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Demand Shifting With Thermal Mass in Large Commercial Buildings: Field Tests, Simulations and Audits

Publication Date: January 2006
Publishing Organization: U.S. Department of Energy, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Format: PDF
Authors: Peng Xu, David Michel, Mark Rawson, Laurie ten Hope, Martha Krebs, Ph. D., B.B. Blevins
Keywords:

building thermal mass, buildings, demand charges, demand limiting, doe - lbl, load shifting, off-peak hours, peak demand reduction, peak periods, pre-cooling, reducing cooling loads, reducing on-peak energy, report, savings, smart grid, storing cooling

Summary:

This report describes the principle of pre-cooling and demand limiting, used to pre-cool buildings at night or in the morning during off-peak hours, for storing cooling in the building thermal mass and for reducing cooling loads during the peak periods.

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