March 26, 2025
Conference Paper

Comfort and Safety Metrics to Evaluate Customer Centric Resilience Enhancement Strategies

Abstract

As the coincident events of extreme weather and major power outages continue to rise there is an increased need to implement resilience solutions. Many of these solutions are customer-centric, requiring the flexibility of demand, and many of the standard economic evaluations of these solutions do not include the benefits of resilience that are not easily quantified and monetized. Indoor air temperature has a large impact on the comfort and safety of building occupants during an extreme weather event. This work proposes metrics that can be used to compare the performance of resilience solutions in the context of comfort and safety.

Published: March 26, 2025

Citation

Bender S.R., M. Yu, M. Mukherjee, and T.D. Hardy. 2024. Comfort and Safety Metrics to Evaluate Customer Centric Resilience Enhancement Strategies. In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2024), July 21-25, 2024, Seattle, WA, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-192245. doi:10.1109/PESGM51994.2024.10688513