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Profiles and Energy Management

Profiles and Energy Management. Jim Butler Cimetrics Inc. The Context. Many energy-consuming devices: HVAC Lighting Appliances IT equipment Elevators Industrial equipment … Demand response programs Sustainability initiatives Time-dependent energy prices “Smart Grid”. The Big Goal.

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Profiles and Energy Management

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  1. Profiles and Energy Management Jim Butler Cimetrics Inc.

  2. The Context Many energy-consuming devices: HVAC Lighting Appliances IT equipment Elevators Industrial equipment … Demand response programs Sustainability initiatives Time-dependent energy prices “Smart Grid”

  3. The Big Goal How can we improve energy management… without requiring that the energy manager become an expert on the operating characteristics of each energy-consuming device in an enterprise? in ways that scale from homes to large enterprises?

  4. Profiles and Data Communication Data communication standards are important, but they are not always sufficient for interoperability Profiles are developed in order to improve interoperation between devices or systems for a particular application A profile may specify: A set of features from one or more standards An interpretation of one or more standards

  5. Profiles for Control Applications • LonMark • Functional profiles for common control functions • BACnet • Device profiles for several classes of devices (workstation, building controller, …) • Load Control Object • Coming soon: BACnet application interfaces • Zigbee • Application profiles (e.g. Home Automation)

  6. Profiles for Energy Management What general characteristics of profiles would be most beneficial for energy management? Focus on energy management needs Generic (not device specific) interfaces System- or device-level management Service discovery capability

  7. Where are we? We are still figuring out how to develop profiles for energy management.

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