A high-level overview of the U.S. Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory "Guide to Energy Master Planning of High-Performance District and Communities" will be introduced first. OpenADR and IEEE 2030.5 protocols will be described and compared with traditional SCADA protocols like Modbus and DNP3. A novel, multi-layered, agent-based distributed transactive control and coordination approach to enable large-scale coordination of distributed energy resources (DERs) will then be presented to show it can be deployed in a building and community of buildings. Finally, the Navy Yard Connected Community Plan will be discussed with specific approaches to energy, communications, and mobility and specific technologies, implementation barriers, and expected benefits.
Instructors
Ben Polly, Senior Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
James Mater, General Manager, Smart Grid, QualityLogic, Inc.
Mark Osborne, Senior Technology Advisor, QualityLogic, Inc.
Katrina Lewis, Sustainability Lead, Energy, AECOM
Srinivas Katipamula, Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session attendees will:
- Describe the concept of community-scale energy planning, design, and operations;
- Define interoperability and how it streamlines operations of DER, building management systems, and utility operations;
- Describe the key DER communications protocols such as OpenADR and IEEE 2030.5 and explain the differences from traditional SCADA protocols like Modbus and DNP3;
- Explain why and how to control and coordinate DERs to provide grid services; and
- Recognize the value of integrated approaches to connected community planning for campus-wide benefits.
