Institutional

GOAL:

Through Viridity Energy’s unique solutions, colleges and universities can pioneer the way to the next level of energy strategy  through a campus-wide solution that will serve as a living laboratory for the smart energy future.

OVERVIEW:

Viridity offers colleges and universities the next level of energy strategy through a campus-wide solution that will serve as a living laboratory for the smart energy future.

College and University Solutions

Colleges and universities are poised to lead the way from an energy strategy that is passive and reactive to one that is proactive and market-driven. Many large energy users participate in demand response programs, in which customers agree in advance to curtail defined levels of load when required in emergency circumstances. Customers cannot control when these options are exercised, and are paid for this service. New regulations have opened the door beyond demand response into dynamic load management, which provides customers with the opportunity to become virtual power plants. Customers can generate ongoing revenue through active participation in the wholesale power market while directly benefiting from energy cost savings through efficient use.

Colleges and Universities are achieving aggressive sustainability goals through investment in distributed energy resources, including renewable energy and advanced energy technologies. Our software solution thrives on the complexity of a campus environment, bringing multiple energy assets together to create a unified virtual power system that achieves maximum revenue generation and cost savings opportunities.

Colleges and universities are at the forefront of educating the green workforce. In a smart grid world, two-way digital information exchange opens up new horizons. When resources are used more efficiently and load is not only controlled but used as an active resource, we can fulfill the promise of interconnected systems on the grid and behind the meter responding dynamically to reliability and economic signals to strengthen the grid. By becoming active participants in reducing consumption, optimizing energy resources and balancing the electric grid, colleges and universities can host a living laboratory of the smart grid at work.