Publications 2023
Allan, J.; Mangili, F.; Derboni, M.; Gisler, L.; Hainoun, A.; Rizzoli, A.; Ventriglia, L.; Sulzer, M. A semantic data framework to support data-driven demand forecasting. In Energy & thermal management systems, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 022001 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/2/022001
Allan, J.; Mangili, F.; Derboni, M. Digicities. Urban digital layers to support the energy transition of cities; Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE: Bern, 2023; 35 p. https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Default?DocumentID=70735&Load=true
Bardow, A.; Fiorentini, M.; Heer, P.; Kämper, A.; Koirala, B.; Knoeri, C.; Marinakis, A.; Markard, J.; Mayer, P.; Oswald, K.; et al. Flexibility and sector coupling in energy systems: definitions and metrics; Report No.: SWEET Call1-2020: PATHNFDR; SWEET PATHFNDR consortium: Zurich, 2023; 21 p. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000641177
Beaud, M.; Cai, H.; Perera, A. T. D.; Heer, P. Performance gaps between energy system planning and operation: a study exploring the impacts of model fidelity and dispatch strategy. In Energy performance modelling, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 032016 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/3/032016
Behrunani, V.; Zagorowska, M.; Hudoba de Badyn, M.; Ricca, F.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J. Degradation-aware data-enabled predictive control of energy hubs. In Predictive & adaptive control, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 072006 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/7/072006
Behrunani, V. N.; Irvine, A.; Belgioioso, G.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J.; Dörfler, F. Designing fairness in autonomous peer-to-peer energy trading. In IFAC world congress, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC-PapersOnLine; Elsevier: sine loco, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 3751-3756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1544
Behrunani, V.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J. Experimental validation for distributed control of energy hubs. In Predictive & adaptive control, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 072004 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/7/072004
Brandes, M.; Cai, H.; Vivian, J.; Croci, L.; Heer, P.; Smith, R. Data-driven modeling of heat pumps and thermal storage units for MPC. In Energy performance modelling, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 032008 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/3/032008
Bünning, F.; Heer, P.; Smith, R. S.; Lygeros, J. Increasing electrical reserve provision in districts by exploiting energy flexibility of buildings with robust model predictive control. Adv. Appl. Energy 2023, 10, 100130 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2023.100130
Cai, H. Circular economy meets building automation. In Energy performance modelling, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 192011 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/19/192011
Chaudry, M.; Jayasuriya, L.; Hall, J. W.; Jenkins, N.; Eyre, N.; Eggimann, S. Simulating flexibility, variability and decentralisation with an integrated energy system model for Great Britain. Sci. Rep. 2023, 13, 4772 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31257-9
Di Natale, L.; Svetozarevic, B.; Heer, P.; Jones, C. N. Computationally efficient reinforcement learning: targeted exploration leveraging simple rules. In IEEE conference on decision and control, presented at the 62nd IEEE conference on decision and control, CDC 2023, Singapore, December 13-15, 2023; Proceedings of the IEEE conference on decision and control; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.: New York, 2023; pp 2334-2339. https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383956
Di Natale, L.; Svetozarevic, B.; Heer, P.; Jones, C. N. Towards scalable physically consistent neural networks: an application to data-driven multi-zone thermal building models. Appl. Energy 2023, 340, 121071 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121071
Dounas, T.; Hunhevicz, J.; Byers, B. S. Design dimensions for blockchain oracles in the AEC industry. In European conference on computing in construction and international CIB W78 conference on information technology for construction, presented at the 2023 European conference on computing in construction and summer school 2023 CIB W78 40th international conference and Charles M. Eastman Phd award, Heraklion, July 10-12, 2023; Kassem, M., Tagliabue, L. C., Amor, R., Sreckovic, M., Chassiakos, A., Eds.; Proceedings of the European conference on computing in construction; European council on computing in construction (EC3), 2023; p (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2023.297
Eggimann, S.; Mutschler, R.; Orehounig, K.; Fiorentini, M. Climate change shifts the trade-of between lower cooling and higher heating demand from daylight saving time in office buildings. Environ. Res. Lett. 2023, 18 (2), 024001 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb0e3
Eggimann, S.; Vivian, J.; Chen, R.; Orehounig, K.; Patt, A.; Fiorentini, M. The potential of lake-source district heating and cooling for European buildings. Energy Convers. Manag. 2023, 283, 116914 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.116914
Fiorentini, M.; Heer, P.; Baldini, L. Design optimization of a district heating and cooling system with a borehole seasonal thermal energy storage. Energy 2023, 262, 125464 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125464
Fochesato, M.; Laaksonlaita, T.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J. Modeling and real-time control of a hydrogen refueling station with uncertain demand. In 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC PapersOnLine; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 2695-2700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1363
Fumey, B.; Weber, R.; Baldini, L. Heat transfer constraints and performance mapping of a closed liquid sorption heat storage process. Appl. Energy 2023, 335, 120755 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120755
Go, J.; Byun, J.; Orehounig, K.; Heo, Y. Battery-H2 storage system for self-sufficiency in residential buildings under different electric heating system scenarios. Appl. Energy 2023, 337, 120742 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120742
Hassoun, L.; Khayatian, F.; Ganobjak, M.; Wernery, J.; Vivian, J. Integrated assessment of buildings visual and thermal performance with translucent bricks. In Daylighting & electric lighting, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Andersen, M., Smith, B., Schwartz, Y., Waibel, C., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Eds.; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 112008 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/11/112008
Heer, P.; Brandes, M.; Cai, H.; Palla, H. K3 Handwerkcity. Der Gewerbepark erreicht hohen energetischen Selbstversorgungsgrad. Aqua Gas 2023, 103 (6), 20-26.
Hekmat, N.; Cai, H.; Zufferey, T.; Hug, G.; Heer, P. Data-driven demand-side flexibility quantification: prediction and approximation of flexibility envelopes. In 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, presented at the 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, Belgrade, June 25-29, 2023; Power tech conference; IEEE: sine loco, 2023; p (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech55446.2023.10202703
Hoffmann, C.; Hauri, C.; Primas, A.; Dorer, V.; Huber, H. Hybrid ventilation in residential and office buildings. In Air quality, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Andersen, M., Smith, B., Schwartz, Y., Waibel, C., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Eds.; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 102015 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/10/102015
Hunhevicz, J. J.; Bucher, D. F.; Soman, R. K.; Honic, M.; Hall, D. M.; De Wolf, C. Web3-based role and token data access: the case of building material passports. In Proceedings of the 2023 European conference on computing in construction and the 40th international CIB W78 conference, presented at the European conference on computing in construction, Heraklion, July 10-12, 2023; European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3): sine loco, 2023; p (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2023.217
Khayatian, F. Data anonymization and open sharing are key to a sustainable built environment. In Smart buildings and technologies for sustainable cities in China; Zhou, T., Chen, Y., Deng, W., Cheshmehzangi, A., Eds.; Urban Sustainability; Springer Nature: Singapore, 2023; pp 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6391-1_4
Koirala, B. P.; Cai, H.; de Koning, J.; Heer, P.; Orehounig, K. Flexibility assessment of power-hydrogen-power (P2H2P) system in multi-energy districts. In Predictive & adaptive control, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 072007 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/7/072007
Le Dréau, J.; Lopes, R. A.; O'Connell, S.; Finn, D.; Hu, M.; Queiroz, H.; Alexander, D.; Satchwell, A.; Österreicher, D.; Polly, B.; et al. Developing energy flexibility in clusters of buildings: a critical analysis of barriers from planning to operation. Energy Build. 2023, 300, 113608 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113608
Li, R.; Leng, Z.; Li, G.; Yang, B.; Lu, G. Effects of aging on rheological, chemical, and micromechanical properties of waterborne epoxy resin modified bitumen emulsion. Int. J. Pavement Eng. 2023, 24 (2), 2077943 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2022.2077943
Li, Q.; Vulic, N.; Cai, H.; Heer, P. Flexibility implications of optimal PV design: building vs. community scale. In Optimization at building & urban scale, presented at the CISBAT international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 082002 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/8/082002
Lienhard, N.; Mutschler, R.; Leenders, L.; Rüdisüli, M. Concurrent deficit and surplus situations in the future renewable Swiss and European electricity system. Energy Strat. Rev. 2023, 46, 101036 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.101036
Locher, M.; Haghighi, E. Luftlesen verrät Präsenz. Bulletin SEV/VSE, Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE, 2023, pp 18-22.
Maccarini, A.; Sotnikov, A.; Sommer, T.; Wetter, M.; Sulzer, M.; Afshari, A. Influence of building heat distribution temperatures on the energy performance and sizing of 5th generation district heating and cooling networks. Energy 2023, 275, 127457 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.127457
Micheli, F.; Behrunani, V.; Mehr, J.; Heer, P.; Lygeros, J. Stochastic MPC for energy hubs using data driven demand forecasting. In 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC-PapersOnLine; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 11026-11031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.803
Rezadoost Dezfuli, R.; Bazazzadeh, H.; Taban, M.; Mahdavinejad, M. Optimizing stack ventilation in low and medium-rise residential buildings in hot and semi-humid climate. Case Stud. Therm. Eng. 2023, 52, 103555 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2023.103555
Rousseau, J.; Cai, H.; Heer, P.; Orehounig, K.; Hug, G. Uncertainty-aware energy flexibility quantification of a residential building. In Proceedings of 2023 IEEE PES innovative smart grid technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE 2023), presented at the Proceedings of 2023 IEEE PES innovative smart grid technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE 2023), Grenoble, France, October 23-26, 2023; IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe; IEEE, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEUROPE56780.2023.10407489
Rüdisüli, M.; Mutschler, R.; Teske, S. L.; Sidler, D.; van den Heuvel, D. B.; Diamond, L. W.; Orehounig, K.; Eggimann, S. Potential of renewable surplus electricity for power-to-gas and geo-methanation in Switzerland. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2023, 48 (39), 14527-14542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.12.290
Siabi, E. K.; Awafo, E. A.; Kabo-bah, A. T.; Derkyi, N. S. A.; Akpoti, K.; Mortey, E. M.; Yazdanie, M. Assessment of Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) climate scenarios and its impacts on the Greater Accra region. Urban Clim. 2023, 49, 101432 (35 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101432
Smith, R. S.; Behrunani, V.; Lygeros, J. Control of multicarrier energy systems from buildings to networks. Annu. Rev. Control Robot. Auton. Syst. 2023, 6 (1), 4.1-4.24. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-control-042820-125219
Srinivasan, A.; Wu, R.; Heer, P.; Sansavini, G. Impact of forecast uncertainty and electricity markets on the flexibility provision and economic performance of highly-decarbonized multi-energy systems. Appl. Energy 2023, 338, 120825 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120825
Sulzer, M.; Wetter, M.; Mutschler, R.; Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, A. Platform-based design for energy systems. Appl. Energy 2023, 352, 121955 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121955
Thorsteinsson, S.; Cai, H.; Bendtsen, J. D.; Heer, P.; Vivian, J. Making an air-source heat pump smart-grid ready. In Load shifting & smart grid, presented at the CISBAT international conference 2023, Lausanne, 13-15 September, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 052006 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/5/052006
Thrampoulidis, E.; Hug, G.; Orehounig, K. Approximating optimal building retrofit solutions for large-scale retrofit analysis. Appl. Energy 2023, 333, 120566 (22 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120566
Vivian, J.; Heer, P.; Fiorentini, M. Effect of climate on the optimal sizing and operation of seasonal ice storage systems. In Optimization at building & urban scale, presented at the CISBAT 2023 hybrid international scientific conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 082021 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/8/082021
Vivian, J.; Heer, P.; Fiorentini, M. Optimal sizing and operation of seasonal ice thermal storage systems. Energy Build. 2023, 300, 113633 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113633
Vulic, N.; Rüdisüli, M.; Orehounig, K. Evaluating energy flexibility requirements for high shares of variable renewable energy: a heuristic approach. Energy 2023, 270, 126885 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126885
Vulic, N.; Eggimann, S.; Sulzer, M.; Orehounig, K. National building stock model for evaluating the impact of different retrofit measures. In Energy performance modelling, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Andersen, M., Smith, B., Schwartz, Y., Waibel, C., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Eds.; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 032004 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/3/032004
Walch, A.; Rüdisüli, M. Strategic PV expansion and its impact on regional electricity self-sufficiency: case study of Switzerland. Appl. Energy 2023, 346, 121262 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121262
Wang, H.; Hunhevicz, J.; Hall, D.; Meier, G.; De Wolf, C. Blockchain for regenerative built environment governance. In Regenerative planning, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 182001 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/18/182001
Xie, H.; Bellizio, F.; Cremer, J. L.; Strbac, G. Regularised learning with selected physics for power system dynamics. In 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, presented at the 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, Belgrade, June 25-29, 2023; Power tech conference; IEEE: sine loco, 2023; p (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech55446.2023.10202688
Xu, W.; Jiang, Y.; Svetozarievic, B.; Heer, P. CONFIG: Constrained efficient global optimization for closed-loop control system optimization with unmodeled constraints. In 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC PapersOnLine; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2023; Vol. 56-2, pp 513-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1619
Xu, W.; Jiang, Y.; Svetozarevic, B.; Jones, C. Constrained efficient global optimization of expensive black-box functions. In International conference on machine learning, 23-29 July 2023, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, presented at the 40th international conference on machine learning (PMLR), Honolulu, June 23-29, 2023; Krause, A., Brunskill, E., Cho, K., Engelhardt, B., Sabato, S., Scarlett, J., Eds.; Proceedings of machine learning research; MLResearch Press, 2023; Vol. 202, pp 38485-38498. https://proceedings.mlr.press/v202/xu23h.html
Xu, W.; Jiang, Y.; Svetozarevic, B.; Jones, C. N. Primal-dual contextual Bayesian optimization for control system online optimization with time-average constraints. In IEEE conference on decision and control, presented at the 62nd IEEE conference on decision and control, CDC 2023, Singapore, December 13-15, 2023; Proceedings of the IEEE conference on decision and control; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.: New York, 2023; pp 4112-4117. https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383653
Yazdanie, M.; Orehounig, K. A review and analysis of energy systems planning models and tools for renewable energy integration in cities. In Renewable energy, presented at the CISBAT 2023 international conference, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023; Andersen, M., Smith, B., Schwartz, Y., Waibel, C., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Lindelof, D., Eds.; Journal of physics: conference series; IOP Publishing: Bristol; Philadelphia, 2023; Vol. 2600, p 042007 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/4/042007
Yazdanie, M. Resilient energy system analysis and planning using optimization models. Energy Clim. Chang. 2023, 4, 100097 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egycc.2023.100097
Zagorowska, M.; Balta, E. C.; Behrunani, V.; Rupenyan, A.; Lygeros, J. Efficient sample selection for safe learning. In IFAC world congress, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC-PapersOnLine; Elsevier: sine loco, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 10107-10112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.882
Zakwan, M.; Di Natale, L.; Svetozarevic, B.; Heer, P.; Jones, C. N.; Trecate Ferrari, G. Physically consistent neural ODEs for learning multi-physics systems. In 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023, presented at the 22nd IFAC world congress, Yokohama, July 9-14, 2023; Ishii, H., Ebihara, Y., Imura, Jichi, Yamakita, M., Eds.; IFAC PapersOnLine; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2023; Vol. 56, pp 5855-5860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.079
Zhan, H.; Mahyuddin, N.; Sulaiman, R.; Khayatian, F. Phase change material (PCM) integrations into buildings in hot climates with simulation access for energy performance and thermal comfort: a review. Constr. Build. Mater. 2023, 397, 132312 (37 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132312