An energy systems engineering approach to the optimal design of energy systems in commercial buildings Academic Article

abstract

• Energy consumption in commercial buildings accounts for a significant proportion of worldwide energy consumption. Any increase in the energy efficiency of the energy systems for commercial buildings would lead to significant energy savings and emissions reductions.In this work, we introduce an energy systems engineering framework towards the optimal design of such energy systems with improved energy efficiency and environmental performance. The framework features a superstructure representation of the various energy technology alternatives, a mixed-integer optimization formulation of the energy systems design problem, and a multi-objective design optimization solution strategy, where economic and environmental criteria are simultaneously considered and properly traded off. A case study of a supermarket energy systems design is presented to illustrate the key steps and potential of the proposed energy systems engineering approach. 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Pistikopoulos, Stratos

published proceedings

• ENERGY POLICY

author list (cited authors)

• Liu, P., Pistikopoulos, E. N., & Li, Z.

citation count

• 69

complete list of authors

• Liu, Pei||Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N||Li, Zheng

publication date

• August 2010

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Energy Policy  Journal

keywords

• Commercial Buildings
• Energy Systems Engineering
• Mixed-integer Programming

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.051

start page

• 4224

end page

• 4231

volume

• 38

issue

• 8

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.051

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy