Estimating demand response potential in building clusters

The large-scale implementation of demand-response measures has the potential to play a significant role in overcoming the various issues related to electricity supply/ demand imbalances. This paper assesses various building energy modelling techniques and compares them using a schematic representation; the integration of the building models into a demand response scheme is then addressed and guidelines are given for different contexts. From the review carried out, the paper highlights the need to develop demand-response estimation tools at a large-scale taking into account the buildings characteristics. An outlook is given on a proposed method for large-scale demand response estimation. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.