Characterization and Demonstration of Demand Responsive Control Technologies and Strategies in Commercial Buildings
Background Information
Commercial buildings represent over one-third of electrical loads on hot summer days—reducing these loads helps improve grid reliability, flatten the system load shape, and reduce wholesale and retail costs. Demand response (DR) is any demand side action required to reduce electrical loads when contingencies such as emergencies and congestion occur that threaten system reliability and/or when market conditions raise supply costs. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, have completed a one-year project to characterize, develop, and demonstrate new control technologies and strategies for demand responsive commercial buildings and define low-power mode operating strategies that provide significant energy savings with no decrease in building comfort and amenities. Many new technologies and operational strategies provide both energy savings and peak demand reductions. The economic benefits of combining energy efficiency and demand response strategies will be a more powerful market force than either efficiency or demand response alone. This project focuses on the synergies of building operation and control technologies and strategies that meet both operational goals.
LBNL has estimated commercial buildings' contribution to peak demand; outlined a demand-side management framework that includes energy efficiency, peak load management and demand response; characterized building controls; and worked with a new high performing building to assess its DR potential. The findings were published in the proceedings of two conferences: the Fifth Annual International Conference on Enhanced Building Operations; and the Second Carnegie Mellon Conference in Electric Power Systems: Monitoring, Sensing, Software and Its Valuation for the Changing Electric Power Industry. (see the "download" section to access these papers, which are also available in the publications section of DRRC Website http://drrc.lbl.gov/drrc-pubsall.html)
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Advanced Controls and Communications for Demand Response and Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings Kiliccote S., Piette M.A. and Hansen D., Proceedings of Second Carnegie Mellon Conference in Electric Power Systems: Monitoring, Sensing, Software and Its Valuation for the Changing Electric Power Industry, Pittsburgh, PA. LBNL Report 59337. January 2006. |
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Advanced Control Technologies and Strategies Linking Demand Response and Energy Efficiency Kiliccote S. and Piette M.A., Proceedings of the Fifth Annual International Conference on Enhanced Building Operations, Pittsburgh, PA. LBNL Report 58179. October 2005. |
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Findings from the 2004 Fully Automated Demand Response Tests in Large Facilities Piette, M.A., D.S. Watson, N. Motegi, and N. Bourassa, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL Report 58178. September 2005. |
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Development and Evaluation of Fully Automated Demand Response in Large Facilities Piette, M. A., O. Sezgen, D. Watson, N. Motegi (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), C. Shockman (Shockman Consulting), L. ten Hope (Program Manager, Energy Systems Integration CEC). CEC-500-2005-013. January 2005. |
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Machine to Machine (M2M) Technology in Demand Responsive Commercial Buildings Watson, D.S., M.A. Piette, O. Sezgen and N. Motegi, (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory). Proceedings, ACEEE 2004 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Breaking out of the Box, August 22-27, 2004, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA. Washington D.C. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. LBNL-55087. August 2004 |
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Measurement and Evaluation Techniques for Automated Demand Response Demonstration. Motegi, N., M.A. Piette, D.S. Watson, and O. Sezgen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Proceedings, ACEEE 2004 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Breaking out of the Box, August 22-27, 2004, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA. Washington D.C. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. LBNL-55086. August 2004. |
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Web-based Energy Information Systems for Energy Management and Demand Response in Commercial Buildings. Motegi, N., M.A. Piette, S. Kinney, and K. Herter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Final Report, April 18, 2003, LBNL Report 52510. |
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Case Studies of Energy Information Systems and Related Technology: Operational Practices, Costs, and Benefits. Motegi, N., Piette, M.A. and Kinney, S., LBNL; Dewey, J., University of California at Santa Barbara. ICEBO, October 13th - 15th, 2003. |
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Characterization and Demonstration of Demand Responsive Control Technologies and Strategies in Commercial Buildings. Mary Ann Piette and Sila Kiliccote, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, WEBCAST, March 23, 2006 |
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