NASEO GEB Resources

National GEB Roadmap: U.S. DOE, A National Roadmap for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (May 2021)

What's new? 

• Technical assistance opportunity:

  • DOE and the National Labs announced availability of additional technical assistance (TA) to PUCs.  The strictures of the TA are that the requests must come from the PUC, however State Energy Offices are encouraged to collaborate and partner with PUCs on opportunities. Applications (from PUCs) are due September 28, 2021; an informational webinar will be held on August 26 (register at  https://lbnl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vPWfRCR5TFmfYCzubHLA8A ), co-hosted by NARUC, DOE, and National Labs; there will also be "virtual office hours" and an e-mail address for questions.

• Upcoming events:

  • Valuing and Incentivizing Demand Flexibility as a Grid Asset, September 22, 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm ET - Better Buildings Alliance webinar covering research to quantify the value of demand flexibility (DF) from GEBs to the utility and highlights mechanisms that utilities and policymakers can use to encourage DF as a grid asset and capture this value. Building owners learn about financial motives and technical considerations to support DF operational plan and agreement implementation. Speakers: Tom Eckman (consultant to LBNL - Determining Utility System Value of Demand Flexibility from Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings) and Margot Everett (Guidehouse - Incentive Mechanisms for Leveraging Demand Flexibility as a Grid Asset). Webinar registration link.

• Recent additions:

• GSA and Rocky Mountain Institute, Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy: A GSA Building Manager's Guide to Low- and No-cost GEB Measures (June 2021) - September 2, 2021 news release.

• Decarbonization at a District Scale: Colorado Residential Retrofit Energy District (CoRRED), August 31, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm ET - DOE State Energy Program webinar on the results of a DOE-funded simulation of a Denver neighborhood of grid-interactive efficient homes conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with the Colorado Energy Office, Rocky Mountain Institute, and Xcel Energy. (August 31 slides and recording pending; also available are the July 20 versions of the webinar slides and recording link [password for recording: CoRRED2021! ] )  

• NARUC webinar Virtual Power Plants in the 20s: Moving From Theory to Practice, August 12, 2021, 3:00-4:00 pm ET (recording).
• Grid Integration and Electrification in Energy Codes, August 12, 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm ET, DOE Building Energy Codes Program webinar on the role of building energy codes in advancing connected buildings, how electrification will necessitate this, and GEB technologies being adopted at state and local levels. (slides; recording).
• Considerations and Approaches for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Pilots, August 10, 2021, 4:00-5:00pm ET -- With DOE support, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is providing technical assistance (TA) to Washington State and Hawaii on considerations for GEB pilots. This webinar summarizes key points and approaches from technical briefs being developed for both states, including the states' motivation and interest in GEB pilots and how they plan to use the TA. (Introductory slides, main presentation, recording.)

• Olinsky-Paul, T., "Energy Storage Best Practices from New England: Ten Lessons From Six States," Clean Energy Group (August 2021)

GEB Working Group Technical Assistance calls and resources (participation limited to Working Group states, contact Rodney Sobin rsobin@naseo.org or Ed Carley ecarley@naseo.org for information):

• Considerations and Approaches for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Pilots, August 10, 2021, 4:00-5:00pm ET  (Introductory slides, main presentation, recording.)
• Update on State Technical Assistance Resources and Projects, June 25, 2021, 3:00-4:00pm ET (slides and recording)
• National Lab GEB Technical Assistance, January 11, 2021 (recording, includes GEB Roadmap discussion).
• Demand flexibility valuation TA, webinars June 17, 2020 (recording) and June 30, 2020 (recording) 
• GEB/demand flexibility potential TA, July 17, 2020 presentation and December 7, 2020 Public Buildings and GEB Potential Cohorts joint meeting presentations and recording.
• Public buildings GEB/demand flexibility TA, August 3, 2020 Pubic Buildings Cohort presentations and December 7, 2020 Public Buildings and GEB Potential Cohorts joint meeting presentations and recording.

NASEO documents/resources

• NASEO, "State and Local Building Policies and Programs for Energy Efficiency and Demand Flexibility" (February 2021)
• NASEO, "Wringing More Value from Building Energy Operations and Upgrades: Monetizing Demand Flexibility in Public and Institutional Buildings" (February 2021) 
• NASEO, "Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: State Briefing Paper" (October 2019)
• NASEO, "Roadmapping: A Tool for States to Advance Load Flexibility and Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings" (November 2019)
• NASEO, "Considerations for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Pilot Projects" (December 2019)

U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. General Services Administration, SEE Action Network, National Laboratories

• U.S. DOE, A National Roadmap for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (May 2021)
• U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
  • Profiles of demand response and time-variable pricing programs by state - GEB owners and energy service providers can financially benefit from DR and time-variable pricing that rewards certain demand reduction, shedding, and shifting operations.
  • FEMP on-demand training "Taking Advantage of Demand Response and Time-Variable Pricing Offerings" - offered via the Whole Building Design Guide at no charge but registration required. (A practical complement to NASEO's "Wringing More Value..." report on incorporating DF/GEB into building operations and upgrades.)
• U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, GEB
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: Factsheet
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: Overview
  • Technical reports (and related webinars)

    • Overview of Research Challenges and Gaps GEB Technical Report

    • Whole-Building Controls, Sensors, Modeling, and Analytics GEB Technical Report  (May 19, 2020 webinar slides)

    • Windows and Opaque Envelope GEB Technical Report (June 16, 2020 webinar slides)

    • HVAC, Water Heating, Appliances and Refrigeration GEB Technical Report (June 2, 2020  HVAC webinar slides; June 9, 2020 Water Heating, Appliances, Refrigeration slides)

    • Lighting and Electronics GEB Technical Report (May 26, 2020 webinar slides)

    • Integration - Building Equipment webinar (June 23, 2020 slides)

    • Integration - Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) webinar (June 30, 2020 slides)

• U.S. General Services Administration and associated
  • GSA Sustainable Buildings Tool, GEB Page 
  • GSA and Rocky Mountain Institute, Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy: A GSA Building Manager's Guide to Low- and No-cost GEB Measures (June 2021) - September 2, 2021 news release.
  • Dean, J., et al, Blueprint for Integrating Grid-interactive Building Technologies into U.S. General Services Administration Performance Contracts (May 2021)
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings in the Federal Portfolio (March 2021)
  • GSA's Proving Ground Program Selects Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Solutions for Evaluation (July 28, 2020)
  • GSA Green Building Advisory Committee: Federal Building & Grid Integration: Proposed Roadmap and Advice Letter (December 2019)
    • Integrating Public Buildings with the Grid - Ken Sandler (GSA) , February 4, 2020, NASEO Buildings Committee meeting at the 2020 NASEO Energy Policy Outlook Conference and Innovation Summit
  • Rocky Mountain Institute and U.S. General Services Administration, "Value Potential for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings in the GSA Portfolio" (2019)
• SEE Action Network 
  • Determining Utility System Value of Demand Flexibility From Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (April 2020) 
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: An Introduction for State and Local Governments (April 2020) - slides
  • Performance Assessments of Demand Flexibility from Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Issues and Considerations (July 2020) - slides
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Electricity Markets and Policy Group
  • Time- and Locational-Sensitive Value resources, including end-use load profile and peak demand impacts of energy efficiency resources

  • Western States Training Webinars on Integrated Distribution System Planning series of trainings pertinent to distribution system planning, demand flexibility, DERs, electrification, and grid modernization (2021)

  • Mims Frick, N., et al. (LBNL report), "Locational Value of Distributed Energy Resources" (February 2021)
  • Nubbe, V, et al. (LBNL report), "Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Technology Cost, Performance, and Lifetime Characteristics" (December 2020)

• Zhou, E. and T. Mai (NREL report), Electrification Futures Study: Operational Analysis of U.S. Power Systems with Increased Electrification and Demand-Side Flexibility (May 2021) -- news release.

• Olgyay, V., S. Coan, B. Webster, and W. Livingood (NREL report), "Connected Communities: A Multi-Building Energy Management Approach"  (May 2020)

State and Regionally Focused 

• California Energy Commission Publications - various pertinent to demand flexibility, e.g.:
  • Distributed Energy Resources Integration Research Roadmap, Reinventing Residential Demand Response, California E-Bus to Grid Integration Project 
• Olinsky-Paul, T., "Energy Storage Best Practices from New England: Ten Lessons From Six States," Clean Energy Group (August 2021)
• Olinsky-Paul, T., "ConnectedSolutions: A New State Funding Mechanism to Make Battery Storage Accessible to All," Clean Energy Group (February 2021)
• Simpkins, A., et al., "ConnectedSolutions: The New Economics of Solar+Storage for Affordable Housing in Massachusetts," Clean Energy Group (February 2021)
• Gerke, B.F., et al., "The California Demand Response Potential Study, Phase 3: Final Report on the Shift Resource through 2030," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (July 2020) 
• Washington UTC Demand Response Potential And Target Setting Workshop (June 8, 2020) - The Potential for Load Flexibility (The Brattle Group) and Demand Response Insights for the Northwest (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
• Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), "Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBS) Tri-Region Status Report" (January 2020)
• Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)
  • Brant, J., "Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Providing Energy Demand Flexibility for Utilities in the Southwest" (2019)
  • Kellogg, N., "Smart-Tech Housing Developments in the Southwest: Grid-Integrated and Energy Efficient" (2019)

Other resources

• Guernsey, M., et al. (Guidehouse), Incentive Mechanisms for Leveraging Demand Flexibility as a Grid Asset: An Implementation Guide for Utilities and Policymakers (executive summary and report) (May 2021)
• National Energy Screening Project, National Standard Practice Manual for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Distributed Energy Resources (NSPM for DERs) - links to document, summary, presentation slides, and webinars.
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, The Future of Electric Power in the U.S. (February 2021) -- includes coverage of demand flexibility, DERs, and associated technological, regulatory, and business model issues.
• Rocky Mountain Institute, The Carbon Emissions Impact of Demand Flexibility (2021)
• Perry, C., H. Bastian, and D. York (ACEEE), "State of the Market: Grid-interactive Efficient Building Utility Programs" (October 2019)
• Saul Rinaldi, K., E. Bunnen, and S. Rogers, "Residential Grid-interactive Efficient Building Technology and Policy: Harnessing the Power of Homes for a Clean, Affordable, Resilient Grid of the Future" (October 2019)
• The Brattle Group, "The National Potential for Load Flexibility: Value and Market Potential Through 2030" (June 2019)
• Goldenberg, C., M. Dyson, and H. Masters, "Demand Flexibility: The Key to Enabling a Low-Cost-, Low-Carbon Grid," Rocky Mountain Institute (February 2018)

Webinars 

• Considerations and Approaches for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Pilots, August 10, 2021, 4:00-5:00pm ET  (Introductory slides, main presentation, recording.)
• Webinar and Discussion: NASEO-NARUC Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Working Group - Update on State Technical Assistance Resources and Projects, June 25, 2021, 3:00-4:00pm ET (slides and recording)
• NASEO Webinar: Benefit-Cost Analysis for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs) and Other Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
  May 4, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm ET presentation and recording
• NASEO-NARUC Virtual Site Visit: Oracle Industries Innovation Lab - for State and Territory Energy Office members only
  March 12, 2021, 2:00pm-3:30pm ET.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group virtual meeting - January 11, 2021, 3:00-5:00 PM ET - Presentations: Introduction, National GEB Roadmap and National Lab GEB Technical Assistance; meeting recording.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Webinar: Portland General Electric Smart Grid Test Bed - September 9, 2020 - Kaci Radcliffe (Oregon Dept. of Energy), Timothy Treadwell (Portland General Electric); recording available by "registering" here; presentation available on request.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Webinar: Grid-interactive Appliances - July 27, 2020 - Abigail Daken (EPA), Ashley Armstrong (A.O. Smith Corp.), Sarah Vorpahl (Washington State Dept. of Commerce)
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Webinar: Emission Aspects of Demand Flexibility  - June 4, 2020 - Colby Tucker (EPA), Henry Richardson (WattTime), Nancy Seidman (Regulatory Assistance Project)
• NASEO-NARUC Webinar: Valuing Demand Flexibility for Electric Utility Systems - April 6, 2020 - Tom Eckman and Lisa Schwartz (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Technical Assistance Next Steps January 23, 2020
• GEB Working Group Meeting and Webinar - December 18, 2019 - Rodney Sobin (NASEO), Natalie Mims Frick (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) [2019 accomplishments, 2020 plans, National Lab technical assistance offerings discussion]
• NASEO Webinar: Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) – Case Examples
  August 27, 2019 - Neil Cowan and Eric Maurer (Xcel Energy) and Justin Hill and Jim Leverette (Southern Company)
• NASEO-DOE Webinar - Action Steps for States: Moving Towards a Future with Demand Flexibility
  August 13, 2019 - Lisa Schwartz (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
• Better Buildings Residential Network (U.S. DOE): Connected Homes and the Grid - Flipping the Switch on the Script - July 25, 2019 - Alice Rosenberg (Consortium for Energy Efficiency), Rodney Sobin (NASEO), Kara Saul Rinaldi (AnnDyl Policy Group) 
• NASEO-NARUC Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Working Group: GEB and Automated Demand Response
  April 10, 2019 - Rodney Sobin (NASEO), Monica Neukomm (U.S. DOE), Mary Ann Piette (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Meeting presentations

• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group virtual meeting - January 11, 2021, 3:00-5:00 PM ET - Presentations: Introduction, National GEB Roadmap and National Lab GEB Technical Assistance; meeting recording.
• 2019 NASEO Annual Meeting: Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Roundtable
  • NASEO-NARUC State Working Group Roundtable and Workshop Overview - Rodney Sobin (NASEO)
  • State Interviews - Hanna Terwilliger (Minnesota Public Utilities Commission), Kaci Radcliffe (Oregon Dept. of Energy)
  • Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Value Propositions and Sectoral Perspectives - Joanne Morin (Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources)
  • The Economics of Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs) - Cara Carmichael (Rocky Mountain Institute)
  • Residential Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Technology and Policy - Kara Saul Rinaldi (AnnDyl Policy Group)
  • NYSERDA - RTEM & GEM - Rodney Sobin (NASEO) [on behalf of NYSERDA]
  • Workshop Handout: Actions States Can Take - Rodney Sobin (NASEO)
  • Next Steps - Hanna Terwilliger (Minnesota Public Utilities Commission), Kaci Radcliffe (Oregon Dept. of Energy)

• 2019 NASEO Energy Policy Outlook Conference
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings - David Nemtzow (U.S. DOE)
  • Buildings-to-Grid: Critical Issues for Decision Makers - Natalie Mims Frick (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
• 2018 NASEO Annual Meeting (Detroit)

• Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Energy Efficiency & Grid Optimization - David Nemtzow (U.S. DOE)
• What’s Next for Energy Efficiency: Grid Interaction - Chris Baker (The Weidt Group)
• Grid Interactive Efficient Buildings - Jan Berman (PG&E)
• Smart Neighborhood - James Leverette (Southern Co.)

NASEO and State RFI comments

• NASEO Comments on RFI DE-FOA-0002291: Building Technology Office’s Draft Connected Communities Funding Opportunity Announcement (May 2020)
• Colorado Energy Office Comments on RFI DE-FOA-0002291 (May 2020)
• Maryland Energy Administration Comments on RFI DE-FOA-0002291 (May 2020)
• NASEO Comments on Request for Information DE-FOA-0002070: Efficient and Flexible Building Loads (February 2019)