End User
City of Athens
Description
The Building Demand Response Optimization service uses AI to identify opportunities for municipal buildings to reduce or shift electricity consumption during peak demand periods. By analyzing historical energy usage patterns, occupancy schedules, and building flexibility, it recommends optimal strategies to temporarily lower loads without disrupting essential services. This enables municipalities to participate in demand response programs, earn financial incentives, and support grid stability. The service prioritizes minimal occupant impact while maximizing energy savings and operational resilience.
Core Capabilities
Optimization & Decision Support
Automation & Control Systems
Business Need
It reduces peak electricity demand charges, lowering overall energy costs for municipal buildings, enables participation in utility demand response programs to generate new revenue streams or financial incentives, supports grid stability and resilience by helping balance supply and demand during critical periods, and aligns with sustainability goals by reducing reliance on fossil-fuel-based peak generation.
Key Performance Indicators
Reward Maximization (if RL used), Load Reduction Accuracy(Measures how accurately the service predicts and achieves the targeted load reduction during a demand response event)
Data Provided
Building Metadata (size, building category, year of construction) - 500 buildings with the potential for expansion -no documentation-static data
PV System Data (installed capacity, annual production, PV area used) - 500 buildings – no documentation – static data
Historical Energy Consumption Bills – 500 buildings – no documentation – monthly
Historical Energy Consumption – 50 buildings with the potential to add more as smart meter installations progress – no documentation – hourly
External datasets (weather data, calendar data, energy market prices)
Synthetic dataset of PV production – simulate PV production in hourly basis considering yearly PV data and weather data
TEF
TEF BUILD