BEopt-CA (Ex): A Tool for Optimal Integration of EE, DR and PV in Existing California Homes

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1130640· OSTI ID:1130640

Christensen, Craig ^[1]; Horowitz, Scott ^[1]; Maguire, Jeff ^[1]; Tabares-Velasco, Paulo ^[1]; Springer, David ^[2]; Coates, Peter ^[2]; Bell, Christy ^[2]; Price, Snuller ^[3]; Sreedharan, Priya ^[3]; Pickrell, Katie ^[3]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Davis Energy Group, Davis, CA (United States)
3. Energy & Environmental Economics, San Francisco, CA (United States)

Opportunities for combining energy efficiency, demand response, and energy storage with PV are often missed, because the required knowledge and expertise for these different technologies exist in separate organizations or individuals. Furthermore, there is a lack of quantitative tools to optimize energy efficiency, demand response and energy storage with PV, especially for existing buildings. As technology costs evolve (e.g., the ongoing reduction in the cost of PV), design strategies need to be adjusted accordingly based on quantitative analysis.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); California Public Utility Commission CSI RD&D Grant
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1130640
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP--5500-61473
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BEOPT
PV
demand response
energy efficiency
photovoltaics
solar energy
thermal