Demand Side Management Lab

Steadily rising of electricity cost for a number of years and issues regarding climate change have become major issues throughout the world. Eventually, individuals are beginning to reduce their electricity consumption to minimize electricity bills and carbon footprint. Various effort, such as introducing energy awareness campaigns and honing renewable energy researches, are conducted as an approach to reduce electricity usage. One of the area of energy research and studies, the Demand Side Management (DSM), is seen to provide a viable solution to the said problems.

DMS is a method to adjust the load profile of a consumer. It may consist of peak load clipping, load adjustment, load reduction etc. However, while most DSM methods have been applied or proposed, not all are effective in reducing energy consumption of a particular user. A specific DSM method may reduce energy consumption of one consumer but may not be effective for another. For example, a consumer who uses a lot of lighting in his building may fiund replacing all his conventional lighting into CFL would reduce his electricity bills significantly as compared to the user who uses small lighting. Thus the effectiveness of a particular DSM program depends on how consumers use their electrical appliances. As a response to this urgency, a DSM lab is established in UTM under the CEES department. In this lab, all DSM equipments and simulation tools will be focused on doing DSM-related research, simulation, testing, and studies.