Title: Effective Integration of Demand Response and Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings
Abstract: To date, efforts to integrate energy efficiency (EE) and demand response (DR) in utility programs have met with administrative and implementation challenges. As of 2009 only three percent of 2,016 U.S. and Canadian EE, DR, and load management programs served both EE and DR purposes. 1 EE and DR historically have tended to be “silo-ed” within electric utilities—with goals not well-aligned between programs and barriers to moving funds between programs. Several innovative efforts are emerging to improve the effectiveness of demand-side management (DSM) program delivery, customer engagement, and customer satisfaction. Studying these efforts helps clarify opportunities to broaden these approaches and further maximize the value and cost-effectiveness of DSM programs. Integrated DSM (IDSM) that programmatically combines EE and DR, with on-site generation, offers a win-win-win scenario. Utilities get more resources, more cost-effectively, with greater assurance of persistence. Customers get more economic value and ease of participation. Vendors can deliver services more efficiently. While early project results are encouraging, it is important to recognize the unique program design challenges that must be addressed. This paper explores how recent projects and models reveal approaches to unlocking the value of the IDSM approach, providing examples of commercial building-focused utility IDSM initiatives, leveraging lessons from the industrial sector, and examining four key elements of integration in detail: service delivery, technical, incentives, and measurement and verification (M&V).
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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