Energy Optimization and Management of Demand Response Interactions in a Smart Campus

Antimo Barbato; Cristiana Bolchini; Angela Geronazzo; Elisa Quintarelli; Andrei Palamarciuc; Alessandro Pitì; Cristina Rottondi; Giacomo Verticale

doi:10.3390/en9060398

Energies (May 2016)

Energy Optimization and Management of Demand Response Interactions in a Smart Campus

Antimo Barbato,
Cristiana Bolchini,
Angela Geronazzo,
Elisa Quintarelli,
Andrei Palamarciuc,
Alessandro Pitì,
Cristina Rottondi,
Giacomo Verticale

Affiliations

Antimo Barbato: Deparment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
Cristiana Bolchini: Deparment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
Angela Geronazzo: Deparment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
Elisa Quintarelli: Deparment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
Andrei Palamarciuc: Deparment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
Alessandro Pitì: Deparment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
Cristina Rottondi: Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), University of Lugano (USI)—University of Applied Science and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Manno 6928, Switzerland
Giacomo Verticale: Deparment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en9060398
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 6
p. 398

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The proposed framework enables innovative power management in smart campuses, integrating local renewable energy sources, battery banks and controllable loads and supporting Demand Response interactions with the electricity grid operators. The paper describes each system component: the Energy Management System responsible for power usage scheduling, the telecommunication infrastructure in charge of data exchanging and the integrated data repository devoted to information storage. We also discuss the relevant use cases and validate the framework in a few deployed demonstrators.

Published in Energies

ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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