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Modeling the Evolution of Construction Solutions in Residential Buildings’ Ther...
Reis, Inês F. G.; Figueiredo, António; Samagaio, AntónioThe evolution of the construction sector over the years has been marked by the replacement of high thermal inertia mass constructions by increasingly lighter solutions that are subject to greater thermal fluctuations and, consequently, thermal discomfort. To minimize these effects, energy demanding space conditioning technologies are implemented, contributing significantly to the sector’s share of global energy...
Assessing the Influence of Different Goals in Energy Communities’ Self-Sufficie...
Reis, Inês F. G.; Gonçalves, Ivo; Lopes, Marta A. R.; Antunes, Carlos HenggelerUnderstanding to what extent the emergence of prosumers and prosumagers organized in energy communities can impact the organization and operation of power grids has been one of the major recent research avenues at the European level. In renewable-based communities aiming to reach some level of energy self-sufficiency, a key issue to be addressed is assessing how the presence of end-users playing different roles...
An econometric analysis of the drivers for residential heating consumption in t...
Bissiri, Mounirah; Reis, Inês F. G.; Figueiredo, Nuno Carvalho; Silva, Patrícia Pereira daAffecting millions of Europeans, energy poverty is increasingly high on the political agenda. This paper compares space and water heating demand at household level in Germany and in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1991 and 2015. The elasticities of consumption of space and water heating with respect to price, income and heating degree days (HDD) are examined using non-parametric models. Domestic heating consump...
Energy end-use flexibility of the next generation of decision-makers in a smart...
Reis, Inês F. G.; Lopes, Marta A.R.; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira deDemand Response (DR) mechanisms have been developed to reshape consumption patterns in face of price signals, enabling to deal with the increasing penetration of intermittent renewable resources and balance electricity demand and supply. Although DR mechanisms have been in place for some time, it is still unclear to what extent end-users are ready, or willing, to embrace DR programs that can be complex and impl...