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A MicroGrid System Infrastructure Implementing IoT/Big-Data Technologies for Efficient Energy Management in Buildings

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Recent studies showed that energy consumption in buildings could be efficiently reduced by including recent IoT (Internet of Things) and Big-Data technologies into microgrid systems. In fact, three major aspects could be further considered for reducing energy consumption while maintaining a suitable occupants’ comfort, (i) integrating renewable energy sources and storage devices, (ii) integrating programmable and less-energy-consuming equipment, and (iii) deploying innovative information and communication technologies. These aspects might contribute substantially to the improvement of winning and saving energy toward smart and energy-efficient buildings. In this chapter, a microgrid system infrastructure is developed together with a platform for data gathering, monitoring, and processing. We put more emphasis on microgrid systems as crucial infrastructures for leveraging energy-efficient and smart buildings by developing and deploying a holistic IoT/Big-Data platform in which sensing and actuation tasks are performed according to the actual contextual changes. Scenarios are presented in order to show the usefulness of this holistic platform for monitoring, data processing, and control in energy-efficient buildings.

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Abbreviations

AC:

Alternating Current

D/R:

Demand/Response

DC:

Direct Current

EEBLab:

Energy Efficient Building laboratory

EM:

Energy Management

HVAC:

Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning

ICT:

Information and Communication Technologies

IoE:

Internet of Energy

IoS:

Internet of Service

IoT:

Internet of Things

MG:

Micro-Grid

PV:

Photovoltaic

RES:

Renewable Energy Source

SG:

Smart Grid

SoC:

State-of-Charge

TEG:

Traditional Electric Grid

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This work is supported by MIGRID project (grant 5-398, 2017-2020), which is funded by USAID under the PEER program. It is also partially supported by HOLSYS project, which is funded by IRESEN (2020-2022).

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    Abdellatif Elmouatamid, Youssef Naitmalek, Radouane Ouladsine & Mohamed Bakhouya

  2. Faculty of Sciences, STIC Laboratory, Chouaïb Doukkali University, CUR”EnR&SIE, El Jadida, 24000, Morocco

    Abdellatif Elmouatamid, Najib El kamoun & Mohammed Khaidar

  3. Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, 10000, Morocco

    Khalid Zine-Dine

  4. ENSIAS, Mohamed V University, Rabat, 10000, Morocco

    Youssef Naitmalek

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Elmouatamid, A. et al. (2021). A MicroGrid System Infrastructure Implementing IoT/Big-Data Technologies for Efficient Energy Management in Buildings. In: Motahhir, S., Eltamaly, A.M. (eds) Advanced Technologies for Solar Photovoltaics Energy Systems. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64565-6_20

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