All Outputs (27)

Challenges and Strategies for Achieving High Energy Efficiency in Building Districts (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Vand, B., & Baldi, S. (2024). Challenges and Strategies for Achieving High Energy Efficiency in Building Districts. Buildings, 14(6), Article 1839. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14061839

Achieving climate neutrality requires reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the building sector, which has prompted increasing attention towards nearly zero energy, zero energy, and positive energy communities of buildings; there is a need... Read More about Challenges and Strategies for Achieving High Energy Efficiency in Building Districts.

Evolution and Current State of Building Materials, Construction Methods, and Building Regulations in the U.K.: Implications for Sustainable Building Practices (2023)
Journal Article
Vagtholm, R., Matteo, A., Vand, B., & Tupenaite, L. (2023). Evolution and Current State of Building Materials, Construction Methods, and Building Regulations in the U.K.: Implications for Sustainable Building Practices. Buildings, 13(6), Article 1480. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061480

This study presents a comprehensive review of building materials, construction methods, and building regulations on the U.K. mainland. This provides valuable insights into the historical progression and transformation of the construction industry thr... Read More about Evolution and Current State of Building Materials, Construction Methods, and Building Regulations in the U.K.: Implications for Sustainable Building Practices.

Energy performance of Scottish public buildings and its impact on their ability to use low-temperature heat (2023)
Journal Article
Reguis, A., Tunzi, M., Vand, B., Tuohy, P., & Currie, J. (2023). Energy performance of Scottish public buildings and its impact on their ability to use low-temperature heat. Energy and Buildings, 290, Article 113064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113064

Decarbonising heat in the UK by 2050 will require the wider adoption of low-temperature heat. Current systems, largely relying on gas boilers, have design operating temperatures of 82/71°C (supply/return) while new standards for 4th Generation Distri... Read More about Energy performance of Scottish public buildings and its impact on their ability to use low-temperature heat.

Market Manipulation in Stock and Power Markets: A Study of Indicator-Based Monitoring and Regulatory Challenges (2023)
Journal Article
Hao, Y., Vand, B., Delgado, B. M., & Baldi, S. (2023). Market Manipulation in Stock and Power Markets: A Study of Indicator-Based Monitoring and Regulatory Challenges. Energies, 16(4), Article 1894. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041894

In recent years, algorithmic-based market manipulation in stock and power markets has considerably increased, and it is difficult to identify all such manipulation cases. This causes serious challenges for market regulators. This work highlights and... Read More about Market Manipulation in Stock and Power Markets: A Study of Indicator-Based Monitoring and Regulatory Challenges.

Cost-Effective Heating Control Approaches by Demand Response and Peak Demand Limiting in an Educational Office Building with District Heating (2023)
Journal Article
Yuan, X., Vand, B., Martin, K., Jokisalo, J., Liang, Y., Kosonen, R., & Pan, Y. (2023). Cost-Effective Heating Control Approaches by Demand Response and Peak Demand Limiting in an Educational Office Building with District Heating. Buildings, 13(2), Article 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020332

This study examined three different approaches to reduce the heating cost while maintaining indoor thermal comfort at acceptable levels in an educational office building, including decentralized (DDRC) and centralized demand response control (CDRR) a... Read More about Cost-Effective Heating Control Approaches by Demand Response and Peak Demand Limiting in an Educational Office Building with District Heating.

A Review of Mathematical Models of Building Physics and Energy Technologies for Environmentally Friendly Integrated Energy Management Systems (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Vand, B., & Baldi, S. (2022). A Review of Mathematical Models of Building Physics and Energy Technologies for Environmentally Friendly Integrated Energy Management Systems. Buildings, 12(2), Article 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12020238

The Energy Management System (EMS) is an efficient technique to monitor, control and enhance the building performance. In the state-of-the-art, building performance analysis is separated into building simulation and control management: this may cause... Read More about A Review of Mathematical Models of Building Physics and Energy Technologies for Environmentally Friendly Integrated Energy Management Systems.

Assessing and Monitoring of Building Performance by Diverse Methods (2022)
Journal Article
Seminara, P., Vand, B., Sajjadian, S. M., & Tupenaite, L. (2022). Assessing and Monitoring of Building Performance by Diverse Methods. Sustainability, 14(3), Article 1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031242

Buildings are one of the largest contributors to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the world. There is an increased interest in building performance evaluation as an essential practice to design a sustainable building. Building... Read More about Assessing and Monitoring of Building Performance by Diverse Methods.

Challenges for the transition to low-temperature heat in the UK: A Review (2021)
Journal Article
Reguis, A., Vand, B., & Currie, J. (2021). Challenges for the transition to low-temperature heat in the UK: A Review. Energies, 14(21), Article 7181. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217181

To reach net-zero emissions by 2050, buildings in the UK need to replace natural gas boilers with heat pumps and district heating. These technologies are efficient at reduced flow/return temperatures, typically 55/25 °C, while traditional heating sys... Read More about Challenges for the transition to low-temperature heat in the UK: A Review.

Dispatch Strategies for the Utilisation of Battery Storage Systems in Smart Grid Optimised Buildings (2021)
Journal Article
Georgakarakos, A. D., Vand, B., Hathway, E. A., & Mayfield, M. (2021). Dispatch Strategies for the Utilisation of Battery Storage Systems in Smart Grid Optimised Buildings. Buildings, 11(10), Article 433. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11100433

This study investigates Smart Grid Optimised Buildings (SGOBs) which can respond to real-time electricity prices by utilising battery storage systems (BSS). Different building design characteristics are assessed to evaluate the impact on energy use,... Read More about Dispatch Strategies for the Utilisation of Battery Storage Systems in Smart Grid Optimised Buildings.

Optimal management of energy sharing in a community of buildings using a model predictive control (2021)
Journal Article
Vand, B., Ruusu, R., Hasan, A., & Manrique Delgado, B. (2021). Optimal management of energy sharing in a community of buildings using a model predictive control. Energy Conversion and Management, 239, Article 114178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114178

Exporting generated electricity by on-site renewable energy systems from buildings to the grid is only slightly profitable in many countries. Therefore, it is required to investigate the benefits of sharing generated energy in a microgrid within a co... Read More about Optimal management of energy sharing in a community of buildings using a model predictive control.

Investigations towards lower cooling load in a typical residential building in Kurdistan (Iraq) (2020)
Journal Article
Mustafa, M., Ali, S., Snape, J. R., & Vand, B. (2020). Investigations towards lower cooling load in a typical residential building in Kurdistan (Iraq). Energy Reports, 6, 571-580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2020.11.011

Energy consumption in cooling the buildings and occupant’s thermal comfort is significant, and any techniques to reduce this can bring great benefits, both locally in terms of reducing the need for expensive infrastructure and globally in terms of re... Read More about Investigations towards lower cooling load in a typical residential building in Kurdistan (Iraq).

Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building (2019)
Journal Article
Vand, B., Martin, K., Jokisalo, J., Kosonen, R., & Hast, A. (2020). Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 26(3), 304-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2019.1693207

This study examines the influence of demand-response control strategies on thermal conditions, indoor air CO2 concentration, and heating energy cost and consumption in an educational office building heated by a district heating system in a cold clima... Read More about Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building.

Consumers’ Attitudes to Support Green Energy: A Case Study in Shanghai (2019)
Journal Article
Vand, B., Hast, A., Bozorg, S., Li, Z., Syri, S., & Deng, S. (2019). Consumers’ Attitudes to Support Green Energy: A Case Study in Shanghai. Energies, 12(12), Article 2379. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12122379

Residents’ willingness to use green energy products is a major concern for different stakeholders and policymakers due to the reformed Chinese electricity market since 2015. This study focused on the Chinese consumer’s willingness to opt and pay for... Read More about Consumers’ Attitudes to Support Green Energy: A Case Study in Shanghai.

Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses (2018)
Book
Alimohammadisagvand, B. (2018). Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses. Aalto University

Demand response control algorithms assist in shifting a part of the electricity demand of building from periods of high demand and price towards periods of lower price. Without demand response, also the grid operators must rely on and use expensive a... Read More about Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses.

A novel cost-optimizing demand response control for a heat pump heated residential building (2017)
Journal Article
Arabzadeh, V., Alimohammadisagvand, B., Jokisalo, J., & Siren, K. (2018). A novel cost-optimizing demand response control for a heat pump heated residential building. Building Simulation, 11(3), 533-547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-017-0425-5

The present article describes the integration of a data-driven predictive demand response control for residential buildings with heat pump and on-site energy generation. The data driven control approach schedules the heating system of the building. I... Read More about A novel cost-optimizing demand response control for a heat pump heated residential building.

Comparison of four rule-based demand response control algorithms in an electrically and heat pump-heated residential building (2017)
Journal Article
Alimohammadisagvand, B., Jokisalo, J., & Sirén, K. (2018). Comparison of four rule-based demand response control algorithms in an electrically and heat pump-heated residential building. Applied Energy, 209, 167-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.10.088

This study aims to investigate the effect of demand response (DR) actions on energy consumption and energy cost with two alternative heat generation systems in a detached house in a cold climate. The heat generation systems are a ground source heat p... Read More about Comparison of four rule-based demand response control algorithms in an electrically and heat pump-heated residential building.

Changing Hats: From Academics to Entrepreneurs (2017)
Book Chapter
Bica, M., Sathyan, S., Aleksandrova, I., Dziobczenski, P., Alimohammadisagvand, B., & Mokammel, F. (2017). Changing Hats: From Academics to Entrepreneurs. In Y. Neuvo, E. Ormala, & M. Kuikka (Eds.), Bit Bang 9: Entrepreneurship (87-123). Aalto University

Cost-optimal thermal energy storage system for a residential building with heat pump heating and demand response control (2016)
Journal Article
Alimohammadisagvand, B., Jokisalo, J., Kilpeläinen, S., Ali, M., & Sirén, K. (2016). Cost-optimal thermal energy storage system for a residential building with heat pump heating and demand response control. Applied Energy, 174, 275-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.04.013

This study aims to define a cost-optimal solution based on demand response (DR) actions for a thermal energy storage system with a ground source heat pump in detached residential houses in a cold climate. This study finds out the minimum life cycle c... Read More about Cost-optimal thermal energy storage system for a residential building with heat pump heating and demand response control.

Influence of energy demand response actions on thermal comfort and energy cost in electrically heated residential houses (2015)
Journal Article
Alimohammadisagvand, B., Alam, S., Ali, M., Degefa, M., Jokisalo, J., & Sirén, K. (2017). Influence of energy demand response actions on thermal comfort and energy cost in electrically heated residential houses. Indoor and Built Environment, 26(3), 298-316. https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326x15608514

This study has two aims to investigate the energy demand response (DR) actions on thermal comfort and energy cost in detached residential houses (1960, 2010 and passive) in a cold climate. The first one is to find out the acceptable range of indoor a... Read More about Influence of energy demand response actions on thermal comfort and energy cost in electrically heated residential houses.

Consumer attitudes towards renewable energy in China—The case of Shanghai (2015)
Journal Article
Hast, A., Alimohammadisagvand, B., & Syri, S. (2015). Consumer attitudes towards renewable energy in China—The case of Shanghai. Sustainable Cities and Society, 17, 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2015.04.003

In this paper, we study the consumers’ attitudes towards green energy in China and their willingness to buy green electricity or renewable energy systems. A survey was conducted in the Shanghai region and 232 respondents answered the questionnaire. G... Read More about Consumer attitudes towards renewable energy in China—The case of Shanghai.