Parity automates demand response curtailment so you don’t have to. Plus, we maximize your revenue from demand response events without compromising resident comfort.
This graph shows Parity lowering the overall energy demand measured in kWs. It’s an example of how we automated demand response for a building during a DR event:
The 2022 line shows the building started curtailment almost a third of the way through the event. With our automation, we begin curtailment slightly before the event to maximize revenue.
We develop customized curtailment programming to limit the impact on tenant comfort. This can include pre-cooling, a process where cooling is run at nearly full capacity for around 2 hours before the event. Pre-cooling can avoid tenant comfort issues, and is particularly important for longer events (4+ hours).
Unlike in 2022, with our automation, the HVAC system returned to baseline within minutes of the end of the event. Also, you can see how post-event in 2023, with our automation, kW did not increase as much.
Demand response (DR) is a strategy utility companies use to manage electricity consumption during peak demand periods. These typically coincide with the warmest days of summer when the electric grid is the most vulnerable, and its emissions are usually the highest.
DR reduces energy demand in real-time or on a pre-determined, typically 2-4 hours, window. This is called a demand response event.
Buildings that participate in demand response programs will reduce their electricity demand to receive financial incentives from utility companies or grid operators.
Buildings get paid per kW reduction during scheduled, or sometimes unscheduled, demand response events. This is a great opportunity for buildings to earn additional revenue.
Parity automates demand response curtailment during demand response events to save building staff time by eliminating manual protocols.
Our software will also maximize your revenue from DR events and reduce the impact of the temporary energy reduction for occupants during a demand response event.
By working with the resident manager to pre-program the level of curtailment they are comfortable with, Parity can automatically “switch” the building into DR mode when the notification of an event is received from a DR aggregator.
We can do this because we remotely control a building’s HVAC systems with a unique level of precision through remote control adjustments. We have a deep understanding of the building’s real-time heating and cooling demand.
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