Energy Efficient and Prosumer electrical installations

Main points presented in this chapter:

• introduction to worldwide standardization and Energy Efficiency assessment techniques,
• presentation of electrical measurement as the key diagnostics tool,
• overview of passive and active energy savings opportunities in Electrical Installations.

Chapter K - Contents

• Energy Efficiency and decarbonization in brief
• An international appetite for Energy Efficiency and Prosumer regulations
• Energy Efficiency and Prosumer electrical installation standards
• Design of Energy efficient electrical installations
  • IEC 60364-8-1 standard: the state-of-the-art for Energy Efficiency in electrical installations
  • Diagnosis through electrical measurement
  • Energy saving opportunities
  • Smart Panels
  • How to evaluate energy savings
• Design of Prosumer electrical installations
  • What does self-consumption mean?
  • Types of Prosumer electrical installation according to IEC 60364-8-82
  • Architectures for integration of local sources
  • Calculation rules when integrating solar and storage
  • Sizing of electrical installation with solar production
  • Specific protection of prosumer electrical installations
  • Power quality - impact of solar self-consumption
  • Power factor - impact of solar self-consumption
  • Excess local production - how to manage
  • Monitoring and control of installations with solar production

External links

• Leonardo Energy
• Modbus Organization