Intelligent DC Homes in Future Sustainable Energy Systems: When efficiency and intelligence work together

IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 74-80

  Rodriguez Diaz, Enrique ^a   Vasquez, Juan C ^b   Guerrero, Josep M ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Microgrid Research Program   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buildings; Consumer electronics; Energy consumption; Europe; Power systems; Renewable energy sources

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS (ESSS); EUROPE; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION; INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84961753681     PISSN: 21622248     EISSN: 21622256     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCE.2015.2484699     Document Type: Article

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