Net Zero Energy Community
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy (DOE)
Project Description
Since 2015, our lab has partnered with the Historic Green Village, a real world net zero energy community on Ana Maria Island, Florida, to investigate the modeling and control of net zero energy communities. In addition to the energy management system, which collects energy usage and renewable energy generation data, we have installed local weather station and solar irradiance sensors. Based on that information, we have create an open source Modelica Net Zero Energy Community library and performed various research on the operation of the community for grid-connected mode and island mode.
Collaborators
- Historic Green Village
- Amzur Technologies
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- University of Colorado Boulder
Related Research Projects
- National Science Foundation “BIGDATA: Collaborative Research: IA: Big Data Analytics for Optimized Planning of Smart, Sustainable, and Connected Communities”
- Department of Energy “Comprehensive Pliant Permissive Priority Optimization”
Open Source Models
Journal Articles
- J. Wang, S. Huang, W. Zuo, D. Vrabie 2021. “Occupant Preference-Aware Load Scheduling for Resilient Communities.” Energy and Buildings, 252, pp. 111399.
- S. Huang, J. Wang, Y. Fu, W. Zuo, K. Hinkelman, R. M. Kaiser, D. He, D. Vrabie 2021. “An Open-source Virtual Testbed for a Real Net-Zero Energy Community”. Sustainable Cities and Society, 75, pp. 103255.
- J. Wang, K. Garifi, K. Baker, W. Zuo, Y. Zhang, S. Huang, D. Vrabie 2020. “Optimal Renewable Resource Allocation and Load Scheduling of Resilient Communities.” Energies, 13, pp. 5683.
Conference Papers
- J. Wang, W. Zuo, S. Huang, D. Vrabie 2020. “Data-driven Prediction of Occupant Presence and Lighting Power: A Case Study for Small Commercial Buildings.” American Modelica Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, September 22-24.
- D. He, S. Huang, W. Zuo, R. Kaiser 2016. “Demo Abstract: a Virtual Testbed for Net Zero Energy Communities.” Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys 2016), pp. 211-212, November 16-17, Palo Alto, CA.
- D. He, S. Huang, W. Zuo, R. Kaiser 2016. “Towards to the Development of Virtual Testbed for Net Zero Energy Communities.” Proceedings of the ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016: Building Performance Modeling Conference, pp. 125-132, August 8-12, Salt Lake City, UT.
Media Reports
- Explore Energy Options for Cuba in the Special Report of University of Miami for Cuba and The Caribbean.
6/22: Visit Zero Energy Community
6/22: Meeting with Community Partners
3/17: Install Weather Station at HGV
Videos about the Historic Green Village
The playlist below has six videos documenting the development of the Historic Green Village