by Rebecca Walker — September 6, 2010—BuildingIQ, an energy management software provider, announced it has successfully completed a demand response (DR) application trial with Western Power, an Australian utility, and the City of Perth.
BuildingIQ’s DRiQ application was installed in Perth’s historic Council House building, marking the world’s first deployment of a system that uses Predictive Energy Optimization for demand response (DR) events, says the company.
The trial with Western Power and the City of Perth was run at the end of its successful pilot of the BuildingIQ system in Perth Council House, and reduced total peak energy loads by up to 30 percent during event days.
Demand response programs are used by utilities to reduce peak load energy consumption in commercial buildings, which consumes 20 percent of energy in the U.S. Successfully marrying “inside the meter” energy management with “outside the meter” smart grid applications, BuildingIQ’s DRiQ is able to satisfy load reduction requirements of these DR programs.
BuildingIQ is currently targeting pilots with utilities and commercial building owners for its new DRiQ application. For more information, see the Web site.
