Smart Grid
Smart electricity meter revenue to reach $7 billion globally in 2021
As smart metering technology continues to gain a wider understanding, alongside the ever-increasing value of data, the market for communicating meters will continue to grow, albeit at a more moderate pace than the breakneck speed of recent years.
Arup Thoughts: How should we design for a networked world?
With data collected about our online activities comes enormous insight and influence over human behavior and a great potential to more intelligently cater to individual needs.
Arup Thoughts: Smarter electricity in developing nations
It is revealing that rich nations have progressed slowly in the implementation of smart electricity distribution systems over the last decade.
Arup Thoughts: Robots can boost efficiency
New robots will revolutionize the construction industry.
Northwestern medical facility incorporates sustainable design
Six ways Northwestern Medicine's 259 East Erie building incorporates sustainable design.
Commissioning commercial buildings: Electrical, power, and lighting
Ideally, all nonresidential buildings would be commissioned, and the team would start at the onset of the project. Because that’s not always the case, commissioning authorities and experts offer advice on building projects in various stages of commissioning, recommissioning, or retro-commissioning. Professionals discuss electrical and power systems, and lighting.
Case study: Saudi Sinnovate smart facility
The King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) smart city includes four specialized buildings on an integrated campus.
Microgrid control system
SEL microgrid control solutions allow seamless integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) to maintain uninterrupted power to critical loads with the use of a microgrid controller that responds to external data.
Evolving the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC)
The NESC (National Electrical Safety Code) informs utility work and contributes to the safety of utility workers and the general public in a variety of ways.
Using IEEE 2030 as a Smart Grid primer for public utility commissions
In shaping technical and rate policies in the globally emerging Smart Grid, public utility commissions, and other regulators around the world can source IEEE 2030 as a reference document and primer.