Smart*DER is an exciting new technology that gives commercial and industrial electricity users the
ability to deal with the ever changing electric marketplace. Dynamic electric tariffs, demand response
(DR) programs and newly forming electric markets for ancillary services provide both opportunities and
challenges to an already busy energy manager. Dealing with these changing markets can require daily or
even hourly decision-making that can overtax your already busy facility and engineering staff.
Smart*DER technology can assume this routine decision-making role, freeing up your personnel to
continue their important daily activities.
Smart*DER is intelligent agent-based software that was developed by Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, Incorporated (AESC) in cooperation with the California Energy Commission. Smart*DER employs intelligent software agents that automatically:
Smart*DER is intelligent agent-based software that was developed by Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, Incorporated (AESC) in cooperation with the California Energy Commission. Smart*DER employs intelligent software agents that automatically:
- Operate autonomously with little or no daily input,
- Continuously monitor and predict site load,
- Utilize the Internet to gather weather forecast and electric rate information, and
- Schedule operation of local distributed energy resources such as distributed generation or curtailable loads to maximize the benefit associated with these DER assets.