Campus Energy Approach, REopt Overview, and Solar for Universities

Conference · Thu Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1404868

Elgqvist, Emma M ^[1]; Van Geet, Otto D ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

This presentation gives an overview of the climate neutral research campus framework for reducing energy use and meeting net zero electricity on research campuses. It gives an overview of REopt and the REopt Lite web tool, which can be used to evaluate cost optimal sizes of behind the meter PV and storage. It includes solar PV installation trends at universities and case studies for projects implemented on university campuses.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Federal Energy Management Program Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1404868
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-7A40-70252
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories 2017 I2SL Annual Conference, 15-18 October 2017, Boston, Massachusetts
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
climate neutral research campus
net zero
REopt
REopt Lite
REopt Web Tool
PV + storage
solar PV at universities
campus solar trends