ASHRAE recently released its Smart Grid Application Guide: Integrating Facilities with the Electric Grid. Created as part of 2018-19 ASHRAE President Sheila J. Hayter’s presidential initiative, the Smart Grid Application Guide provides building owners, managers, and designers with guidance on the smart grid, applicable smart grid standards and regulations, as well as the design and operation of systems in this emerging industry.
Both the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and the OpenADR Alliance were heavily involved in working with ASHRAE on the development of the guide.
The guide details the concrete steps needed to prepare a building — whether new construction or renovation — for integration with the smart grid. It covers a wide variety of topics, including:
- Navigating regulatory environments that affect deployment of the smart grid
- Strategies to accrue benefits
- Utility bill savings and potential revenue streams
- Behind-the-meter distributed energy resources
- Demand-side management
- Customer aggregation for demand response
- Considerations for single- and multiple-facility design and operations
- Microgrids
- Meeting building needs during interruptions to grid services
- Constraints on deployment options
For more information, visit www.ashrae.org/technical-resources.
