TY - Generic T1 - Demand Relief and Weather Sensitivity in Large California Commercial Buildings T2 - International Conference for Enhancing Building Operations Y1 - 2001 A1 - Satkartar Kinney A1 - Mary Ann Piette A1 - Lixing Gu A1 - Philip Haves AB -

A great deal of research has examined the weather sensitivity of energy consumption in commercial buildings; however, the recent power crisis in California has given greater importance to peak demand. Several new loadshedding programs have been implemented or are under consideration. Historically, the target customers have been large industrial users who can reduce the equivalent load of several large office buildings. While the individual load reduction from an individual office building may be less significant, there is ample opportunity for load reduction in this area. The load reduction programs and incentives for industrial customers may not be suitable for commercial building owners. In particular, industrial customers are likely to have little variation in load from day to day. Thus a robust baseline accounting for weather variability is required to provide building owners with realistic targets that will encourage them to participate in load shedding programs.

JF - International Conference for Enhancing Building Operations CY - Austin, TX ER -