Energy Flexibility in a Planning Context: A Pilot Project by George Dawes, Kevin Lomas, Arash Beizaee

“…Initial findings from this pilot project helped shape future research throughout the PhD project.A building energy model was developed using Dymola (Modelica Language) to test different technology arrangements and explore the impact of parameter variation through a sensitivity analysis. …”
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Should We Regulate for Energy Flexibility? by George Dawes, Arash Beizaee, Steven Firth

“…The poster summarises some of the potential impacts and some of the methods that a flexibility indicator or target could have. Initial findings from this work helped shape the discussion and context of the PhD project.Key findings:Energy flexibility is required for system balancing, but mandating for building energy flexibility capability may have unintended consequences at the single-building level.Mandating flexibility capability would be costly and there is uncertainty about how much benefit it could provide at a regional or national scale.A smart building rating may be a cheaper way of incentivising flexibility in buildings but needs careful balancing between its goals and a robust method of quantificationThe ERBE CDT is the EPSRC and SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment.…”
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