Demand-side management for air conditioning

We suggest the use of reactive pricing [1] system based on an indicator for the aggregated demand within a population of service-related electrical appliances. Previous results from a generic implementation [2], [3] are provided to indicate the feasibility of the approach. The indicator is adapted to a specific problem and the respective parameters are investigated. An example (simulated) implementation of the solution for air conditioning units in residential high rise structures is presented and its performance is evaluated on the basis of numerical results.