<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rui Amaral Lopes</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martins, João</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aelenei, Daniel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Celson Pantoja Lima</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A cooperative net zero energy community to improve load matching</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Renewable Energy</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148116301458</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">93</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-13</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The work reported here addresses load matching improvement in Net Zero Energy Buildings (Net-ZEBs). The related relevant literature shows that currently research work is mainly focused on improving the load matching of individual buildings. In this paper the concept of a Cooperative Net Zero Energy Community (CNet-ZEC) is introduced, extending discussion to the enhancement of load matching at a wider community level. Both building and community levels are compared in order to assess the work proposed here, through the analysis of three distinct scenarios where five Net-ZEBs work individually or in community.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The results presented here were obtained through a detailed simulation based on 1-min resolution stochastic load profiles and recorded weather data. The results indicate that over the period of a year the CNet-ZEC has the potential to increase the electrical demand covered by onsite electricity generation up to 21% and the on-site generation that is used by the building up to 15%. The following elements are considered by the CNet-ZEC in order to produce those results: (i) demand heterogeneity of the buildings integrating the community; (ii) the higher number of controllable devices; and (iii) the potential higher amount of energy available to satisfy the community demand.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">August</style></issue></record></records></xml>