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Real-time energy management within the concepts of home Microgrids (H-MG) systems is crucial for H-MG operational reliability and safe functionality, regardless of simultaneously emanated variations in generation and load demand transients. In this paper, an experimental design and validation of a real-time mutli-period artificial bee colony (MABC) topology type central energy management system (CEMS) for H-MGs in islanding mode is proposed to maximize operational efficiency and minimize operational cost of the H-MG with full degree of freedom in automatically adapt the management problem under variations in the generation and storage resources in real-time as well, suitable for different size and types of generation resources and storage devices with plug-and-play structure, is presented. A self-adapting CEMS offers a control box capability of adapting and optimally operating with any H-MGs structure and integrated types of generation and storage technologies, using a two-way communication between each asset, being a unique inherent feature. This CEMS framework utilizes feature like day-ahead scheduling (DAS) integrated with real-time scheduling (RTS) units, and local energy market (LEM) structure based on Single Side Auction (SSA) to regulate the price of energy in real-time. The proposed system operates based on the data parameterization such as: the available power from renewable energy resources, the amount of non-responsive load demand, and the wholesale offers from generation units and time-wise scheduling for a range of integrated generation and demand units. Experimental validation shows the effectiveness of our proposed EMS with minimum cost margins and plugand-play capabilitities for a H-MG in real-time islanding mode that can be envisioned for hybrid multi-functional smart grid supply chain energy systems with a revolutionary architectures. The better performance of the proposed algorithm is shown in comparison with the mixed integer non-linear programming (MINLP) algorithm, and its effectiveness is experimentally validated over a microgrid test bed. The obtained results show convergence speed increase and the remarkable improvement of efficiency and accuracy under different condition.

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Interoperability in BIM is low and the focus is on 3D coordination. Despite the available standards including IFC and IDM, there is still no clear guidance how such standards can be effectively used for performance based design. Thus, early collaboration is discouraged and performance analysis is conducted as late as possible to minimize the number of information exchanges, leading to difficulties and costly changes in design that is almost completed. Aim is to propose an interoperability specification development approach for performance based design through the Design4Energy case study project. Findings show that the design process had increased flexibility, shared understanding between stakeholders about what information nuggets should be provided from whom to whom, at what stage, using which tool and data model. It can guide for the integrated BIM practice and help developing BIM execution plans for Level 2 BIM while paving the way for Level 3 BIM.

Terrence (2017) Optimal energy management system based on stochastic approach for a home Microgrid with integrated responsive load demand and energy storage. Sustainable Cities and Society,. AbstractIn recent years, increasing interest in developing small-scale fully integrated energy resources in distributed power networks and their production has led to the emergence of smart Microgrids (MG), in particular for distributed renewable energy resources integrated with wind turbine, photovoltaic and energy storage assets. In this paper, a sustainable day-ahead scheduling of the grid-connected home-type Microgrids (H-MG) with the integration of non-dispatchable/dispatchable distributed energy resources and responsive load demand is co-investigated, in particular to study the simultaneously existed uncontrollable and controllable production resources despite the existence of responsive and non-responding loads. An efficient energy management system (EMS) optimization algorithm based on mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) (termed as EMS-MILP) using the GAMS implementation for producing power optimization with minimum hourly power system operational cost and sustainable electricity generation of within a H-MG. The day-ahead scheduling feature of electric power and energy systems shared with renewable resources as a MILP problem characteristic for solving the hourly economic dispatch-constraint unit commitment is also modelled to demonstrate the ability of an EMS-MILP algorithm for a H-MG under realistic technical constraints connected to the upstream grid. Numerical simulations highlights the effectiveness of the proposed algorithmic optimization capabilities for sustainable operations of smart H-MGs connected to a variety of global loads and resources to postulate best power economization. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm and show a reduction in the generated power cost by almost 21% in comparison with conventional EMS.