Multi-Building Internet Demand-Response System Tested
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) have completed the first successful test of automated demand response in five large buildings (see Figure 1). Demand-response technology manages electricity use in buildings over the Internet when high prices, overloaded system conditions, or blackouts threaten the power grid.
"This is the first test of fully automated demand response in multiple large buildings to reduce electricity consumption with two-way Internet-based communications," said principal investigator Mary Ann Piette of EETD.