Simulation and Analysis of Community Energy Consumption Based on Multi-agent Modeling

A community energy consumption model is established in this paper based on the multi-agent system modeling method, which comprehensively considers the influence due to the randomness and uncertainty of the energy use behavior of occupants in residential buildings. The residents in the community are first categorized into different types of households, the energy consumption of which is simulated. The results are then used with the basic information of the residential community to calculate the community energy consumption. On this basis, a community in Shanghai is selected as a test case for verification, and the simulation results are consistent with the actual energy consumption. In addition, this method has great flexibility on the time scale, and the relevant simulation results can be further used to guide the planning and design of integrated energy systems.