The trial involved the installation of BuildingIQ’s DRiQ application in Perth’s Council House building that uses Predictive Energy Optimization for demand response programs.
BuildingIQ’s DRiQ integrates ‘inside the meter’ energy management with ‘outside the meter’ smart grid applications to satisfy the requirements of DR programs, which are used by utilities to reduce peak load energy consumption in commercial buildings, which consume 20% of energy in the US.
BuildingIQ’s DRiQ system gathers the building’s unique thermal characteristics and capacity to shed loads and manages energy use in the building based on weather forecasts and the DR parameters, thereby reducing the building’s energy usage while minimizing tenant impact.
The deployment of BuildingIQ system in Perth Council House under the trial program with Western Power and the city of Perth is claimed to reduce peak energy loads by up to 30% during DR programs.
Western Power demand management manager Peter Martino said that the company sponsored this trial with BuildingIQ because of its potential to reduce peak electricity demand on the grid, and it is pleased to be part of demonstrating such an innovative demand management technology.
