Creating an Integrated Energy Systems Laboratory for RD&D to Enable Connected Energy Systems

In 2019, GTI Energy established a dedicated residential-scale Integrated Energy Systems (IES) lab to develop behind-the-meter technology solutions to minimize lifecycle costs of greenhouse gas emission reductions, as well as ensure system resilience. The lab enables GTI Energy to perform system-level whole-building and microgrid component research integrating electric, renewable, and gaseous fuels along with energy storage and other energy efficiency technologies.

Combining this new IES lab with GTI Energy’s VTH method offers a configurable plug-and-play evaluation platform that can be used for novel design and development approaches to advanced controls to enable connected energy systems in addition to research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) on specific components within a broad fuel spectrum.