{"id":5469,"date":"2026-04-14T10:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitlab.kth.se\/?p=5469"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:53:15","slug":"new-dig-it-lab-project-funded-bessflex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitlab.kth.se\/sv\/2026\/04\/14\/new-dig-it-lab-project-funded-bessflex\/","title":{"rendered":"New Dig-IT Lab project funded: BESSFlex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">KTH and Dig-IT Lab were recently awarded funding from the Swedish Energy Agency for the cooperative project BESSFlex, to unlock currently underutilised flexibility in the built environment. Saman Nimali Gunasekara is coordinating the project, which includes several Dig-IT Lab and external partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>BESSFlex (Building Energy Systems and Storage for Flexible Sector Coupling) will unlock Flexible Sector Coupling (FSC) between electrical and thermal energy sectors, utilising buildings and their energy storages. It synthesises the current state of FSC and unveils the role of buildings, energy storages, renewable energy (RE) sources and digitalisation for electrical-thermal FSC, exemplified by techno-economic analyses highlighting multifaceted drivers, barriers and opportunities. In FSC, energy storage enables flexibility, with heat pumps, electrical heaters, boilers and chillers enabling sector coupling. RE from e.g. photovoltaic (PV) make buildings prosumers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With increased intermittent wind and solar RE in the electricity grid, buildings as users and prosumers become key distributed FSC hubs. Digitalisation can aid FSC adoption through smart building control and operation. However, today, the building, electrical and thermal sectors are still optimised in silos, restricting the full exploitation of FSC. BESSFlex will bridge these critical gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BESSFlex Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>KTH<\/strong> (Coordinator), Saman Nimali Gunasekara (PI), Nelson Sommerfeldt (Co-applicant)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>RISE AB<\/strong>, Rafael G\u00f3mez Garc\u00eda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vasakronan AB<\/strong>, Nils Rosengren<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Einar Mattsson AB<\/strong>, Mikael Dimadis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BRF Borgg\u00e5rden 99<\/strong>, Johan Marklund<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CheckWatt AB<\/strong>, Dan-Erik Archer,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stockholm Exergi AB<\/strong>, Fabian Levihn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project timeline<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01 January 2026 \u2013 31 December 2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.kth.se\/applied-thermodynamics\/projects\/bessflex-building-energy-systems-and-storage-for-flexible-sector-coupling-1.1459974\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.energy.kth.se\/applied-thermodynamics\/projects\/bessflex-building-energy-systems-and-storage-for-flexible-sector-coupling-1.1459974\">More information at Energy@KTH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"435\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/Bessflex.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5470\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/Bessflex.png 525w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/Bessflex-300x249.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/Bessflex-14x12.png 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KTH and Dig-IT Lab were recently awarded funding from the Swedish Energy Agency for the cooperative project BESSFlex, to unlock currently underutilised flexibility in the built environment. 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