Demand Relief and Weather Sensitivity in Large California Commercial Office Buildings

Date Published
05/2001
Publication Type
Conference Paper
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LBNL-48285
Abstract

A great deal of research has examined the weather sensitivity of energy consumption in commercial buildings; however, the recent power crisis in California has given greater importance to peak demand. Several new load-shedding programs have been implemented or are under consideration.

Historically, the target customers have been large industrial users who can reduce the equivalent load of several large office buildings. While the individual load reduction from an individual office building may be less significant, there is ample opportunity for load reduction in this area.

The load reduction programs and incentives for industrial customers may not be suitable for commercial building owners. In particular, industrial customers are likely to have little variation in load from day to day. Thus a robust baseline accounting for weather variability is required to provide building owners with realistic targets that will encourage them to participate in load shedding programs.

Conference Name
International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations (ICEBO)
Year of Publication
2001
Conference Location
Austin, TX
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