Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Automated Demand Response in Industrial Refrigerated Warehouses in California

2008-2010 Research Summary: Analysis of Demand Response Opportunities in California Industry

“…In May 2009, a research report was generated studying the potential opportunities and barriers related to implementing OpenADR in the refrigerated warehouses sector, both practical and perceived (Lekov et al, 2009). Some of these include the wide variation in loads and processes, 16 resource-dependent loading patterns that are driven by outside factors such as customer orders or time-critical processing, the perceived uncertainties associated with the control capabilities for implementing OpenADR strategies, and concerns about interrupting the scheduled processes and assuring product quality.…”

“…The objective of this effort is to create a roadmap, or step-by-step assessment procedure, to assist facility managers in determining how to, and whether to, go about implementing energy efficiency, manual demand response, and automated demand response opportunities. Insights gained will be used to update the previous LBNL Refrigerated Warehouse Report (Lekov et al 2009). …”

“…Research reports were generated on energy efficiency and demand response in the wastewater treatment, refrigerated warehouses, data centers, and cement sectors (Thompson et al 2008, Lekov et al 2009, Ghatikar et al 2010, Olsen et al 2010. 2.…”

“…This generated: 1. Research report phase I, entitled "Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Automated Demand Response in Industrial Refrigerated Warehouses in California" (Lekov et al 2009). …”

“…Towards this end, collaborations will also be explored with stakeholders who might have access to large amounts of operating data and/or who have already been involved in modeling or tooldevelopment. Relevant information will then be go into refining the Phase I research report (Lekov 2009) previously developed.…”