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

Nov. 30, 2010

U.S. Department of Energy, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

James E. Braun

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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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