Smart Grid Application Guide Integrating Facilities with the Electric Grid

Abstract

PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDE

The purpose of this guide is to assist building owners, designers, and operators in understanding smart grid basics and identifying and evaluating the myriad of smart-grid-related options and opportunities currently available.

This guide will also provide resources and references to applicable codes, standards, and regulations as well as steps needed to prepare a building for the smart grid.

Specifically, it will outline:

• The value of smart grid technologies—the regulatory environment and utility bill savings and potential revenue streams;

• The ongoing deployment of smart grid technologies—distributed energy resources, strategies to accrue benefits, maintaining building functions during interruption, and constraints on deployment;

• Building design and operation considerations—individual building design considerations and multiple-facility design and operations;

• A glossary of smart-grid-related terms and a list of acronyms; and

• Additional resources and references.