Exploring the Demand Side Flexibility of a New Residential Building

Abstract

In the future energy system, the share of renewable energy will increase. The intermittent renewable energy will challenge the stability of the energy system, hence, it requires the demand side has the flexibility to meet the fluctuation of energy production, and buildings are accountable for 40% of total energy consumption within the world. The building could be a flexibility supplier for the energy system; also the large thermal mass of the building is ideal energy storage. This paper presents a new construction low energy building located in Copenhagen, Denmark, to demonstrate the energy flexibility possibility by utilizing the new building's thermal mass; and the effect of weather impactors and internal gains in an indoor environment will be discussed.