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Reducing Energy Costs and Peak Electrical Demand Through Optimal Control of Building Thermal Storage

Publication Date: December 2010
Publishing Organization: U.S. Department of Energy, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Format: PDF
Authors: James E. Braun
Keywords:

building thermal capacitance, comfort conditions, doe - lbl, dynamic building control, operating costs, smart grid, technical paper

Summary:

This paper describes an investigation into the use of building thermal capacitance as a means of reducing the operating costs associated with maintaining adequate comfort conditions in buildings (termed dynamic building control).

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