Demand-side Management Programs – A joint environmental protection action. Case study: The lighting system in the Campus of the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Mircea Scripcariu,Ştefăniţă Pluteanu,Cristian Gheorghiu,Aida Maria Neniu,Ioan Sevastian Bitir-Istrate,G.P Negreanu,N.V Vlăduţ

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/201911204006

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Abstract

The current development of Smart Grids, combined with the pressure enforced by national legislation as a direct effect of the 2012/27/EU and the 2018/844/EU Directives and the ever-growing energy demand lead to a new set of challenges for both the end-users and the utility companies, under the form of optimizing the EPIs (Energy Performance Indicators), reducing the Environmental Impact and flattening the Power Demand Curve. In this paper, the economical viability and the potential environmental impact reduction obtained by implementing a DSM (Demand–Side Management) program in the Campus of the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest were analysed. The energy boundary consisted of all the 26 Student Dorms and the main Significant Energy Use) consisted of the lighting system. Four different scenarios were conceived, taking into account the initial investment and the energy savings sharing between the end-user and the Utility Company. Based on these scenarios, a technical-economic model is presented. Using the data gathered on-site and the DSM program mode, relevant results were obtained and a development solution for such projects was proposed. In the final part of the paper, the predicted Environmental Impact Reduction was quantified and analysed, under the form of the Carbon Footprint generated, respectively avoided by implementing the most economically efficient DSM program development solution.

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DSM consists in the proper planning, implementation and monitoring of energy use activities which are destined to encourage the end-users to modify and optimize the energyconsumption levels and behaviour
The main purpose of implementing DSMs was to ensure an efficient energy supply and economically efficient solutions in order to delay the necessity of installing additional Power Generation sources [1], as a result of the ever-growing energy demand
For the 2020-2030 time-frame, the European Union set up the energy efficiency target of 30% by 40% Carbon Footprint Reduction/27% Renewable Energy Share in Energy Consumption/30% Energy Efficiency Improvement set by the 2016 EU Commission package of measures, to which an environmental impact reduction of 40% is associated

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DSM consists in the proper planning, implementation and monitoring of energy use activities which are destined to encourage the end-users to modify and optimize the energyconsumption levels and behaviour. The main purpose of implementing DSMs was to ensure an efficient energy supply and economically efficient solutions in order to delay the necessity of installing additional Power Generation sources [1], as a result of the ever-growing energy demand. DSMs are programs and activities that modify the power-demand curve by offering modern load-management solutions, in the form energy performance indicators improvement solutions. As a cumulative result of the liberalization of the energy market, the energy efficiency targets and the targets set by the European Directives with regard to the reduction of the Carbon Footprint, DSMs are becoming more and more attractive. The main objective of this paper is to prove the necessity, the benefits and the economic efficiency of such Programs

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