Guest Editorial: Energy Efficiency, Building Automation, Metering, and Microgrids in Industrial and Commercial Power Systems

The papers in this special section examine building automation that incorporates energy management, microgrids, and automated metering. Energy efficiency is one of the most important goals in the design, operation, management, and maintenance of industrial and commercial power systems. Building automation systems and metering systems must be supported by intelligent and networked building controllers for lighting, sun harvesting, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; in addition, local power generation, storage systems and controllable loads significantly contribute to energy conservation and cost-effective planning in industrial and commercial facilities by realizing a requirement-based energy use.