An architecture for integrated commercial building demand response

Author

Sankur, M. ; Arnold, Dorian ; Auslander, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Enthusiasm for commercial demand response (DR) has inspired research efforts to create new building electric load control frameworks. In this paper we introduce a software architecture for an integrated building control system, the Central Load Shed Coordinator (CLSC). The CLSC provides functional control over three building systems which are large power consumers: lighting, HVAC, and plug loads. The system acts upon external demand response signals to meet load-shed criteria, while minimizing occupant inconvenience. In this paper, we present the purpose and relevant characteristics of this architecture. In addition, we discuss its deployment in a UC Berkeley building and present results from preliminary testing.

Keywords

HVAC; building management systems; control engineering computing; lighting; power engineering computing; software architecture; CLSC; HVAC; UC Berkeley building; building electric load control frameworks; building systems; central load shed coordinator; external demand response signals; integrated building control system; integrated commercial building demand response; lighting; load-shed criteria; occupant inconvenience; plug loads; power consumers; preliminary testing; software architecture; Architecture; Buildings; Computer architecture; Lighting; Load management; Plugs; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Commercial Demand Response; Distributed Plug Load Control; Energy Information Gateway; Energy Management System;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672800

Filename

6672800