EnergyCommunities Project

Overview

EnergyCommunities is a full-stack application designed to support the management and optimization of energy communities.
The system enables a community manager to analyze energy consumption behaviors, simulate alternative configurations, and identify strategies to maximize shared energy usage.

The project integrates frontend visualization, backend logic, and advanced reasoning techniques based on Answer Set Programming (ASP) to generate optimization scenarios and recommendations.

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Technologies Used

Frontend

• Angular
• TypeScript
• Interactive graphical user interface for:
  • Member management
  • Data visualization
  • Simulation comparison

Backend

• Java Spring Boot
• Clingo / Answer Set Programming (ASP)
• REST APIs for data processing and reasoning tasks

Infrastructure

• Docker
• Docker Compose

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Application Features

Energy Community Management

The manager can:

• Create and manage one or more energy communities
• Add members by:
  • Uploading a CSV file
  • Manually inserting data via the graphical interface
• Define average consumption profiles for each member

Analysis and Optimization

Using ASP reasoning, the application can:

• Generate multiple simulation scenarios
• Analyze different community configurations
• Suggest improvements such as:
  • Purchasing energy storage batteries
  • Optimizing battery usage strategies
  • Adding or removing members to improve performance
  • Maximizing shared energy within the community

Results and Comparison

The system allows the manager to:

• Visualize simulation results
• Save analysis outcomes
• Compare different scenarios
• Identify the configuration that yields the best overall performance

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Methodology

The project was developed using the Scrum methodology.

All related materials are available in the docs/ directory, including:

• Sprint planning documents
• Sprint reviews
• Retrospectives
• PDF files summarizing:
  • Implemented features
  • Design decisions
  • Project evolution over time

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Usage

Start the application

To start the entire system (database, backend, and frontend):

docker-compose up --build

Project Structure

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├── energy-communities-ng/       # Angular + TypeScript frontend application.   
├── energycommunities/           # Spring Boot backend with ASP (Clingo).   
├── docs/                        # Scrum documentation.
└── docker-compose.yml           # Docker Compose orchestration.  

Authors

Project developed as part of an academic / research activity using agile methodologies.

Unical - University of  Calabria 
DEMACS

Rudi Giuseppe
Cristiano Francesco 
Filocamo Francesco
Ielpa Eugenio
Trocini Pierluigi