How-to: Make your house a battery--How demand-side management will be one key to a greener future, explained for popular audiences.

Authors

Olivia Kaulfus

Senior Project Advisor

Deborah Glosser

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Winter 2023

Keywords

demand-side management, DSM, energy, science, popular audiences, accessibility, demand response, energy efficiency, battery storage, layperson, electricity, house, local, climate change, global warming, green, renewable energy, grid flexibility, resiliency

Abstract

Demand-side management will be used to increase the electric grid's flexibility and make it easier to achieve a clean energy future. But what is it? How will it affect me, and what do I need to know? This brochure (and slide deck from the in-person presentation) will hopefully give you a bit of insight into the greater world of demand-side management. Don't know anything about electricity? No problem. Only the most necessary information is provided by this little handout. Most exciting of all is that demand-side management could be coming to a utility near you and could even help lower your utility bill, all for the sake of a greener future.

Department

Engineering and Design

Recommended Citation

Kaulfus, Olivia, "How-to: Make your house a battery--How demand-side management will be one key to a greener future, explained for popular audiences." (2023). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 651.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/651

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Demand-side management (Electric utilities); Energy consumption; Renewable energy sources

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf