Evaluation of commercial building clusters with energy storage to reduce reliance on electrical utility grids

Gregory Kaminski, Philip Odonkor

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    Abstract

    The decreasing cost of implementation and increasing regulatory incentive to lower energy use have led to an increased adoption of distributed energy resources in recent years. This increased adoption has been further fueled by a surge in energy consciousness and the expansion of energy-saving products and technologies. To lower reliance on the electrical grid and fully realize the benefits of distributed energy resources, many consumers have also elected to use battery systems to store generated energy. For owners of multiple buildings, or multiple owners willing to share the operational cost, building clusters may be formed to more effectively take advantage of these distributed resources and storage systems. The implementation of these systems in existing buildings introduces the question of what makes a “good” building cluster. Furthermore, the scalable nature of distributed energy sources and storage systems create countless possibilities for system configuration. Through comparison of unique two-building clusters from a stock of five buildings with a given distributed energy resource (in this case, a solar photovoltaic panel array) and energy storage system, we develop a fundamental understanding of the underlying factors that allow building clusters to be less reliant on the utility grid and make better use of energy generation and storage systems.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication47th Design Automation Conference (DAC)
    ISBN (Electronic)9780791885383
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2021
    Event47th Design Automation Conference, DAC 2021, Held as Part of the ASME 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2021 - Virtual, Online
    Duration: 17 Aug 202119 Aug 2021

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
    Volume3A-2021

    Conference

    Conference47th Design Automation Conference, DAC 2021, Held as Part of the ASME 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2021
    CityVirtual, Online
    Period17/08/2119/08/21

    Keywords

    • Building clusters
    • Distributed energy resources
    • Energy storage

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