Systems and methods for creating load peaks and valleys
AssigneePeak Power, Inc.
InventorDerek Lim SOO
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for shaping the load of a building for more efficient sizing and/or economics of an energy storage and/or microgrid system. Shaping the load of a building can include identifying a plurality of core hours of a time period increasing a load of the building, a plurality of different increase instances, by interfacing with a BAS and an ESS during the plurality of core hours, and decreasing the load of the building, a plurality of different decrease instances, by interfacing with the BAS and the ESS during the plurality of core hours, wherein each increase instance from the plurality of different increase instances of the load profile is followed by a decrease instance from the plurality of decrease instances of the load profile.
Claims21
-17. (canceled)
A system to manage energy utilization by a building, comprising:
- an interface to communicate with a building automation system (“BAS”) and an energy storage system (“ESS”) comprising a battery;
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- one or more processors and memory that communicate via the interface to:
- identify a load profile for a building over a time period, the load profile comprising a plurality of peaks corresponding to increase instances at which a load of the building increases and a plurality of decrease instances at which the load decreases;
- decrease the load of the building via a reduction of equipment loads that contribute to the load of the building to transition a single peak of the plurality of peaks in the load profile for the building to a plurality of narrower peaks that are narrower than the plurality of peaks, the plurality of narrower peaks formed from one or more valleys during one or more portions of a period of time associated with the single peak;
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- discharge the battery of the ESS to shave off at least one peak of the plurality of narrower peaks to reduce energy utilization corresponding to the at least one peak of the plurality of narrower peaks.
A method of managing energy utilization by a building, comprising:
- interfacing, by one or more processors, with a building automation system (“BAS”) and an energy storage system (“ESS”) comprising a battery;
- identifying, by the one or more processors, a load profile for a building over a time period, the load profile comprising a plurality of peaks corresponding to increase instances at which a load of the building increases and a plurality of decrease instances at which the load decreases;
- decreasing, by the one or more processors, the load of the building via a reduction of equipment loads that contribute to the load of the building to transition a single peak of the plurality of peaks in the load profile for the building to a plurality of narrower peaks that are narrower than the plurality of peaks, the plurality of narrower peaks formed from one or more valleys during one or more portions of a period of time associated with the single peak;
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- discharging, by the one or more processors, the battery of the ESS to shave off at least one peak of the plurality of narrower peaks to reduce energy utilization corresponding to the at least one peak of the plurality of narrower peaks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.