%0 Journal Article %J Energy Procedia %D 2016 %T A Literature Review of Methodologies Used to Assess the Energy Flexibility of Buildings %A Rui Amaral Lopes %A Adriana Chambel %A João Neves %A Aelenei, Daniel %A Martins, João %K thermal energy storage %P 1053 - 1058 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.274 %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610216303745 %V 91 %X

Abstract Due to the introduction of distributed renewable energy technologies with variable resource availability, the need of flexible electrical systems is evident. In general, flexibility is achieved from the supply side and often using carbon intensive energy generators. Therefore, improving the flexibility of the electrical system by taking advantage of renewable energy generation capacities and demand response measures in buildings is of major importance for a sustainable development. Control systems to implement these demand response measures need to quantify the flexibility of the respective buildings. Having this into consideration, this paper aims at presenting a literature review on methodologies to quantify the energy flexibility of buildings.

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