Planning: Integrating Distributed Energy Resources with Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings for Net Zero Energy and Community Resilience

当务之急是解决全球变暖、气候变化和日益增长的能源需求。这项规划拨款的目的是启动一项新的研究工作，有助于将可再生能源与建筑供暖、空调和照明系统相结合。这一整合将支持建筑物的脱碳，支持气候缓解努力，促进成本降低，并支持偏远、服务不足的社区公平使用有弹性的电力系统。这笔规划拨款是田纳西州立大学(TSU)创建和维持长期多学科研究项目的第一步，TSU是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，将教师在可再生能源、电网安全和弹性以及建筑能源系统方面的专业知识结合在一起。这笔赠款支持田纳西州立大学的教职员工团队充分制定他们的长期研究计划，并寻求与国家实验室和其他大学的合作伙伴关系，以开展多年的合作研究工作。这项计划拨款旨在建立合作关系，并在田纳西州立大学建立具有高度影响力的研究，可以接触到行业合作伙伴和国家实验室。规划拨款提供了一个机会，通过评估可用的资源和设施，从战略上规划合作的范围，并协调与分布式能源资源(DER)和网格交互高效建筑(GEB)整合相关的研究领域。DES作为一种可持续的能源来源越来越受欢迎，以应对可能影响子孙后代的问题。美国供应的大部分能源是不可再生能源，如煤炭和化石燃料，占88%左右，另外12%来自可再生能源。DES可以包括表后可再生发电，如屋顶太阳能光伏(PV)机组、风力涡轮机、燃料电池和电池储能。建筑占美国总用电量的75%，占全国总能源的40%，占全国二氧化碳排放量的35%。能源使用的很大一部分提供了良好的需求灵活性、弹性和节能潜力。GEB是采用智能技术的节能建筑，它积极采用DER来优化电网服务的能源消耗，迎合居住者的要求和偏好，为缓解气候变化做出贡献，并实现成本降低。通过在规划阶段建立牢固的关系和有效的合作实践，赠款为有关研究机构之间的长期合作奠定了基础。这为未来的联合项目、拨款申请和持续的智力合作奠定了基础。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

There is an urgent imperative to tackle global warming, climate change, and the growing energy demand. The purpose of this planning grant is to initiate a new research effort that will contribute to the integration of renewable energy resources with building heating, air conditioning, and lighting systems. This integration will support the decarbonization of buildings, bolster climate mitigation efforts, foster cost reductions and support equitable access to resilient power systems for remote underserved communities. This planning grant is a first step in creating and sustaining a long-term multi-disciplinary research program at Tennessee State University (TSU), a historically Black university, that combines faculty expertise in renewable power, power grid security and resilience, and building energy systems. The grant supports the TSU faculty team in fully developing their long-term research plans and seeking partnerships with national laboratories and other universities for a multi-year collaborative research effort.This planning grant aims to build collaborations and establish high impact research at Tennessee State University with access to industry partners and national labs. The planning grant provides an opportunity to strategically plan the collaboration's scope and align research areas related to the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) by assessing available resources and facilities. DERs have been increasing in popularity as a sustainable source of energy to combat issues that could affect future generations. Most sources of energy that are supplied in the U.S. are nonrenewable such as coal, and fossil fuels, which make up about 88%, and the other 12% comes from renewable sources. DERs can include behind-the-meter renewable generation such as rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) units, wind turbines, fuel cells, and battery energy storage. Buildings account for 75% of all U.S. electricity use and 40% of the nation's total energy and account for 35% of the country's carbon dioxide emissions. The large portion of energy use provides promising demand flexibility, resilience and energy saving potential. GEBs are energy efficient buildings with smart technologies, which actively employ DERs to optimize energy consumption for grid services, cater to occupant requirements and preferences, contribute to climate mitigation efforts, and achieve cost reductions. By establishing strong relationships and effective collaboration practices during the planning phase, the grant serves as a foundation for long-term collaboration between the involved research institutions. This sets the stage for future joint projects, grant applications, and sustained intellectual collaboration.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.