Event Description
As energy codes and interest in electrification come together, the winning combination of renewable energy and energy storage work together to reduce pollution, improve affordability and, importantly, boost resiliency in emergencies that may lead to power outages. We’ll review the background and drivers of distributed energy generation and storage and review some new technologies and approaches to meeting a project team’s goals.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the drivers for increasing distributed PVs and battery storage for individual projects and neighborhoods
- Differentiate between terms including distributed energy storage, ‘microgrids’, islanding, grid-tied, demand response and behind-the-meter / in-front-of-the-meter
- Review key design features of batteries to inform system selection and sizing
- Understand factors impacting upfront and long-term system costs, including time of use and options for managing renewable energy and battery use.
Learning Units
1 AIA LU approved for this course
Instructors
Jennifer Rennick, In Balance Green Consulting
Cash Upton, Central Coast Green Building Council