Agent-based Modeling of Electricity Consumption in an Office Building under a Tiered Pricing Mechanism. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lin, Haiyang; Wang, Qinxing; Wang, Yu; Wennerstern, Ronald; Sun, Qie
• Is Part Of: Energy procedia. Volume 104(2016)
• Page Start: 329
• Page End: 335
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: agent-based model -- electricity consumption -- tiered pricing -- public building; Power resources -- Congresses; Power resources -- Periodicals; Power resources; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 333.7905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.12.056
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-6102

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, we developed an agent-based model to simulate the electricity consumption in an office building under a tiered pricing mechanism. In the model, electricity users' behavior is significantly influenced by the electricity price. The price and the range of each tier have great impacts on daily and total consumption, these parameters are discussed by sensitivity analysis. The result was compared with the consumption under single pricing. We found the daily consumption reduced more than 20% under the third tier price, the price change's influence has huge difference among different electric appliances.