Authors:
            
                    Gillian Basso
                    
                        
                    
                    ; 
                
                    Dominique Gabioud
                    
                        
                    
                     and
                
                    Pierre Roduit
                    
                        
                    
                    
                
        
        
            Affiliation:
            
                    
                        
                    
                    University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Switzerland
                
        
        
        
        
        
             Keyword(s):
            Demand Side Management (DSM), Demand Response (DR), Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Grid, Cloud Computing, cloud.iO, Time Series Consumption.
        
        
            
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                    Ontology
                    Subjects/Areas/Topics:
                
                        Architectures for Smart Grids
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                        Data Communication Networking
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                        Energy and Economy
                    ; 
                        Enterprise Information Systems
                    ; 
                        Internet of Things
                    ; 
                        Internet-Enabled Infrastructures and Services
                    ; 
                        Sensor Networks
                    ; 
                        Smart Cities
                    ; 
                        Smart Grids
                    ; 
                        Software Agents and Internet Computing
                    ; 
                        Software and Architectures
                    ; 
                        Telecommunications
                    
            
        
        
            
                Abstract: 
                Over the last two decades, electrical energy generation has become more sustainable (photovoltaic, wind energy, etc.), but also more distributed, less predictable, and less controllable. Besides storage and flexible production, Demand Response (DR) offers great opportunities to help stabilizing the electrical grid. This paper presents how the flexibility of space and domestic hot water heating in existing residential buildings can be controlled for grid services. It focuses on the Internet of Things (IoT) framework including both hardware and software to connect existing buildings to a central Virtual Power Plant (VPP) intelligence. It also presents field experiments that were performed during the European FP7 SEMIAH project.