April 28, 2014
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Transaction-Based Building Controls Framework, Volume 1: Reference Guide

Abstract

This document proposes a framework concept to achieve the objectives of raising buildings’ efficiency and energy savings potential benefitting building owners and operators. We call it a transaction-based framework, wherein mutually-beneficial and cost-effective market-based transactions can be enabled between multiple players across different domains. Transaction-based building controls are one part of the transactional energy framework. While these controls realize benefits by enabling automatic, market-based intra-building efficiency optimizations, the transactional energy framework provides similar benefits using the same market -based structure, yet on a larger scale and beyond just buildings, to the society at large.

Revised: January 8, 2015 | Published: April 28, 2014

Citation

Somasundaram S., R.G. Pratt, B.A. Akyol, N. Fernandez, N. Foster, S. Katipamula, and E.T. Mayhorn, et al. 2014. Transaction-Based Building Controls Framework, Volume 1: Reference Guide Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.