Automated Demand Response and Commissioning

Conference · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 2005

OSTI ID:887198

Piette, Mary Ann; Watson, David S; Motegi, Naoya; Bourassa, Norman

This paper describes the results from the second season of research to develop and evaluate the performance of new Automated Demand Response (Auto-DR) hardware and software technology in large facilities. Demand Response (DR) is a set of activities to reduce or shift electricity use to improve the electric grid reliability and manage electricity costs. Fully-Automated Demand Response does not involve human intervention, but is initiated at a home, building, or facility through receipt of an external communications signal. We refer to this as Auto-DR. The evaluation of the control and communications must be properly configured and pass through a set of test stages: Readiness, Approval, Price Client/Price Server Communication, Internet Gateway/Internet Relay Communication, Control of Equipment, and DR Shed Effectiveness. New commissioning tests are needed for such systems to improve connecting demand responsive building systems to the electric grid demand response systems.

• Research Organization: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE. Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy; California Energy Commission. Public Interest EnergyResearch Program. Work for Others Contract 150-99-003 Am #1
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 887198
• Report Number(s): LBNL--57384; BnR: 600303000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
COMMISSIONING
COMMUNICATIONS
ELECTRICITY
EVALUATION
INTERNET
PERFORMANCE
PRICES
RELIABILITY
SEASONS