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This chapter addresses critical issues related to smart grid technologies and the integration of buildings in this new power grid framework. Since the vast majority of smart grids' potential customers are buildings and communities, it also addresses the challenges posed by smart grids on the building and community level. Buildings in the near future should be able to produce the amount of energy they consume, that is, become zero or nearly zero-energy buildings. Smart buildings ready to be interconnected with smart grids should comply with the following requirements: incorporation of smart metering, demand response capabilities, distributed architecture, and interoperability. Smart grids can be considered very promising for the energy and building environment industry due to the fact that they create a physical proximity between consumers and micro energy sources that help increase consumer awareness toward a more rational use of energy.