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Data-driven key performance indicators and datasets for building energy flexibility: A review and perspectives

Li, Han; Johra, Hicham; de Andrade Pereira, Flavia; Hong, Tianzhen; Le Dréau, Jérôme; Maturo, Anthony; Wei, Mingjun; ... Dong, Bing; + view all (2023) Data-driven key performance indicators and datasets for building energy flexibility: A review and perspectives. Applied Energy , 343 , Article 121217. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121217. Green open access

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Abstract

Energy flexibility, through short-term demand-side management (DSM) and energy storage technologies, is now seen as a major key to balancing the fluctuating supply in different energy grids with the energy demand of buildings. This is especially important when considering the intermittent nature of ever-growing renewable energy production, as well as the increasing dynamics of electricity demand in buildings. This paper provides a holistic review of (1) data-driven energy flexibility key performance indicators (KPIs) for buildings in the operational phase and (2) open datasets that can be used for testing energy flexibility KPIs. The review identifies a total of 48 data-driven energy flexibility KPIs from 87 recent and relevant publications. These KPIs were categorized and analyzed according to their type, complexity, scope, key stakeholders, data requirement, baseline requirement, resolution, and popularity. Moreover, 330 building datasets were collected and evaluated. Of those, 16 were deemed adequate to feature building performing demand response or building-to-grid (B2G) services. The DSM strategy, building scope, grid type, control strategy, needed data features, and usability of these selected 16 datasets were analyzed. This review reveals future opportunities to address limitations in the existing literature: (1) developing new data-driven methodologies to specifically evaluate different energy flexibility strategies and B2G services of existing buildings; (2) developing baseline-free KPIs that could be calculated from easily accessible building sensors and meter data; (3) devoting non-engineering efforts to promote building energy flexibility, standardizing data-driven energy flexibility quantification and verification processes; and (4) curating and analyzing datasets with proper description for energy flexibility assessm.

Type: Article
Title: Data-driven key performance indicators and datasets for building energy flexibility: A review and perspectives
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121217
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121217
Language: English
Additional information: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. under a Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Building energy flexibility, Demand response, Demand-side management, Building-to-grid service, Key performance indicator, Demand response datasets
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10188111
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