'We've Never Done That Before:'Making Energy $mart Homes Out of Existing HomesIn Westchester County, NY

摘要

The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA), inpartnership with Westchester County, NY, Consolidated Edison and ECONnergy, has launchedan innovative pilot program to test how homeowners change their use of electricity under timeof-use rates, as well as how they make decisions about operating their homes. The Westchester$mart Homes Pilot (WSHP) will collect 15-minute data on electricity use in existing homes.Selected homes will also receive sensors to measure indoor/outdoor temperatures, and boiler andair-conditioner runtimes. All homes in the Pilot receive a comprehensive whole-house energyassessment under NYSERDA's Home Performance with ENERGY STAR?, program. TheWestchester Pilot is the first test in the New York State residential market of: remotely read,interval metering; non-utility time-sensitive variable rates; and integration of advanced metering,Home Performance with ENERGY STAR?, and in-home sensor technology.This paper describes how the final system was designed and is beginning to beimplemented in the field. When fully deployed, NYSERDA and its project partners anticipatethat the Westchester $mart Homes Pilot will enable each homeowner to know: how muchelectricity they used in each time block; how much they paid for electricity in each block; andhow the performance of energy systems and changes in temperatures affected that usage andthose costs.