hierarchical data types,
132
O
Ontologies of interest,
120
Operational cash flows,
189
business case sensitivity tests,
202–205
commercial definition of EPN,
189
effect of regulatory context,
205–209
French energy system, value map,
191
optimization on retail prices,
193,
194
RAEPN actor, definition,
189
regulatory context, effect,
205
value map
French energy system,
191
value map of, Irish energy system,
190
Optimization algorithm,
59
Optimization result, neighborhood 2,
23
Organizational barrier
organizational culture,
257
P
Pairwise comparison approach,
26
weights for each criterion,
27
Parchment square buildings
baseline and reporting period, comparison of,
240
electrical load and electrical storage power,
239
electricity generation,
237
Performance assessment, key elements methodology
assessment protocol and adjustments,
262
baseline and reporting period definition,
262
key performance indicator (KPI) definition,
262
Photovoltaic (PV) module,
78,
162
Primary operating reserve (POR),
184
Principal-agent problem,
256,
271
Programmable logic controllers,
112
Project management life cycle,
35
Q
Qualitative interviews,
41
R
Rational behavior, definition,
258
Real-time energy prices,
140
Real-time information system,
2
Real-time monitoring and actuation
building management system (BMS) connector service,
136
core control service,
138
data aggregator service,
136
enabling prototype services,
136
Remote terminal units,
112
Renewable energy sources (RES),
1,
89
Reserve operating time,
184
Resource description framework (RDF),
120
Retailer-aggregator and EPN, splitting of benefits,
209
RA-Led and EPN-Led methods,
216
Retailer-aggregator led,
210
S
Security and privacy,
117
in COOPERaTE project,
120
Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language,
119
Open Authorization (OAuth),
119
Open Web Application Security Project,
119
protocol allowing websites,
119
Self-sufficiency maximization,
23
Semantic senor network (SSN) ontology,
120
Semantics of interest,
120
Semantic web rule language (SWRL),
120
Simplified battery storage system,
79
for energy positive neighborhoods,
60
Single electricity market operator (SEMO),
140
Smart city concept model (SSCM),
120
Smart, demand-side interventions
political/regulatory barriers,
255–256
Smart district interventions,
269
Smart grid energy services,
36
Sociotechnical change,
253
Software-as-a-service (SaaS),
112
Stakeholder analysis matrix,
33
Standardized assessment and valuation protocols,
271
Standards of interest,
106
IIC 3-tier reference architecture,
107
SUDA (Sensing, Understanding, Deciding, and Acting)
loop
act phase, exemplar tools and methods,
36
deciding phase, exemplar tools and methods,
35
understanding phase, exemplar tools and methods,
34
methodology overview,
31–35
problem/opportunity statement identification,
33
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems,
112
human machine interfaces,
112
programmable logic controllers,
112
remote terminal units,
112
System-of-systems approach,
124
hybrid-cloud landscape,
124
neinghborhood information model (NIM) and,
125–128
System-to-system service,
267
T
Technologies of interest,
106
IIC 3-tier reference architecture,
107
Thermal/electrical part, neigborhood,
251
building energy simulation tools,
43
two-level optimization framework,
45
centralized optimization,
44
decentralized optimization,
44
Thermal energy storage (TES),
10,
162
mathematical description,
88
Time value of money principle,
177
cash flow, expression,
177
internal rate of return,
178
Transmission System Operator (TSO),
179
Typical winter energy prices
vs. temperatures,
12
U
Urban power
energy consumption per building
UrbanPower architecture,
151
Urban power platform (UPP),
50
in Challenger demo site,
247
improved neighborhood energy visualization platform,
247
User defined data access service, system overview,
143
V
Visualization, with tool visualization box,
152
Voice of the customer (VoC),
32
W
Water heaters, day view parchment square,
150
Weather analytics services (SEMO),
140
Weather data
direct solar irradiation,
261
5W1H
exemplar scoping method,
33
Wholesale energy price,
148
Wide area network (WAN),
109
Wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN),
111
Z
Zero-energy buildings (ZEB),
7