Program

Welcome

Talk by Tariq Samad

Title: Innovation for Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Communities

Abstract: Buildings and facilities are a significant contributor to major challenges facing society, especially climate change. About 16% of global greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to the building sector, and reducing these emissions is essential for mitigating climate change impacts. The International Energy Agency has laid out a roadmap with milestones for building energy management. In the control community, research agendas have also been proposed for smart buildings, communities, and cities. The urgent nature of the problem requires getting away from usual research practices, gaining holistic perspectives, and establishing closer connections with practitioners, regulators, and others. Recent developments that have been enabled by new technologies are already commercialized, and awareness of these is essential—in many cases they represent foundations and platforms that will facilitate the development and deployment of more advanced solutions. Tools for managing technology and innovation are available that can facilitate the path from research to impact at scale. This presentation will cover the topics above, drawing on various examples and resources. A framework for cyber-physical-human systems (CPHS) will also be presented and implications for buildings discussed.

Talk by Alessandra Parisio

Title: Innovation for Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Communities

Abstract: The growing deployment of distributed energy resources can result in significant environmental and economic benefits but, at the same time, in reduced total system inertia and controllability, hence in new challenges to the power grid operation. Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and service stackability play a crucial role in facilitating the coordination of heterogeneous distributed resources and unlocking their potential by maximizing their revenues. VPPs are networks of distributed power generating units as well as flexible loads and storage systems; stackability concerns stacking services during the same period by providing multiple services simultaneously. Novel control strategies and schemes are needed to coordinate VPP assets for service stacking. In this talk, hierarchical control architectures are discussed for the optimal day-ahead commitment of multiple grid support services within a VPP. A robust Model Predictive Control approach is included to minimize the unbalance fees during real-time operations. The control framework is demonstrated experimentally using a hybrid test system, where the VPP is formed of a commercial 240 kW, 180 kWh battery energy storage system, while the additional assets are modeled in a real-time digital simulator (RTDS). The results show the superiority of the multiple-service operation compared to providing a single grid-support service.

Coffee break

Talk by Mathias Hudoba de Badyn

Title: Distributed MPC for Infrastructure at the City-Scale: Past Successes and Future Directions

Abstract: It's well known that heating and cooling for buildings accounts for ~10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and major successes of MPC for building control on individual buildings have shown energy consumption reduction at about 30%. In this talk, we will discuss some of the challenges facing the scaling-up of these methods, and provide a potential roadmap for implementation of building MPC at the city-scale, via cooperation with city infrastructure. Finally, we will explore some of the testbeds available for demonstrating these tools, including the Municipality of Lillestrøm in Norway, which will offer over 240 buildings for research and development.

Presentation of different living labs

11:10–11:25: Mathias Hudoba de Badyn, city demonstrator in Lillestrom, Norway

11:25–11:40: Matthew Deakin, Smart Energy Network Demonstrator, UK

11:40–11:55: Pulkit Nahata, demonstrator in Walenstadt, Switzerland

11:55–12:10: Benjamin Sawicki, demonstrator in Sisslerfeld, Switzerland

Lunch

Walk to the KTH Live-In Lab (see location)

Demo (NEST + KTH)

Visit to KTH Live in Lab

Coffee break and conclusive remarks