NDLI: Building Peak Load Management With High Resolution Weather Data

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Tibana, Yehisson Gutierrez, Estatio Arend, M. Gonzalez, J. E.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Dense urban environments are exposed to the combined effects of rising global temperatures and urban heat islands. This combination is resulting in increasing trends of energy consumption in cities, associated mostly with air conditioning to maintain indoor human comfort conditions. During periods of extreme summer weather, electrical usage usually reaches peak loads, stressing the electrical grid. The purpose of this study is to explore the use of available, high resolution weather data by effectively preparing a building for peak load management. The subject of study is a 14 floor, 620,782 sq ft building located in uptown Manhattan, New York City (40.819257 N, −73.949288 W). To precisely quantify thermal loads of the buildings for the summer conditions; a single building energy model (SBEM), the US Department of Energy EnergyPlus™ was used. The SBEM was driven by a weather file built from weather data of the urbanized weather forecasting model (uWRF), a high resolution weather model coupled to a building energy model. The SBEM configuration and simulations were calibrated with winter actual gas and electricity data using 2010 as the benchmark year. In order to show the building peak load management, demand response techniques and technologies were implemented. The methods used to prepare the building included generator usage during high peak loads and use of a thermal storage system. An ensemble of cases was analyzed using current practice, use of high resolution weather data, and use of building preparation technologies. Results indicated an average summer peak savings of more than 30% with high resolution weather data.
Sponsorship	Advanced Energy Systems Division Solar Energy Division
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791856857
DOI	10.1115/ES2015-49233
Volume Number	Volume 2: Photovoltaics; Renewable-Non-Renewable Hybrid Power System; Smart Grid, Micro-Grid Concepts; Energy Storage; Solar Chemistry; Solar Heating and Cooling; Sustainable Cities and Communities, Transportation; Symposium on Integrated/Sustainable Building Equipment and Systems; Thermofluid Analysis of Energy Systems Including Exergy and Thermoeconomics; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum
Language	English
Publisher Date	2015-06-28
Publisher Place	San Diego, California, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Air conditioning Energy consumption Temperature Peak load Weather forecasting Thermal energy storage Generators Power grids Stress Heat Simulation Structures Resolution (optics) Cities Engineering simulation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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