Vahid Vahidinasab, PhD, is a Senior Researcher in the Power and Energy Systems Group in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU). He obtained the PhD degree (with High Distinction) in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the school of Engineering of Newcastle University. He founded the SOHA Smart Energy Systems Laboratory at SBU and directed it for 3 years. He has demonstrated a consistent track record of attracting external funds and managed several industrial projects and closely worked with several large and complex national/international projects.
Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. Prior to that he was Associate Professor at the University of Tabriz. Before joining the University of Tabriz, he was a research associate at Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary. He obtained MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology. Dr. Mohammadi is head of the Smart Energy Systems Lab and his mains research interests are renewable energies, microgrid systems, and smart grids.

Concept, Definition, and Review of Active Buildings as an Energy System.- Why active buildings? Realising the potentials of energy networked homes - the social scientific perspective.- Electrical Energy Storage Devices for Active Buildings.- Hybrid ac/dc Electrical Systems in Active Buildings: A Power Electronics Perspective.- A modelling workflow for predictive control in residential buildings.- MPC and optimal design of residential buildings with seasonal storage: A case study.- Control and Management of Active Buildings.- Operation and Control of a Population of Active Buildings at Network Level.- Cybersecurity Roadmap for Active Buildings.- Energy Management Systems of Grid-Connected Active Buildings.- Active Building as an Electricity Network Service Provider.- Participation of Active Buildings in Peer-to-Peer and Local Transactive Energy Markets.- Load Monitoring and its Application in Energy Flexibility Potential Extraction.- Active Buildings Demand Response: Provision and Aggregation.