A systematic review of building electricity use profile models.

[Display omitted] • Present a comprehensive review of building electricity profile models. • Distinguish the differences of building electricity profile and prediction models. • Categorize the statistical and bottom-up models for electricity use profiles. • Investigate the validation metrics in accordance with the modeling methods. • Discuss the key future perspectives of building electricity profile analysis. The building sector contributes significantly to overall energy consumption and carbon emissions. Improving renewable energy utilization in buildings is of considerable importance for their carbon neutrality. Electricity is expected to become the major form of final energy consumption in buildings; as such, understanding the features of building electricity use profiles is pivotal for building energy system design and city-scale electricity distribution network planning. This study reviews the current status and future challenges of building electricity use profile models. The paper distinguishes between electricity use profile models and electricity use prediction models. Then it comprehensively reviews current research papers, focusing on four aspects, including the temporal and spatial distribution of datasets, the distinction between statistical and bottom-up modeling methods, mathematical and engineering domain validation metrics, and applications in building energy system design and energy policy making. Key perspectives for future research are discussed in the paper, including the temporal scales of models, the aggregation of electricity use profiles, occupant-driven environment-interactive model structures, as well as the fit-for-purpose model evaluation. This is intended to inform and inspire future research on building electricity use profiles, improve the in-depth understanding and quantitative descriptions of building electricity use, and support the design of future building systems and energy distribution networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]