@article{6441,
  keywords = {Energy Markets and Policy Department, Power system planning, DER-CAM, Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Dispersed storage and generation, Power system economics, Cogeneration, Building management systems, Cooling, Cost optimal control},
  author = {Chris Marnay and Giri Venkataramanan and Michael Stadler and Afzal S Siddiqui and Ryan M Firestone and Bala Chandran},
  title = {Optimal Technology Selection and Operation of Commercial- Building Microgrids},
  abstract = {<p>The deployment of small (\&lt; 1-2 MW) clusters of generators, heat and electrical storage, efficiency investments, and combined heat and power (CHP) applications (particularly involving heat-activated cooling) in commercial buildings promises significant benefits but poses many technical and financial challenges, both in system choice and its operation; if successful, such systems may be precursors to widespread microgrid deployment. The presented optimization approach to choosing such systems and their operating schedules uses Berkeley Lab{\textquoteright}s Distributed Energy Resources Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM), extended to incorporate electrical and thermal storage options. DER-CAM chooses annual energy bill minimizing systems in a fully technologyneutral manner. An illustrative example for a hypothetical San Francisco hotel is reported. The chosen system includes one large reciprocating engine and an absorption chiller providing an estimated 11\% cost savings and 8\% carbon emission reductions under idealized circumstances.</p>},
  year = {2008},
  pages = {10},
  month = {01/2007},
  institution = {LBNL},
  publisher = {LBNL},
  address = {Berkeley},
  doi = {10.1109/TPWRS.2008.922654},
}