DFAT: A web-based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building-to-grid integration
Demand Flexibility Assessment Tool (DFAT) is an open source web-based tool that estimates the demand flexibility potential of common control strategies in commercial buildings. The toolkit features a demand flexibility estimation tool that contains two calculators, basic and advanced, based on the l...
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| description | Demand Flexibility Assessment Tool (DFAT) is an open source web-based tool that estimates the demand flexibility potential of common control strategies in commercial buildings. The toolkit features a demand flexibility estimation tool that contains two calculators, basic and advanced, based on the level of input of customer data. The basic version calculates demand shed metrics for the control strategy “global temperature adjustment” and “cycle on/off compressors” using customer building information, local weather data, and electrical meter data. The advanced version, which uses detailed HVAC equipment data, calculates demand flexibility metrics for control strategies such as static pressure reset, global temperature adjustment, and cycle on/off compressors. In addition to the demand flexibility estimation tool, this toolkit offers a benchmarking tool that helps facility operators, aggregators, and utility resource managers assess demand flexibility opportunities, quantify/verify performance, and compare their performance against that of their peers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-27cbdf3d8da247e4be1859af14ffbdb62025-08-20T03:12:19ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102025-05-013010213110.1016/j.softx.2025.102131DFAT: A web-based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building-to-grid integrationMichael Leong0Medha Mahanta1Clara Yin2Timothy Jairus Garcia3Zach Tan4Anand Krishnan Prakash5Doug Black6Rongxin Yin7Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USADepartment of Computer Science, University of California-Davis, CA, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USAAlbany High School, Albany, CA, USALawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USALawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USALawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA; Corresponding author.Demand Flexibility Assessment Tool (DFAT) is an open source web-based tool that estimates the demand flexibility potential of common control strategies in commercial buildings. The toolkit features a demand flexibility estimation tool that contains two calculators, basic and advanced, based on the level of input of customer data. The basic version calculates demand shed metrics for the control strategy “global temperature adjustment” and “cycle on/off compressors” using customer building information, local weather data, and electrical meter data. The advanced version, which uses detailed HVAC equipment data, calculates demand flexibility metrics for control strategies such as static pressure reset, global temperature adjustment, and cycle on/off compressors. In addition to the demand flexibility estimation tool, this toolkit offers a benchmarking tool that helps facility operators, aggregators, and utility resource managers assess demand flexibility opportunities, quantify/verify performance, and compare their performance against that of their peers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711025000986Demand flexibilityHVAC equipment dataGlobal temperature adjustmentCycle on/off air conditionersBenchmarking |
| spellingShingle | Michael Leong Medha Mahanta Clara Yin Timothy Jairus Garcia Zach Tan Anand Krishnan Prakash Doug Black Rongxin Yin DFAT: A web-based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building-to-grid integration SoftwareX Demand flexibility HVAC equipment data Global temperature adjustment Cycle on/off air conditioners Benchmarking |
| title | DFAT: A web-based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building-to-grid integration |
| title_full | DFAT: A web-based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building-to-grid integration |
| title_fullStr | DFAT: A web-based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building-to-grid integration |
| title_full_unstemmed | DFAT: A web-based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building-to-grid integration |
| title_short | DFAT: A web-based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building-to-grid integration |
| title_sort | dfat a web based toolkit for estimating demand flexibility in building to grid integration |
| topic | Demand flexibility HVAC equipment data Global temperature adjustment Cycle on/off air conditioners Benchmarking |
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