The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration
and Air-Conditioning Engineers and the National Electrical
Manufacturers Association are writing a standard that would provide a common basis
for electrical energy consumers to describe, manage and communicate about energy
consumption and forecasts.
ASHRAE and an electrical
manufacturers association are teaming up to make the “smart grid” smarter.
The American Society of Heating,
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, and the National Electrical Manufacturers
Association are writing a standard that would provide a common basis for
electrical energy consumers to describe, manage and communicate about energy
consumption and forecasts.
A meeting on the proposal is
set for Aug. 30-31 at ASHRAE’s headquarters in Atlanta.
“Smart
grids lead to smart meters lead to smart systems,” said ASRHAE President Lynn
G. Bellenger, P.E. “As the smart grid adjusts to suit load distribution and
maintain power quality and reliability, one of the steps will be to communicate
with building metering systems which, in turn, will communicate with building
systems and equipment. This ties into demand response control to reduce
peak demand. One day in the future, we likely will have real-time pricing with
dramatic differences in power costs dependent upon the time of day or grid load.”
NEMA officials said writing the standard is
an important effort.
“NEMA
and the members of their smart grid and high-performance
buildings councils see the creation of this standard as a
strategic element in driving development of a nationwide smart electrical
grid while increasing energy efficiency, occupant productivity and
cost-effectiveness in safe secure buildings,” said Jim Lewis, manager of the
association’s high-performance buildings division.
The standard is part of ASHRAE’s supporting
efforts for the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, a public-private partnership
initiated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to speed
development of interoperability and cyber security standards for a nationwide
smart electric power grid.
