This report provides an overview of the program, discussions, and outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 15091 “Smart Buildings and Smart Grids”, which took place from 22–27 February 2015 at Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics. The main goal of the seminar was to provide a forum for leading Energy Informatics (EI) researchers to discuss their recent research on Smart Buildings and Smart Gri...

Currently, an extensive worldwide movement to implement electrical Smart Grid and replacing traditional grids has been started. In the past, since each electrical grid was usually using its specific systems and protocols, the possibility of system penetration and consequently security concerns was in low levels. But in recent years, with implementation of electrical Smart Grid, using open stand...

Smart grids enhance power grids by integrating electronic equipment, communication systems and computational tools. In a smart grid, consumers can insert energy into the power grid. We propose a new energy management system (called RLbEMS) that autonomously defines a policy for selling or storing energy surplus in smart homes. This policy is achieved through Batch Reinforcement Learning with hi...

Smart grids have become a topic of intensive research, development, and deployment across the world over the last few years. The engagement of consumer sectors—residential, commercial, and industrial—is widely acknowledged as a key requirement for the projected benefits of smart grids to be realized. Although the industrial sector has traditionally been involved in managing power use with what ...

The smart power grids will extensively rely on network control to increase efficiency, reliability, and safety. In this context, the simulation of such complex systems is becoming an essential tool to support the development of Smart Grids. This paper presents an overview of the EDF R&D Modelica library GridSysPro (GSP), which provides electrical components adapted to Smart Grid simulation; and...

The increasing use of communication in power-system operation and control is a double-edged sword [...]

This paper discusses on general aspects of smart grids and focuses on some smart grid features at distribution level like interconnection of distributed generation and active distribution management, using automated meter reading (AMR) systems in network management and power quality monitoring, application of power electronics in electricity distribution, plug-in vehicles as part of smart grids...

Sandford Bessler Liebe Leserinnen und liebe Leser, unsere Elektrizitätsversorgung befindet sich im Wandel. Zum einen steigt der Energiebedarf kontinuierlich an, zum anderen stehen die Energieversorger und Netzbetreiber durch die verstärkte Einbindung von regenerativen Energien, unter anderem gewonnen aus Wind und Photovoltaik, vor großen Herausforderungen. Das oberste Ziel ist dabei, eine nachh...

With the introduction of smart grid technology, the electricity market paradigm is transformed into consumers-oriented from suppliers-oriented. Thus, a study on diffusion of smart grid in perspective of users is necessary. This research examines factors affecting the adoption and diffusion of smart grid technology from user’s perspective and provides strategic guidelines of diffusing smart grid...