Living laboratories can and should play a greater role to unlock flexibility in United States commercial buildings

Building decarbonization based on building loads flexibility and clusters’ collaboration

“…Energy flexibility from buildings can play a critical role in the ongoing energy transition and hold tremendous shortterm regulatory value in future energy systems [5]. It is almost the most cost-effective method to match the actual energy generation and consumption [6]. The rational use of flexible building loads in a beneficial interaction with the power system is possible to decrease CO 2 emissions by 80 million tons annually before 2030 [7].…”