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PATH 2. BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM (1 POINT)
Develop a plan for shedding at least 10% of the project’s peak electricity demand for a minimum of one hour. The plan shall address both winter and summer peaks considering electrified grid projections.
Use a control system that automatically sheds electricity demand in response to triggers denoting strain on the grid or high grid emissions. For example:
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Signal from a DR program provider
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Data obtained through an API indicating high grid emissions.
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Peak demand tariff period when the grid is operating in the highest demand window.
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Time-of-use rate when pricing is highest.
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Option 5. Power Resilience (1 point)
Identify critical equipment that requires continuous operation. Design the project to be capable of islanding and operating independently from the grid to power the critical loads with the project’s on-site renewable and energy storage systems for a minimum of three days.
REQUIREMENTS EXPLAINED
This credit rewards projects that implement solutions to reduce stress on the grid and increase building resilience. Projects are encouraged to implement a combination of strategies from Options 1–5 that are most appropriate to their scope of work to optimize resilient solutions for the project.
Compliance with each option and each path can be documented at the building level or for the project only. This recognizes the variable scope of Interiors projects, encouraging projects with minimal scope to locate in base buildings that support grid-interactive operations and incentivizing projects with a more comprehensive scope to directly integrate grid-interactive strategies into the project design.
Option 1. Peak Thermal Load Reduction
This option rewards measures that reduce peak heating and peak cooling loads, curbing strain on the grid during peak summer and winter operation when grid capacity and associated grid emissions are highest. The three paths can either be pursued individually or combined.
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