Energy management set-up to exploit the flexibility potential of a multi-unit residential apartment building in a cold climate region

Nagarsheth, S. H., Henao, N., Agbossou, K. et Fournier, M. (2024). Energy management set-up to exploit the flexibility potential of a multi-unit residential apartment building in a cold climate region. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 57 . pp. 143-148. ISSN 2405-8963 DOI 10.1016/j.ifacol.2024.05.025

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Intelligent energy management and dispatch in a multi-unit residential apartment building is a non-trivial task owing to the thermal interactions and diverse requirements of thermal comfort during the peak hours of the winter season. To address such a challenge, in this work, a management entity is considered to manage the energy requirements of all the apartments in the building according to the price signal, minimizing the electricity cost for a 24-hour day ahead format. Accordingly, the management entity formulates an optimization problem considering the thermal model, energy utilization and weather. It is also equipped with fuzzy logic to smartly distribute the requirement for each unit based on the thermal interactions and thermal comfort levels. The proposed approach of centrally managing a multi-unit residential building is effectuated on a case study in Québec, Canada. Data-driven thermal modelling is carried out with actual weather data from Québec to perform the optimization. The results display the potential of the proposed approach to dispatch heating energy to each building unit with respect to time-of-use (TOU) price signal and shared objective.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	Building Energy Systems Energy Management Systems Optimization Data-driven Thermal Modelling Fuzzy Logic Electric Baseboard Heaters
Date de dépôt:	22 janv. 2026 16:08
Dernière modification:	22 janv. 2026 16:08
Version du document déposé:	Version officielle de l'éditeur
URI:	https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/12553

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