Mohamad Chehade
Publications

Carbon-aware Market Participation for Building Energy Management Systems

Y. Cho, M. Chehade, F. Al-Janahi, S. Lim, J. Mohammadi, H. Zhu

2026 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), pp. 1–5, Jul. 2026

A data-driven market-participation study for building energy systems that weighs energy cost against carbon emissions.

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16 17 18 19 20 21 650 655 660 665 670 675 680 Carbon tax $0/t: $652.7/day, 20.47 t CO2/day $0/t Carbon tax $10/t: $659.0/day, 16.62 t CO2/day $10/t Carbon tax $20/t: $660.3/day, 16.21 t CO2/day $20/t Carbon tax $30/t: $662.6/day, 16.12 t CO2/day $30/t Baseline (no EMS): $676.8/day, 20.30 t CO2/day baseline (no EMS) Energy cost ($/day) Carbon emissions (t CO₂/day)
Figure. Daily energy cost and carbon emissions on PJM data for carbon taxes of $0 to $30 per tonne, plus an unmanaged baseline (points read from the paper’s Fig. 3). Cost-only dispatch ($0/t) is cheapest but emits slightly more than the baseline; at $30/t emissions fall by about 21% for about 1.5% more cost.

What this paper adds

  • Models the trade-off between market cost and carbon-aware operation.
  • Uses forecasting and control to inform building energy management.
  • Studies realistic market and emissions signals from power-system data.

Cite

@inproceedings{cho2026carbon,
  title     = {Carbon-aware Market Participation for Building Energy Management Systems},
  author    = {Cho, Young-Ho and Chehade, Mohamad and Al-Janahi, Fatima and Lim, Sol and Mohammadi, Javad and Zhu, Hao},
  booktitle = {2026 IEEE Power \& Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)},
  pages     = {1--5},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.1109/PESGM58988.2026.11693113}
}