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Sometimes, Money Does Grow On Trees: Data-Driven Demand Response with DR-Advisor

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BuildSys '15: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Conference on Embedded Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments

Pages 137 - 146

https://doi.org/10.1145/2821650.2821664

Published: 04 November 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Real-time electricity pricing and demand response has become a clean, reliable and cost-effective way of mitigating peak demand on the electricity grid. We consider the problem of end-user demand response (DR) for large commercial buildings which involves predicting the demand response baseline, evaluating fixed DR strategies and synthesizing DR control actions for load curtailment in return for a financial reward. Using historical data from the building, we build a family of regression trees and learn data-driven models for predicting the power consumption of the building in real-time. We present a method called DR-Advisor called DR-Advisor, which acts as a recommender system for the building's facilities manager and provides suitable control actions to meet the desired load curtailment while maintaining operations and maximizing the economic reward. We evaluate the performance of DR-Advisor for demand response using data from a real office building and a virtual test-bed.

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Sometimes, Money Does Grow On Trees: Data-Driven Demand Response with DR-Advisor
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
  2. Real-time systems

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BuildSys '15: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Conference on Embedded Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments

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DOI:10.1145/2821650

General Chair:
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University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Program Chairs:
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Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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Rahul Mangharam
University of Pennslyvania, USA

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