Smart-ready service MC-28 · Monitoring and control
Reporting information regarding demand side management performance and operation
In short
- 1This page covers MC-28, a smart-ready service within the Monitoring and control domain of the Smart Readiness Indicator.
- 2The service assesses whether a building reports on the operation of demand response, the automatic adjustment of energy use to demand or supply.
- 3MC-28 applies only to the extended method B and has three functionality levels, ranging from no reporting to reporting with historical and predicted data.
The levels
Level 0
None
Level 1
Reporting information on current DSM status, including managed energy flows
Level 2
Reporting information on current, historical and predicted DSM status, including managed energy flows
What does MC-28 involve?
MC-28 falls under the Monitoring and control domain within the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI), the European tool that measures how well a building is prepared for smart technology. This smart-ready service examines the reporting of information about demand response.
Demand response means that a building adjusts its energy use based on external signals, for example supply of electricity on the grid. MC-28 does not assess demand response itself, but the extent to which the building management system (BMS) reports on it.
What functionality levels are there?
The service has three levels, ranging from 0 to 2.
- Level 0: No reporting on demand response.
- Level 1: Reporting of the current status of demand response, including the controlled energy flows.
- Level 2: Reporting of the current, historical and predicted status of demand response, including the controlled energy flows.
The difference between level 1 and level 2 lies in the time horizon. Level 2 adds historical data and predictions to the current status.
Why does MC-28 not always apply?
MC-28 is not part of method A, the simplified assessment method of the SRI with 27 services. The service applies only to method B, which with 54 smart-ready services provides a more detailed picture of a building.
A building assessed using method A therefore receives no score for this specific service. Those wishing to include demand response in the final SRI score should choose the extended method B.
How does this service contribute to the score?
Each smart-ready service is assessed against seven impact criteria, such as energy efficiency and usability. The achieved functionality level of MC-28 determines, together with a weighting factor per domain, its contribution to the total SRI score in percentage terms.
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