Smart Grids and Buildings for Energy and Societal Transition

This book presents interdisciplinary approaches to help buildings, electrical energy networks and their users contribute to the energy and societal transition.

Smart Grids and Buildings for Energy and Societal Transition examines the technologies, uses and imaginaries involved in implementing smart buildings and smart grids. Production and consumption forecasts, modeling of stakeholder involvement and self-consumption within a renewable energy community exploiting blockchain technology are examples developed with a view to fostering the emergence of smart grids. The potential of smart buildings, taking into account user comfort while increasing energy efficiency, is identified. Full-scale demonstrators are used to test the proposed solutions, and to ensure that users take full advantage of the potential for electrical flexibility.

Benoît Robyns is Director of Research at Junia Lille, Vice-President of Energy and Societal Transition at the Université Catholique de Lille and head of the Power System Team at L2EP, France.

Laure Dobigny is an associate professor in the ETH+-ETHICS laboratory at the Université Catholique de Lille, France.

Dhaker Abbes is a professor at Junia Lille and a researcher at L2EP, France.

Benoit Durillon is a lecturer at Junia Lille and a researcher at L2EP, France.

Hervé Barry is a sociologist at the FGES of the Université Catholique de Lille and a member of the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Transitions de Lille (LITL), France.

Christophe Saudemont is a professor at Junia Lille and a researcher at L2EP, France.