"Building Automation "Building Automation and the Cloud"and the Cloud"

3:00 pm Tuesday January 26 3:00 pm Tuesday January 26 Toby Considine and Ken Sinclair Toby Considine and Ken Sinclair 

Session 5Session 5 Collaborative Energy: Informed Collaborative Energy: Informed

Communities of Building Systems Communities of Building Systems 

Who are we? and Who are we? and Why are we here?Why are we here?

Toby ConsidineToby ConsidineTC9, Inc

plus most important our contributing editorplus most important our contributing editor so you can read about what he speaks online @so you can read about what he speaks online @

www.automatedbuildings.com

and I amand I am Ken Sinclair Editor/OwnerKen Sinclair Editor/Owner

Collaborative Energy: Informed Collaborative Energy: Informed Communities of Building Systems Communities of Building Systems 

Collaborative energy relies on clear price Collaborative energy relies on clear price signals and market interactions to engage signals and market interactions to engage the occupants of the end nodes in active the occupants of the end nodes in active participation in energy. Today, early forms participation in energy. Today, early forms of collaborative energy are in operation, of collaborative energy are in operation, the result of custom engineering and the result of custom engineering and proprietary signals. In a few places, these proprietary signals. In a few places, these buildings receive signals form OpenADR buildings receive signals form OpenADR (automated demand response). OpenADR (automated demand response). OpenADR is a hybrid signal, halfway between is a hybrid signal, halfway between managed and collaborative energy.managed and collaborative energy.

Building Automation gets Griddy Building Automation gets Griddy while colliding with the corporate while colliding with the corporate

EnterpriseEnterprise  

Smart Grid needs the cloudSmart Grid needs the cloud

The value in Smart Grids The value in Smart Grids comes from aligning supply comes from aligning supply and demandand demand

Old GridOld Grid

• Smart generation—predictable and reliableSmart generation—predictable and reliable

• Dumb consumption—uncontrolled and Dumb consumption—uncontrolled and stochastically managedstochastically managed

• Innovation comes from the coreInnovation comes from the core

• Arbitrage is most expensive service of the Arbitrage is most expensive service of the old gridold grid– Price and AvailabilityPrice and Availability

New GridNew Grid

• Dumb Generation—any number of Dumb Generation—any number of unpredictable and intermittent unpredictable and intermittent sourcessources

• Smart Consumption—consumers Smart Consumption—consumers adjust to dynamically changing adjust to dynamically changing suppliessupplies

Every end node of a smart grid Every end node of a smart grid is a micro-grid.is a micro-grid.

• Microgrids that are actively managed Microgrids that are actively managed are more valuableare more valuable

• Microgrids may encapsulate Microgrids may encapsulate additional end nodes.additional end nodes.

Someone has to manage the Someone has to manage the end nodesend nodes

• Managed EnergyManaged Energy– Direct load control and grid-based Direct load control and grid-based

intelligenceintelligence– Today’s utility-based modelToday’s utility-based model

• Collaborative EnergyCollaborative Energy– End nodes are full participants in End nodes are full participants in

matching demand to supplymatching demand to supply– Higher service and better amenitiesHigher service and better amenities

Market-oriented interfaces of Market-oriented interfaces of the gridthe grid

• Price and Product CommunicationPrice and Product Communication– EMIXEMIX

• Schedules and IntervalsSchedules and Intervals– WS-CalendarWS-Calendar

• Energy UsageEnergy Usage

• Markets and InteractionsMarkets and Interactions– Energy InteroperationEnergy Interoperation

Reducing integration overheadReducing integration overhead

• Device Discovery and ProfilesDevice Discovery and Profiles– WS-DD, WS-DPWS-DD, WS-DP

• Building Information Models (BIM)Building Information Models (BIM)– Energy models commission the designEnergy models commission the design– COBIECOBIE– Continuous commissioning to the energy Continuous commissioning to the energy

modelmodel

• GBXMLGBXML– From model to interfaceFrom model to interface

Autonomous Load ServicesAutonomous Load Services

Eliminate barriers, Eliminate barriers,

• Smart grids are smart because they Smart grids are smart because they reward innovationreward innovation– Scale and mission limit innovation from Scale and mission limit innovation from

the corethe core– The end nodes can innovate because The end nodes can innovate because

they can accept riskthey can accept risk

Buildings systems monitor Buildings systems monitor service provided and energy service provided and energy useuse• Sensors and ServicesSensors and Services

• May be in the CloudsMay be in the Clouds

Microgrids are aware of the Microgrids are aware of the motives of their inhabitantsmotives of their inhabitants

• Industrial ProcessesIndustrial Processes

• Business SchedulesBusiness Schedules

• Home Life and ValuesHome Life and Values

Building-based smart grids Building-based smart grids support consumer valuessupport consumer values

• PrivacyPrivacy

• Preservation of 4Preservation of 4thth Amendment Amendment protectionsprotections

• AutonomyAutonomy

DISCUSSIONDISCUSSION

Building based systems better support performance and Building based systems better support performance and customer values than top-down grid management can. customer values than top-down grid management can. This service is worth something…This service is worth something…Toby.considine@gmail.com for references and links for references and links