GRID-INTERACTIVE EFFICIENT BUILDINGS

Considerable efforts are being expanded to make buildings more efficient. But grid reliability and the growth of renewable energy have made it clear that the biggest users of power need not only to be more efficient but also participate in helping manage the supply-demand balance. And that is where the GEB concept comes in.

If it may seem at first that buildings are expected to solve somebody else’s problem, it is a fact that reliability is an issue, it is a fact the generation mix is changing, and it is also a fact that the economic incentives to factor the generation/distribution challenges are make the GEB concept a compelling one (see informative roadmap for GEBs by the Department of Energy).

Clairvoyance and MeteoViva Climate will help you optimize the running of your building by taking into account tariffs. It will reduce demand charges, shift energy consumption away from the most expensive hours of the day and navigate Demand Response events effectively. And it can also factor-in energy storage, local generation, effectively turning your building into a Grid-Interactive Efficient Building.