Demand Response

Events

DR Events consist of a date, start time, end time, plan, and a log. The date is the day of the event, and the start and end times reflect the window the event will take place on that day. An event must have one plan associated with it. A schedule is provided below the form once a plan is selected. This tells you when your stages run and if any conflict with the event’s end time. From the event table you can see all your events both completed and upcoming. Your completed events will have a log that you can view by clicking the ‘Log’ button on its row in the table.

Plans

DR Plans are the driving force of your event. It contains all the equipment and points you wish to control, their new values, and when you want the changes to take place. Each plan must have a ‘Main Stage’. This stage will run at the event’s start time. It must include at least one piece of equipment to control. There are two other stage types: pre and post. A pre-stage runs before the event’s start time. The stage ends when the event begins or when the next pre-stage begins, as you can have as many pre-stages as you like. Pre-stages require a time input of minutes and hours indicating its start time relative to the start time. For example, a pre-stage set at one hour will run at 2 for an event at 3. A post stage is defined by its start time after the event starts. So, a post-stage set at 45 minutes will run at 3:45 for an event at 3. Its end time is determined by the next post-stage or the event’s end time. If a post stage’s start time is after the event’s end time, it will not run.

Currently, all thermostats are treated as one equipment. You can select all thermostats in rented rooms, unrented rooms, or both rented and unrented. And each thermostat has an allocation selector as well. This feature lets you choose a percentage of thermostats to be controlled. It defaults to 100% but if, for example, you select 25% and you have 100 thermostats, only 25 of them will be written to for controls. The 25 are selected by their difference from the DR setpoint and their current value. This way, thermostats far from setpoint are prioritized over ones that are closer or already at setpoint. This calculation and sorting are done every 15 minutes, so the batches can vary depending on their current values.

Procedure

Create Plan
1. Navigate to the ‘Plans’ tab and select ‘Add Plan’
2. Input a name, description, and select sites
3. Proceed to the ‘Stages’ tab of the form
4. Click on ‘+ Add Equipment’ and select the equipment and point you wish to control from the dropdowns provided and input a value
  1. If your selection is a thermostat, note that there is an additional field to the right of the value field. With a default value of 100%, this value will limit how many thermostats will be controlled at a time. For example, if you have 100 thermostats and a selection of 25%, then only 25 thermostats will be controlled every 15 minutes. Those 25 will be the furthest from whatever setpoint you are sending, prioritizing them first and moving to others when the gap is closer.
5. Additionally, below the form’s tabs, you will see two buttons ‘+ Add Pre-Stage’ and ‘+ Add Stage’, which allow you to add stages before and after your required main stage. The main stage is scheduled to begin at the start of the event. Pre-stages are set to run at a given time before the start of the event. All other stages are to run at a given time after the start of the event.
Create Event
1. Navigate to the ‘Events’ tab and select ‘Add Event’
2. Input the date of the event and the start and end times
View your log
1. In your Events table, if the event is over, there will be a button in the far right column of the table to access a data visualization allowing you to see how the event went.

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Events

Plans

Procedure

Create Plan

Navigate to the ‘Plans’ tab and select ‘Add Plan’
Input a name, description, and select sites
Proceed to the ‘Stages’ tab of the form
Click on ‘+ Add Equipment’ and select the equipment and point you wish to control from the dropdowns provided and input a value
1. If your selection is a thermostat, note that there is an additional field to the right of the value field. With a default value of 100%, this value will limit how many thermostats will be controlled at a time. For example, if you have 100 thermostats and a selection of 25%, then only 25 thermostats will be controlled every 15 minutes. Those 25 will be the furthest from whatever setpoint you are sending, prioritizing them first and moving to others when the gap is closer.
Additionally, below the form’s tabs, you will see two buttons ‘+ Add Pre-Stage’ and ‘+ Add Stage’, which allow you to add stages before and after your required main stage. The main stage is scheduled to begin at the start of the event. Pre-stages are set to run at a given time before the start of the event. All other stages are to run at a given time after the start of the event.

Create Event

Navigate to the ‘Events’ tab and select ‘Add Event’
Input the date of the event and the start and end times

View your log

In your Events table, if the event is over, there will be a button in the far right column of the table to access a data visualization allowing you to see how the event went.