ABSTRACT
Conventional approaches to design and operate the power grid face many challenges, including negative environmental impacts susceptibility to severe weather events, and vulnerability to physical or cyber-attacks. Adding distributed energy resources (DERs), such as renewable energy generation and energy storage, to the power grid helps overcome the challenges. DERs not only reduce the power grid’s dependence on fossil fuels but also improve the power grid’s reliability and resilience. In the context of building-to-grid integration, system modeling can be employed in the design, evaluation, and deployment of relevant control strategies. However, modeling technologies must be carefully selected for individual applications based on a trade-off between the accuracy and cost associated with modeling and simulation. The chapter discusses the needs for system models in the building-to-grid integration applications. It analyses different application requirements by corresponding modeling technologies. Building-to-grid integration is evolving with new concepts and applications.
