Demand response in blocks of buildings: the DR BOB

project

Dr Vladimir Vukovic

Smart Buildings for a greener Europe: Emerging

Policy and Practice

Malta February 14, 2017

Vukovic, V., Demand response in blocks of buildings: the DR BOB project, Smart buildings for a greener Europe: Emerging Policy and Practice, Energy Performance of Buildings Concerted Action workshop, Malta, Feb 14, 2017.

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Demand Response in Blocks of Buildings EU H2020 funded Innovation project

Mar 2016 – Feb 2019 10 partners, 5 EU countries, 4 demos

March 3, 2016 / Teesside University

Teesside University, UK, Project Coordinator Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, France

Siemens Energy Management Division, UK R2M Solution, Italy NOBATEK, France Grid Pocket SAS, France Duneworks BV, Netherlands Fondazione Poliambulanza, Italy

Servelect, Romania

Universitatea Tehnică din Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Aim of DR BOB

u  To demonstrate the economic & environmental benefits of demand response in blocks of buildings for the actors required to bring it to market

u  These actors include but are not restricted to u Distribution Network Operators (DNOs)

u Energy Retailers

u Transmission Service Operators (TSOs)

u Energy Service Companies (ESCOs)

u  IT providers

u Aggregators

u Facilities owners & managers

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What is demand response ?

u  Demand Response involves consumers shifting or reducing their electricity usage during peak periods in response to time-based tariffs & other financial incentives

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Implicit

u  Time-varying electricity prices or grid tariffs that reflect the value & cost of electricity and/or transportation

Explicit

u  Direct payments to change consumption/demand or generation/supply patterns upon request

Types of demand response

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Demand Response in EPBD update

u  Proposal for EPBD update COM(2016) 765 u  “introduces a smartness indicator to assess the

technological readiness of the building to interact with their occupants and the grid and to manage themselves efficiently”

u  “The smartness indicator shall cover flexibility features, enhanced functionalities and capabilities resulting from more interconnected and built-in intelligent devices being integrated into the conventional technical building systems. The features shall enhance the ability of occupants and the building itself to react to comfort or operational requirements, take part in demand response and contribute to the optimum, smooth and safe operation of the various energy systems and district infrastructures to which the building is connected.”

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How can DR BOB contribute to EPBD update ?

u  DR BOB will

u  Provide and validate a method of assessing at least 3 levels of technology readiness (1-no capability, 2-some capability, 3-full capability) related to the technologies required for consumers’ facilities managers, buildings and the local energy infrastructure to participate in the Demand Response Energy Management solution at any given site.

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DR BOB Architecture

u  Defined system architecture and technologies u  A scalable

cloud based central management system

u  Local real-time energy management solution

u  Defined demonstration scenarios and use cases

u  First draft business models

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“Smart” Technology “Smart” Market

DR BOB Challenge

Source: Smart Energy Demand Coalition: Mapping demand response in Europe today (2015).

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Example: Explicit DR Markets in UK

Crosbie, T., Vukovic, V., Short, M., Dawood, N., Charlesworth, R. and Brodrick, P., Future Demand Response Services for Blocks of Buildings, in Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies (Hu, J. et al. Eds.) (2016).

Market type Characteristics

Short term operating reserve (STOR)

Demand or supply regulation in case of short term supply interruptions

Capacity market Supply payments for power reserve

Triads - Transmission Network Use of System charges

Demand charges during 3 annual half-hour peaks across UK

Distribution Use of Systems (DUoS) Demand daily time of use tariff

Frequency response Demand or supply second notice

Fast reserve Supply with fast (within 2 min) delivery

Retail supply side contract hedging Demand day ahead notice by retailers to offset peak supply prices

DNO Traditional Network Reinforcement Offset

Demand 24hr notice by DNOs to avoid planned outages

Avoided curtailment Demand increase at times of peak renewable energy availability

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DR BOB solution to be implemented at four demonstration sites

Campus at Teesside University in Middlesbrough, UK

Business park in Anglet, France

A hospital complex in Brescia, Italy

Consumer Portal

Demand Response Manager

Market Emulator

Local Energy Mgr.

API

Campus at TUCN in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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The work presented was carried out as part of the DR-BOB project (01/03/16 - 28/02/19) which is co-funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 framework programme for research & innovation under grant agreement No 696114.

Questions?

V.Vukovic@tees.ac.uk

www.dr-bob.eu