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  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,086 Views
5 Pages

Forecasting Algorithms and Optimization Strategies for Building Energy Management & Demand Response

  • Fanlin Meng,
  • Kui Weng,
  • Balsam Shallal,
  • Xiangping Chen and
  • Monjur Mourshed

In this paper, we look at the key forecasting algorithms and optimization strategies for the building energy management and demand response management. By conducting a combined and critical review of forecast learning algorithms and optimization mode...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of Sustainable Places 2018)
  • Review
  • Open Access
57 Citations
6,715 Views
15 Pages

An Overview of the Building Energy Management System Considering the Demand Response Programs, Smart Strategies and Smart Grid

  • Mohammad Shakeri,
  • Jagadeesh Pasupuleti,
  • Nowshad Amin,
  • Md. Rokonuzzaman and ,
  • Foo Wah Low,
  • Chong Tak Yaw,
  • Nilofar Asim,
  • Nurul Asma Samsudin,
  • Sieh Kiong Tiong and
  • Chin Wei Lai
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

28 June 2020

Electricity demand is increasing, as a result of increasing consumers in the electricity market. By growing smart technologies such as smart grid and smart energy management systems, customers were given a chance to actively participate in demand res...

(This article belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,634 Views
17 Pages

23 October 2023

Power grids in the 21st century face unprecedented challenges, including the urgent need to combat pollution, mitigate climate change, manage dwindling fossil fuel reserves, integrate renewable energy sources, and meet greater energy demand due to hi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart and Sustainable Buildings: Energy Use, Indoor Environmental Quality and Occupant Satisfaction)
  • Review
  • Open Access
98 Citations
16,547 Views
23 Pages

10 July 2020

The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) notion pioneered the implementation of various smart environments. Smart environments intelligibly accommodate inhabitants’ requirements. With rapid resource shrinkage, energy management has recentl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Planning and Smart City Decision Management)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
7,125 Views
24 Pages

Optimal Energy Management of a Campus Microgrid Considering Financial and Economic Analysis with Demand Response Strategies

  • Haseeb Javed,
  • Hafiz Abdul Muqeet,
  • Moazzam Shehzad,
  • Mohsin Jamil and ,
  • Ashraf Ali Khan and
  • Josep M. Guerrero
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 December 2021

An energy management system (EMS) was proposed for a campus microgrid (µG) with the incorporation of renewable energy resources to reduce the operational expenses and costs. Many uncertainties have created problems for microgrids that limit the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging and Advanced Green Energy Technologies for Sustainable and Resilient Future Grid)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,241 Views
15 Pages

11 November 2022

The application of microgrids (MG) is more and more extensive, therefore it is important to improve the system management method of microgrids. The intended costs can be further minimized when the energy management system is unified with demand side...

(This article belongs to the Section K: State-of-the-Art Energy Related Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,041 Views
29 Pages

Design, Valuation and Comparison of Demand Response Strategies for Congestion Management

  • Osaru Agbonaye,
  • Patrick Keatley,
  • Ye Huang,
  • Motasem Bani Mustafa and
  • Neil Hewitt

20 November 2020

Decarbonisation of heat and transport will cause congestion issues in distribution networks. To avoid expensive network investments, demand flexibility is necessary to move loads from peak to off-peak periods. We provide a method and metric for asses...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integration and Management of Distributed Energy Resources in Power Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,528 Views
23 Pages

Performance Evaluation of a Hydrogen-Based Clean Energy Hub with Electrolyzers as a Self-Regulating Demand Response Management Mechanism

  • Weiliang Wang,
  • Dan Wang,
  • Hongjie Jia,
  • Guixiong He and ,
  • Qing’e Hu,
  • Pang-Chieh Sui and
  • Menghua Fan
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

15 August 2017

Energy management of hybrid resources has become a critical issue in integrated energy system analysis. In this study, as a self-regulating demand response (DR) management mechanism, deferrable electrolyzers are used as a main controlled resource in...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,768 Views
25 Pages

Optimizing Emergency Response in Hospitals: A Systematic Review of Surge Capacity Planning and Crisis Resource Management

  • Savvas Petanidis,
  • Krishna Chandramouli,
  • George Floros,
  • Sokratis Nifakos and ,
  • Kostas Kolomvatsos,
  • Sofia Tsekeridou,
  • Sabina Magalini,
  • Daniele Gui and
  • Christoforos Kosmidis
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

6 November 2025

Background: Healthcare systems worldwide face growing challenges in anticipating and managing patient surges, particularly in times of public health crises, natural disasters, or seasonal peaks. The ability of healthcare organisations to forecast and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,616 Views
21 Pages

Operational Issues of Contemporary Distribution Systems: A Review on Recent and Emerging Concerns

  • Kabulo Loji,
  • Sachin Sharma,
  • Nomhle Loji,
  • Gulshan Sharma and
  • Pitshou N. Bokoro

9 February 2023

Distribution systems in traditional power systems (PS) constituted of passive elements and the distribution issues were then limited to voltage and thermal constraints, harmonics, overloading and unbalanced loading, reactive power compensation issues...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Research Trends of Renewable Energy Power System)
  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,587 Views
46 Pages

Systematic Categorization of Optimization Strategies for Virtual Power Plants

  • Amit Kumer Podder,
  • Sayemul Islam,
  • Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar,
  • Aneesh A. Chand and ,
  • Pulivarthi Nageswara Rao,
  • Kushal A. Prasad,
  • T. Logeswaran and
  • Kabir A. Mamun
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

27 November 2020

Due to the rapid growth in power consumption of domestic and industrial appliances, distributed energy generation units face difficulties in supplying power efficiently. The integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) and energy storage system...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI, IoT and Block Chain Assisted Intelligent Solutions to Energy Efficient and Sustainable Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,468 Views
27 Pages

Research on Home Energy Management Method for Demand Response Based on Chance-Constrained Programming

  • Xiangyu Kong,
  • Siqiong Zhang,
  • Bowei Sun,
  • Qun Yang and ,
  • Shupeng Li and
  • Shijian Zhu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 June 2020

With the development of smart devices and information technology, it is possible for users to optimize their usage of electrical equipment through the home energy management system (HEMS). To solve the problems of daily optimal scheduling and emergen...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,700 Views
19 Pages

A Two-Layer User Energy Management Strategy for Virtual Power Plants Based on HG-Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

  • Sen Tian,
  • Qian Xiao,
  • Tianxiang Li,
  • Zibo Wang and ,
  • Ji Qiao,
  • Hong Zhu and
  • Wenlu Ji
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

15 June 2025

Household loads are becoming dominant in virtual power plants (VPP). However, their dispatch potential has not yet been explored due to the lack of detailed user power management. To solve this issue, a novel two-layer user energy management strategy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Trends in Energy Management: Techniques, Applications and Future Directions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,490 Views
30 Pages

The Advancements in Agricultural Greenhouse Technologies: An Energy Management Perspective

  • Shaival Nagarsheth,
  • Kodjo Agbossou,
  • Nilson Henao and
  • Mathieu Bendouma

11 April 2025

Greenhouse technologies provide controlled environmental conditions for crop growth, often incorporating automation to enhance productivity. Energy management, which involves monitoring, controlling, and conserving energy, is particularly crucial in...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,696 Views
24 Pages

The widespread adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) leads to resource redundancy in grid operation and increases computation complexity, which underscores the need for effective resource management strategies. In this paper, we present a n...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
85 Citations
12,874 Views
20 Pages

6 September 2016

Demand response (DR) program can shift peak time load to off-peak time, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and allowing energy conservation. In this study, the home energy management scheduling controller of the residential DR strategy is prop...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Home Energy Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,910 Views
16 Pages

An Optimal and Distributed Demand Response Strategy for Energy Internet Management

  • Qian Liu,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Guohua Wu and
  • Jianmai Shi

16 January 2018

This study proposes a new model of demand response management for a future smart grid that consists of smart microgrids. The microgrids have energy storage units, responsive loads, controllable distributed generation units, and renewable energy resou...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
102 Citations
11,898 Views
19 Pages

Model Predictive Control Home Energy Management and Optimization Strategy with Demand Response

  • Radu Godina,
  • Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues,
  • Edris Pouresmaeil,
  • João C. O. Matias and
  • João P. S. Catalão

9 March 2018

The growing demand for electricity is a challenge for the electricity sector as it not only involves the search for new sources of energy, but also the increase of generation capacity of the existing electrical infrastructure and the need to upgrade...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Home and Energy Management Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,712 Views
24 Pages

16 May 2022

Using cascade utilization between multiple energy sources to realize multi-energy complementarity can significantly improve the economic benefits and energy utilization of integrated energy service providers. Integrated energy service providers consi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,418 Views
16 Pages

7 February 2023

Demand response modeling in smart grids plays a significant role in analyzing and shaping the load profiles of consumers. This approach is used in order to increase the efficiency of the system and improve the performance of energy management. The us...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,573 Views
22 Pages

1 October 2025

Demand-side management has been demonstrated as an efficient and feasible method to unlock the flexibility on the demand side and support the flexible regulation of power systems. In integrated energy systems (IES) of buildings, through energy storag...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Architecture and Healthy Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,443 Views
11 Pages

23 April 2022

Building system operation faces the challenge of reducing energy use and implementing a demand response, which can be defined as a temporary modification in energy loads affecting dynamic energy price and reliability information. The heating, ventila...

(This article belongs to the Topic Building Energy and Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,933 Views
21 Pages

Study on Dynamic Pricing Strategy for Industrial Power Users Considering Demand Response Differences in Master–Slave Game

  • Shuxin Liu,
  • Jing Xu,
  • Chaojian Xing,
  • Yang Liu and ,
  • Ersheng Tian,
  • Jia Cui and
  • Junzhu Wei
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

11 August 2023

With the deepening of power market reform, further study on power trading mechanisms has become the core issue of power market study. The development stage of the industrial electricity market requires efficient and flexible pricing mechanisms. Curre...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,546 Views
22 Pages

Collaborative Optimal Pricing and Day-Ahead and Intra-Day Integrative Dispatch of the Active Distribution Network with Multi-Type Active Loads

  • Chong Chen,
  • Xuan Zhou,
  • Xiaowei Yang,
  • Zhiheng He and ,
  • Zhuo Li,
  • Zhengtian Li,
  • Xiangning Lin,
  • Ting Wen,
  • Yixin Zhuo and
  • Ning Tong
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

17 April 2018

In order to better handle the new features that emerge at both ends of supply and demand, new measures are constantly being introduced, such as demand-side management (DSM) and prediction of uncertain output and load. However, the existing DSM strate...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,480 Views
19 Pages

14 October 2024

In recent decades, with the expansion of distributed energy generation technologies and the increasing need for more flexibility and efficiency in energy distribution systems, microgrids have been considered a promising innovative solution for local...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Research in Optimization Algorithms in the Era of Big Data)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,074 Views
21 Pages

17 July 2025

This study presents an advanced energy demand management approach within residential microgrids using bipartite models for optimal demand response. The methodology relies on linear programming, specifically the Simplex algorithm, to optimize power di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,126 Views
18 Pages

Community Flexible Load Dispatching Model Based on Herd Mentality

  • Qi Huang,
  • Aihua Jiang,
  • Yu Zeng and
  • Jianan Xu

21 June 2022

In the context of smart electricity consumption, demand response is an important way to solve the problem of power supply and demand balance. Users participate in grid dispatching to obtain additional benefits, which realises a win-win situation betw...

(This article belongs to the Topic Electricity Demand-Side Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,859 Views
22 Pages

27 May 2023

Demand response is an effective way to alleviate the pressure on power systems and improve energy utilisation efficiency. This study constructs a tripartite evolutionary game model on government, power companies and virtual power plants (VPPs), and a...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,643 Views
14 Pages

A Fractional Order Super Twisting Sliding Mode Controller for Energy Management in Smart Microgrid Using Dynamic Pricing Approach

  • Taimoor Ahmad Khan,
  • Amjad Ullah,
  • Ghulam Hafeez,
  • Imran Khan and ,
  • Sadia Murawwat,
  • Faheem Ali,
  • Sajjad Ali,
  • Sheraz Khan and
  • Khalid Rehman
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

30 November 2022

A real-time energy management strategy using dynamic pricing mechanism by deploying a fractional order super twisting sliding mode controller (FOSTSMC) is proposed for correspondence between energy users and providers. This framework, which controls...

  • Article
  • Open Access
86 Citations
7,711 Views
19 Pages

14 July 2018

The energy demand in buildings represents a considerable share of the overall energy use. Given the significance and acknowledged flexibility of thermostatically controlled loads, they represent an interesting option for the implementation of demand...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps: Energy and Environmental Issues)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,454 Views
19 Pages

3 July 2024

Facing supply disruptions that often occur in business, firms can increase redundancy through supplier diversification and manage demand-side problems through responsive pricing and demand information sharing. We consider a Stackelberg–Nash gam...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
865 Views
25 Pages

20 March 2026

This paper proposes a multi-objective optimal scheduling model for integrated energy systems (IESs) that incorporates a tiered carbon emissions trading mechanism and load-side demand response (LDR) to promote sustainability. First, a reward–pen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Twin-Driven Energy Systems Optimization: From Algorithm Innovation to Low-Carbon Operation)
  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
7,634 Views
34 Pages

14 April 2022

The residential sector is a major contributor to the global energy demand. The energy demand for the residential sector is expected to increase substantially in the next few decades. As the residential sector is responsible for almost 40% of overall...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Demand Response in Smart Homes)
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,241 Views
40 Pages

28 September 2025

The paper investigates the design and operation of microgrid arrangements, with a focus on renewable power systems, system architectures, and storage solutions. The research evaluates stochastic and multi-objective optimization methods to show how de...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Grid Integration with Power Electronics: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,198 Views
27 Pages

Distributed Energy Management for Networked Microgrids with Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation

  • Guodong Liu,
  • Maximiliano F. Ferrari,
  • Thomas B. Ollis,
  • Aditya Sundararajan and ,
  • Mohammed Olama and
  • Yang Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 March 2023

For the cooperative operation of networked microgrids, a distributed energy management considering network operational objectives and constraints is proposed in this work. Considering various ownership and privacy requirements of microgrids, utility...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Coordination and Optimization of Energy Management in Smart Grids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,416 Views
47 Pages

A Novel Smart Energy Management as a Service over a Cloud Computing Platform for Nanogrid Appliances

  • Bilal Naji Alhasnawi,
  • Basil H. Jasim,
  • Maria Dolores Esteban and
  • Josep M. Guerrero

20 November 2020

There will be a dearth of electrical energy in the world in the future due to exponential increase in electrical energy demand of rapidly growing world population. With the development of Internet of Things (IoT), more smart appliances will be integr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Construction and Building Materials for Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,090 Views
19 Pages

A Day Ahead Demand Schedule Strategy for Optimal Operation of Microgrid with Uncertainty

  • Amrutha Raju Battula,
  • Sandeep Vuddanti and
  • Surender Reddy Salkuti

3 February 2023

A microgrid energy management system (EMS) with several generation and storage units is crucial in attaining stable and reliable operation. Optimal scheduling of energy resources in EMS becomes arduous due to uncertainty in the forecasting of intermi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,083 Views
24 Pages

21 September 2023

The energy transition to a decarbonized energy scenario leads toward distributed energy resources in which end users can both generate and consume renewable electricity. As a result, several challenges arise in terms of decentralized energy resource...

(This article belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
9,826 Views
19 Pages

Decentralized Energy Management System in Microgrid Considering Uncertainty and Demand Response

  • Sane Lei Lei Wynn,
  • Terapong Boonraksa,
  • Promphak Boonraksa,
  • Watcharakorn Pinthurat and
  • Boonruang Marungsri

Smart energy management and control systems can improve the efficient use of electricity and maintain the balance between supply and demand. This paper proposes the modeling of a decentralized energy management system (EMS) to reduce system operation...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,896 Views
20 Pages

System Dynamics Modeling for Supporting Drought-Oriented Management of the Jucar River System, Spain

  • Adria Rubio-Martin,
  • Manuel Pulido-Velazquez,
  • Hector Macian-Sorribes and
  • Alberto Garcia-Prats

15 May 2020

The management of water in systems where the balance between resources and demands is already precarious can pose a challenge and it can be easily disrupted by drought episodes. Anticipated drought management has proved to be one of the main strategi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Water Resources Management Models for Policy Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
107 Citations
11,787 Views
26 Pages

25 June 2015

In this paper, an experimental fuel cell/battery/supercapacitor hybrid system is investigated in terms of modeling and power management design and optimization. The power management strategy is designed based on the role that should be played by each...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles and Hybrid Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,950 Views
13 Pages

2 March 2023

Sustainable energy development requires environment-friendly energy-generating methods. Pricing system constraints influence the efficient use of energy resources. Real-Time Pricing (RTP) is theoretically superior to previous pricing systems for allo...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,973 Views
29 Pages

13 August 2025

Amid rising load volatility and uncertainty, demand-side resources with regulation capabilities are increasingly engaged at scale in ancillary service markets, facilitating sustainable peak load mitigation and alleviating grid stress while reducing r...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,939 Views
17 Pages

Robust Optimization of Transport Organization for China Railway Express

  • Changjiang Zheng,
  • Yang Shen,
  • Junze Ma,
  • Ling Gui and
  • Chen Zhang

22 December 2023

This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the robust optimization of the China–Europe freight train transportation organization under uncertain cargo transportation demand. The study commences by constructing a robust optimization model tailo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Intelligent Transportation Systems in Railway: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,166 Views
22 Pages

Home energy optimization management improves energy utilization efficiency and reduces electricity costs through intelligent load control, strategic utilization of time-of-use pricing, and optimized integration of energy storage and distributed energ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Distributed Computing and Its Applications)
  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,229 Views
12 Pages

New Resource-Wise Planning Strategies for Smart Urban-Rural Development in Finland

  • Emilia Rönkkö,
  • Anna Luusua,
  • Eeva Aarrevaara,
  • Aulikki Herneoja and
  • Toivo Muilu

7 February 2017

This article discusses the opportunities and challenges for resource-wise development strategies in regional planning. Spatial planning integrates the key aspects, transportation, housing, and food production which are, on many occasions, stated as t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,681 Views
18 Pages

19 July 2022

Due to failures or even the absence of an electricity grid, microgrid systems are becoming popular solutions for electrifying African rural communities. However, they are heavily stressed and complex to control due to their intermittency and demand g...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,883 Views
25 Pages

29 September 2024

This paper introduces an assessment method for shipboard spare parts requirements based on a whole-part repair strategy, aimed at enhancing the availability and combat effectiveness of naval equipment. Addressing the shortcomings of traditional repai...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data-Driven Methods and Artificial Intelligence in Reliability and Maintenance, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,874 Views
13 Pages

ADPA Optimization for Real-Time Energy Management Using Deep Learning

  • Zhengdong Wan,
  • Yan Huang,
  • Liangzheng Wu and
  • Chengwei Liu

26 September 2024

The current generation of renewable energy remains insufficient to meet the demands of users within the network, leading to the necessity of curtailing flexible loads and underscoring the urgent need for optimized microgrid energy management. In this...

(This article belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
149 Views
25 Pages

AISDBM-Agent: An LLM-Enabled Autonomous Decision-Making Prototype System for Intelligent Supply Chain Inventory Optimization

  • Wei Yan,
  • Jialing Li,
  • Yuxuan Chen,
  • Zhaohui Feng and ,
  • Hua Zhang and
  • Zhigang Jiang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 October 2026

The digital transformation of supply chain operations demands manufacturing systems capable of autonomous decision-making in response to dynamic production fluctuations. However, existing inventory management approaches suffer from limited adaptabili...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Logistics Industry and Supply Chain)

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