Solar Islanding and Microgrid-Ready Solar PV Existing Commercial What is Solar Islanding and Microgrid-Ready Solar PV? Photovoltaic (PV) systems are semiconductor devices that use renewable solar energy to create electricity (see Photovoltaic (PV) systems).[1] Most...
Smart Sensors and Controls Existing Commercial What are Smart Sensors and Controls? Smart sensors are devices that monitor conditions of the physical environment and building equipment such as temperature, air flow, moisture, humidity, lighting and daylighting levels,...
Smart Meters Existing Commercial What are Smart Meters? Smart meters or advanced meters, a component of the broader smart grid[1], use digital meters to record and transmit energy consumption and generation data, namely electricity, but also natural gas or water usage...
Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Existing Commercial What are Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings? A Grid-interactive Efficient Building (GEB) refers to an energy efficient building with smart technologies (e.g., smart meters, appliances, sensors and...
Building Evaluation Existing Commercial What is Building Evaluation? Building evaluation is the ongoing process of assessing the actual performance of a building as compared to design or facility goals or a peer group of buildings or building types. Building...
Recycling Centers Existing Commercial What are Recycling Centers? Recycling Centers are designated areas in a building designed to facilitate recycling. Recycling converts materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources and generates financial,...