Building Energy Flexibility
Analysis of how public buildings can provide temporal flexibility through electric heating, operational adjustment, and data-informed energy management.
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Building energy flexibility research
Abdullah Jamal
PhD Candidate in Building Energy Flexibility, Demand Response & Data-Driven Energy Analysis for Buildings
Østfold University of Applied Sciences, Norway
I work on building energy flexibility, demand response, and data-driven energy analysis in buildings, with a focus on smart meter data, heating-related demand, space-heating load disaggregation, and public buildings.
smart meter data Hourly demand signals Load patterns for public buildings and energy demand interpretation.
heating load Weather-sensitive demand Heating estimation with temperature and multivariate weather
features.
flexibility Flexible electricity demand Quantifying electric heating flexibility for demand response studies.
energy systems Buildings as resources Energy communities, renewable integration, and virtual power plants.
Research focus
A focused research platform for flexible buildings
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Demand Response in Buildings
Research on demand response potential, grid-aware operation, and methods for evaluating when building loads can support electricity systems.
demand responsegrid-supportive operation
Smart Meter & Load Analytics
Data-driven building energy analysis using hourly smart meter data, load disaggregation, demand interpretation, and reproducible analytics workflows.
smart meter analyticsload disaggregation
Energy Communities & Virtual Power Plants
Exploration of buildings as flexible energy resources within energy communities, distributed energy systems, and renewable energy integration.
virtual power plantsenergy communities
Publication
Recent research output
A selected journal article connected to smart meter analytics, load disaggregation, and building energy analysis.
Journal article 2026
Disaggregation of Space-Heating load in buildings from hourly Smart-Meter data using a hybrid ICA–PLR approach
Abdullah Jamal, Nand Kishor, Anna Mutale
Energy and Buildings
Journal article on disaggregating space-heating load in buildings from hourly smart-meter data using a hybrid ICA–PLR approach.
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Public profiles
Research and professional links
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Contact
Open to research and applied energy discussions
For collaboration, project discussions, research questions, or building energy analytics topics, please get in touch.