This paper aims to broaden the concept of Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB), assessing its suitability to the emerging grid-based energy sharing models. The energy exchange between two buildings with shifted load schedules, namely, a new residential NZEB (prosumer) and an existing school building (consumer), is analysed to investigate energy sharing dynamics. The buildings are in Southern Italy, a region with high solar radiation. The model of the existing school building is calibrated on measured data and the study is performed by dynamic energy simulation. Three energy sharing scenarios based on the design of a photovoltaic system installed on the roof of the NZEB have been investigated, i.e., PV system peak power designed: to satisfy the NZEB target on annual basis; to satisfy the NZEB target on monthly basis; to fully exploit the available roof area of the NZEB. Considering annual and monthly net energy balances, oversizing the NZEB PV system leads to the compensation of a high share of school building non-renewable energy consumption. However, self-consumption analysis performed on hourly basis shows that increasing the PV system size negatively affects the self-consumption rate of the renewable energy community, and the presence of the school building only mitigates this effect.

From Net Zero Energy Building to an energy sharing model - The role of NZEBs in Renewable Energy Communities / Minelli, F.; Ciriello, I.; Minichiello, F.; D’Agostino, D.. - In: RENEWABLE ENERGY. - ISSN 1879-0682. - 223:-(2024), pp. 1-21. [10.1016/j.renene.2024.120110]

From Net Zero Energy Building to an energy sharing model - The role of NZEBs in Renewable Energy Communities

F. Minelli
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F. Minichiello;D. D’Agostino
2024

Abstract

This paper aims to broaden the concept of Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB), assessing its suitability to the emerging grid-based energy sharing models. The energy exchange between two buildings with shifted load schedules, namely, a new residential NZEB (prosumer) and an existing school building (consumer), is analysed to investigate energy sharing dynamics. The buildings are in Southern Italy, a region with high solar radiation. The model of the existing school building is calibrated on measured data and the study is performed by dynamic energy simulation. Three energy sharing scenarios based on the design of a photovoltaic system installed on the roof of the NZEB have been investigated, i.e., PV system peak power designed: to satisfy the NZEB target on annual basis; to satisfy the NZEB target on monthly basis; to fully exploit the available roof area of the NZEB. Considering annual and monthly net energy balances, oversizing the NZEB PV system leads to the compensation of a high share of school building non-renewable energy consumption. However, self-consumption analysis performed on hourly basis shows that increasing the PV system size negatively affects the self-consumption rate of the renewable energy community, and the presence of the school building only mitigates this effect.
2024
From Net Zero Energy Building to an energy sharing model - The role of NZEBs in Renewable Energy Communities / Minelli, F.; Ciriello, I.; Minichiello, F.; D’Agostino, D.. - In: RENEWABLE ENERGY. - ISSN 1879-0682. - 223:-(2024), pp. 1-21. [10.1016/j.renene.2024.120110]
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