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Demand Relief and Weather Sensitivity in Large California Commercial Office Buildings
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Date
2001
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Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
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 loadshedding
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.