Economic and emission-saving benefits of utilizing demand response and distributed renewables in microgrids

The authors present several scenarios of demand response actions based on adjustments to a building's temperature management system in combination with renewable DER integration in microgrids. Economic benefits from $9,000 to $167,000 appear possible when implementing demand response in a microgrid of 30 to 50 additional buildings. The scenarios also demonstrate the potential emission-saving effects of demand response at the grid level.