Future Urban Energy System for Buildings [electronic resource] : The Pathway Towards Flexibility, Resilience and Optimization / edited by Xingxing Zhang, Pei Huang, Yongjun Sun.

The importance of urban energy system for buildings -- Integration of urban energy systems with renewable envelope solutions at building cluster level -- Urban solar mobility: from solar to buildings, vehicles, and storage -- Data centers as prosumers in urban energy systems -- Characteristics of urban energy system in positive energy districts -- Economic interactions between autonomous photovoltaic owners in a local energy market -- Electric vehicle smart charging characteristics on the power regulation abilities.

This book investigates three main characteristics of future urban energy system for buildings, including flexibility, resilience and optimization. It explores the energy flexibility by considering renewable energy integration with buildings, sector coupling, and energy trading in the local energy market. Energy resilience is addressed from aspects of future climate change, pandemic crisis, and operational uncertainties. Approaches for system design, dynamic pricing and advanced control are discussed for the optimization of urban energy system. Knowledge from this book contributes to the effective means in future urban energy paradigm to closely integrate multiple energy systems (i.e., distribution, mobility, production and storage) with different energy carriers (i.e., heat, electricity) in an optimal manner for energy use. It would facilitate the envision of next-generation urban energy systems, towards sustainability, resilience and prosperity. This book targets at a broad readership with specific experience and knowledge in energy system, transport, built environment and urban planning. As such, it will appeal to researchers, graduate students, engineers, consultants, urban scientists, investors and policymakers, with interests in energy flexibility, building/city resilience and climate neutrality. .