gENESiS: Design, Operation and Integration of Smart Sustainable Buildings in Smart Power Grids

This paper presents an overview of the gENESiS project, which focuses on smart sustainable buildings (SSBs) and their integration in smart distribution systems. In adding its own stepping stone towards the realization of the European Union’s (EU) recent targets for a "greener" energy system, gENESiS proposes optimization-driven approaches for modelling SSBs across three phases: building design (1), energy management system operation (2) and large-scale integration into smart power grids for providing flexibility services (3). The main developments and research findings obtained during the project’s half-life, across all three phases, are presented, along with a critical outlook on prevalent challenges and future research directions.