Overview of Existing and Future Residential Use Cases for Connected Thermostats

Rotondo, Julia; Johnson, Robert; Gonzales, Nancy A.; Waranowski, Alexandra; Badger, Chris; Lange, Nack; Goldman, Ethan; Foster, R. B.

doi:10.2172/1345792

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“…It also allows the deployment of energy efficiency measures such as home energy management, home audits and demand response programs (Schneider Electric, 2015). Another third party service provider is Wheather Bug Home, a solution that combines the smart meter data, the real time weather and the home connected thermostat to help homeowners to stay comfortable and at the same time save energy through timely alerts, analysis based on how the home responds to the weather, usage compared to similar residences, personal energy use disaggregation and tips to reduce usage (Rotondo et al, 2016) The provision of the electrical load curve to the energy end-user, allows the setting up of additional energy efficiency measures based on ICT. These ICT measures, based on the analysis and enhancement of the load curve, improve the energy efficiency of energy end-users and help them achieve a manageable load in the electrical grid (Demand Response); therefore helping the accomplishment of the European Union energy efficiency targets.…”

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Empowering Small Electricity Consumers to Help European Member States to Reach the Energy Efficiency Targets of the European Union

Uña¹,

Carballar

2020

revTECHNO

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In Europe, small electricity consumers are not using the full potential offered by smart meters. Although the European Union requires Member States to provide consumers with their energy usage data, small consumers are not using this data for improving their energy efficiency. This paper proposes: first, the standardization of the electrical load curve offered to small energy consumers at European level. Second, the use of open innovation challenges as a policy instrument in the European Union to improve the energy efficiency of the small electricity consumers and to encourage the development of new market niches. Finally, the paper quantifies how ICT energy efficiency solutions for small electricity consumers can contribute to the achievement of the 2020 European Union energy efficiency targets.

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Empowering Small Electricity Consumers to Help European Member States to Reach the Energy Efficiency Targets of the European Union

Uña¹,

Carballar

2020

revTECHNO

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“…The SmartAC™ program of PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Company) provided one-time signup bonus of $50 to each participating unit. 7 The OnCall™ program of Florida Power and Light Company provides a monthly credit on bill, totaling up to $83 annually for each participating unit. 8 However, these revenues must be compared with both instrumentation costs and opportunity costs for providing services.…”

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“…Much of these data can now be collected and transmitted using Internet of Things devices like smart thermostats and electricity meters. Smart thermostats have seen a rapid rise in adoption [7], and advanced metering infrastructure smart meters have now been installed for 47% of US customers as of 2016 [8]. Harnessing the potential of these devices is a key component in widescale implementation of heat pump ancillary services.…”

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Providing Grid Services With Heat Pumps: A Review

Lee

Sun

et al. 2020

ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities

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The integration of variable and intermittent renewable energy generation into the power system is a grand challenge to our efforts to achieve a sustainable future. Flexible demand is one solution to this challenge, where the demand can be controlled to follow energy supply, rather than the conventional way of controlling energy supply to follow demand. Recent research has shown that electric building climate control systems like heat pumps can provide this demand flexibility by effectively storing energy as heat in the thermal mass of the building. While some forms of heat pump demand flexibility have been implemented in the form of peak pricing and utility demand response programs, controlling heat pumps to provide ancillary services like frequency regulation, load following, and reserve have yet to be widely implemented. In this paper, we review the recent advances and remaining challenges in controlling heat pumps to provide these grid services. This analysis includes heat pump and building modeling, control methods both for isolated heat pumps and heat pumps in aggregate, and the potential implications that this concept has on the power system.

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