Smart Highway Energy Generation

Green Energy Generation in Buildings: Grid-Tied Distributed Generation Systems (DGS) With Energy Storage Applications to Sustain the Smart Grid Transformation

The challenge of electricity distribution’s upgrade to incorporate new technologies is big, and electric utilities are mandated to work diligently on this agenda, thus making investments to ensure that current networks maintain their electricity supply commitments secure and reliable in face of disruptions and adverse environmental conditions from a variety of sources. The paper presents a new ...

First Smart Highway Bridge in Canada

The Beddington Trail/Centre Street, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is the first prestressed concrete highway bridge built in Canada pretensioned by Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic, FRP, tendons. It is also the first bridge which has utilized a structurally integrated optical sensors system to monitor the behaviour. The bridge is completed and was opened to traffic on November 5, 1993. The project in...

Tailoring the next Generation Energy Management Tool for Smart Cities

In this position paper we propose a next generation eNeRGy management solution for smart cities based on the Internet of ThingsIoT NRG Manager, to efficiently manage the energy locally produced and consumed. IoT NRG Manager is interoperable with the Internet of Things, it provides an Open Data API that allows third parties to access to energy related data. The privacy issues are addressed by a ...

Smart Integration of Distributed Renewable Generation and Battery Energy Storage

VO2 thermochromic smart window for energy savings and generation

The ability to achieve energy saving in architectures and optimal solar energy utilisation affects the sustainable development of the human race. Traditional smart windows and solar cells cannot be combined into one device for energy saving and electricity generation. A VO2 film can respond to the environmental temperature to intelligently regulate infrared transmittance while maintaining visib...