Energy systems are undergoing radical changes that have resulted in buildings being regarded as proactive players with the potential to contribute positively energy networks. This study investigates role of active (ABs) prosumers by introducing a building-to-building (B2B) strategy for exchange between residential units, well building-for-grid (B4G) model exploiting demand flexibility microgrid...

Currently, there exist two major challenges in the scope of Building Automation System (BAS) integration. First of all the integration of building automation subsystems from different vendors is difficult due to still existing proprietary solutions. The second challenge is the integration between BASs and enterprise applications. Web services have been proven to be capable of solving both of th...