Auto DR

Buildings account for more than 70 percent of electricity use globally. Auto DR enables utilities to call on commercial facilities to automatically decrease consumption during times of peak demand, reducing the load on the electrical network. Building operators work with an energy expert like Honeywell to develop custom strategies to decrease their energy use, utility bills and carbon dioxide emissions. DNOs, in turn, are able to alleviate grid congestion caused by older transmission and distribution equipment, which is already stressed and struggling to handle the necessary throughput. The prevailing alternative is to replace or reinforce the electrical network and associated equipment, which requires significant capital investment and construction in highly developed urban areas.

Auto DR is also a key tool in the broad integration of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, because it can help absorb the inherent variability of those resources.

November 25, 2011

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