Toward data-driven demand-response optimization in a campus microgrid

  • Authors:
  • Yogesh Simmhan;Viktor Prasanna;Saima Aman;Sreedhar Natarajan;Wei Yin;Qunzhi Zhou

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Third ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We describe and demonstrate a prototype software architecture to support data-driven demand response optimization (DR) in the USC campus microgrid, as part of the Los Angeles Smart Grid Demonstration Project. The architecture includes a semantic information repository that integrates diverse data sources to support DR, demand forecasting using scalable machine-learned models, and detection of load curtailment opportunities by matching complex event patterns.