Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy: A GSA Building Manager’s Guide to Low- and No-Cost GEB Measures

The document defines grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) as energy-efficient structures that adjust their energy load based on electricity cost or carbon intensity to reduce utility costs and greenhouse gas emissions. It identifies five specific low- or no-cost measures for GSA building managers to improve grid interactivity: optimizing building operation to occupancy patterns, optimizing thermal mass, maximizing existing storage capacity, optimizing control system algorithms, and automating controlled lighting.

• Buildings are responsible for up to 80 percent of peak energy demand on grids within the United States.
• Grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) improve the integration between buildings and the grid by flexing energy loads in response to changes in electricity price and carbon intensity, which can lower utility costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Building managers can implement several low- and no-cost measures to increase load flexibility, including optimizing building operation for occupancy and thermal mass, maximizing existing storage, optimizing control system algorithms, and automating lighting.

APA

RMI (2021). Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy: A GSA Building Manager’s Guide to Low- and No-Cost GEB Measures. https://rmi.org/resources/grid-interactive-efficient-buildings-made-easy/

Chicago

RMI. Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy: A GSA Building Manager’s Guide to Low- and No-Cost GEB Measures. 2021. https://rmi.org/resources/grid-interactive-efficient-buildings-made-easy/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2021gridinteractive, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy: A GSA Building Manager’s Guide to Low- and No-Cost GEB Measures}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/grid-interactive-efficient-buildings-made-easy/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }