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Article

Optimization of Distributed Energy Resources Operation in Green Buildings Environment

by
Safdar Ali
1,
Khizar Hayat
1,
Ibrar Hussain
1,2,
Ahmad Khan
3 and
Dohyeun Kim
4,*
1
Department of Software Engineering, The University of Lahore, Main Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
2
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Shinawatra University, Bangtoey Samkhok, Pathum Thani 12160, Thailand
3
Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad—Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan
4
Department of Computer Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju-si 63243, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sensors 2024, 24(14), 4742; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24144742
Submission received: 5 June 2024 / Revised: 11 July 2024 / Accepted: 12 July 2024 / Published: 22 July 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Sensors, Smart Grid and Energy Management)

Abstract

Without a well-defined energy management plan, achieving meaningful improvements in human lifestyle becomes challenging. Adequate energy resources are essential for development, but they are both limited and costly. In the literature, several solutions have been proposed for energy management but they either minimize energy consumption or improve the occupant’s comfort index. The energy management problem is a multi-objective problem where the user wants to reduce energy consumption while keeping the occupant’s comfort index intact. To address the multi-objective problem this paper proposed an energy control system for a green environment called PMC (Power Management and Control). The system is based on hybrid energy optimization, energy prediction, and multi-preprocessing. The combination of GA (Genetic Algorithm) and PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) is performed to make a fusion methodology to improve the occupant comfort index (OCI) and decrease energy utilization. The proposed framework gives a better OCI when compared with its counterparts, the Ant Bee Colony Knowledge Base framework (ABCKB), GA-based prediction framework (GAP), Hybrid Prediction with Single Optimization framework (SOHP), and PSO-based power consumption framework. Compared with the existing AEO framework, the PMC gives practically the same OCI but consumes less energy. The PMC framework additionally accomplished the ideal OCI (i-e 1) when compared with the existing model, FA–GA (i-e 0.98). The PMC model consumed less energy as compared to existing models such as the ABCKB, GAP, PSO, and AEO. The PMC model consumed a little bit more energy than the SOHP but provided a better OCI. The comparative outcomes show the capability of the PMC framework to reduce energy utilization and improve the OCI. Unlike other existing methodologies except for the AEO framework, the PMC technique is additionally confirmed through a simulation by controlling the indoor environment using actuators, such as fan, light, AC, and boiler.
Keywords: energy management; evolutionary algorithms; green buildings; occupants comfort index; energy resources; prediction energy management; evolutionary algorithms; green buildings; occupants comfort index; energy resources; prediction

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Ali, S.; Hayat, K.; Hussain, I.; Khan, A.; Kim, D. Optimization of Distributed Energy Resources Operation in Green Buildings Environment. Sensors 2024, 24, 4742. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24144742

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Ali S, Hayat K, Hussain I, Khan A, Kim D. Optimization of Distributed Energy Resources Operation in Green Buildings Environment. Sensors. 2024; 24(14):4742. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24144742

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Ali, Safdar, Khizar Hayat, Ibrar Hussain, Ahmad Khan, and Dohyeun Kim. 2024. "Optimization of Distributed Energy Resources Operation in Green Buildings Environment" Sensors 24, no. 14: 4742. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24144742

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Ali, S., Hayat, K., Hussain, I., Khan, A., & Kim, D. (2024). Optimization of Distributed Energy Resources Operation in Green Buildings Environment. Sensors, 24(14), 4742. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24144742

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