This report from the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy was released in May 2021. The Building Technologies Office, with industry support, put together a roadmap that outlined how to achieve, by 2030, triple the deployment of Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs) over 2020 levels. A GEBs are defined as industrial, commercial or residential facilities which can provide both energy efficiency and optimization of grid services through control and automation. Grid services include resource adequacy, capacity firming, frequency and voltage regulation, ramping reserves, resiliency, black start, etc. The paper highlights both the barriers preventing — and pillars that support — GEB adoption.
Key words: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automated Meter Reading (AMI), Connected/ EV Vehicles, Connected Home, Internet of Things (IoT), Large Building Controls/Automation, Smart Cities, Smart Grid, Utilities