Demand Management for Buildings and Industrial Facilities

Dear Colleagues,

Matching aggregate electric demand of all energy users with the supply is an ongoing and challenging practice associated with a centralized generation. The rapid growth of renewable generation expected in the coming decades makes it more difficult to predict demand and increasingly requires rapid cycling of power plants. Service providers can influence energy user’s behavior by implementing demand-side management practices, such as time-of-use price tariffs. Energy users can adjust their behavior to meet their energy requirements while minimizing energy costs.

Among the various energy users, building systems currently contribute to a significant portion of the total electric load and load fluctuations. Industrial facilities, in particular, often have large systems that can create significant changes in user demand in short time periods. Industrial facilities also have unique infrastructure and energy storage capabilities that can be deployed in demand response.

This Topic Collection is focused on advances in demand management for buildings and industrial facilities. Submissions are encouraged but not limited to the following general areas.

• Demand management for buildings
• Industrial demand response
• Energy storage in buildings
• Energy storage in manufacturing
• Thermal energy storage and demand response
• Innovative pricing mechanisms for demand response
• Greenhouse gas emissions and demand response
• Renewable energy and demand response

This issue will bring together recent research in an effort to identify new opportunities and advance the field.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Phelan
Dr. J. Rene Villalobos
Dr. Ryan J. Milcarek
Collection Editors

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