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tem enables on-the-fly decision-making that empow-
ers the facility managers to better meet their goals in
the emerging Smart Grid era.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank the European
Commission, the German Federal Ministry of Eco-
nomics and Technology, and the partners of the
projects SmartKYE (www.SmartKYE.eu) and iZEUS
(www.izeus.de) for their support and fruitful discus-
sions.
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