Impacts of Commercial Building Controls on Energy Savings and Peak Load Reduction

Technical Report · Tue May 30 04:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1400347· OSTI ID:1400347

Fernandez, Nicholas E.P. ^[1]; Katipamula, Srinivas ^[1]; Wang, Weimin ^[1]; Xie, YuLong ^[1]; Zhao, Mingjie ^[1]; Corbin, Charles D. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Commercial buildings in the United States use about 18 Quadrillion British thermal units (Quads) of primary energy annually . Studies have shown that as much as 30% of building energy consumption can be avoided by using more accurate sensing, using existing controls better, and deploying advanced controls; hence, the motivation for the work described in this report. Studies also have shown that 10% to 20% of the commercial building peak load can be temporarily managed/curtailed to provide grid services. Although many studies have indicated significant potential for reducing the energy consumption in commercial buildings, very few have documented the actual savings. The studies that did so only provided savings at the whole building level, which makes it difficult to assess the savings potential of each individual measure deployed.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1400347
• Report Number(s): PNNL--25985; BT0310000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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