Seminar 48 -- Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings for Renewable Energy Integration and Decarbonization

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The rapid penetration of photovoltaics, batteries and thermal energy storages increases the complexity of building systems. The increasing pressure of the clean energy and renewable portfolio standards and the growing need for load flexibility and grid services have also imposed additional challenges on building operators. The paradigms of the grid-interactive efficient building and building to grid integration are promising pathways for renewable energy integration and decarbonization. This session will discuss and present the corresponding recent efforts on building operation strategies and smart grid approach.

1. Hierarchical Model Predictive Control for Resilient Operation of a Residential Community with Local Distributed Energy Resources
   Xin Jin, Ph.D., Member, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
2. Which Signals Should Grid-Interactive Building Model Predictive Controllers Follow?
   Greg Pavlak, Ph.D., Member, Penn Sate University, State College, PA