IEEE Kharagpur SPS Chapter

The IEEE Toronto Chapter (ComSoc/BTS), the IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Communications Society, Consumer Technology Society, and Broadcast Technology Society (ComSoc/CTSoc/BTS), IEEE ComSoc Montreal Chapter (ComSoc), IEEE Ottawa and Toronto Women In Engineering (WIE) Chapters along with the IEEE Ottawa, Southern Alberta and Canadian Atlantic Young Professionals (YP) Chapters are thrilled to host Dr. Tom Murad, the Vice Chair, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Board of Directors. Dr. Murad is currently the Country Lead for Engineering and Technology for Siemens Mobility. In this talk, we look forward to Dr. Murad as he shares his reflections on the fundamental engineering skills and education requirements for the digital era. This is a virtual event, please join us via zoom. Meeting link and details are included below: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89235099063?pwd=MHp1aEFIeXBDZ2pSNDh2cER6UXVRQT09 Meeting ID: 892 3509 9063 Passcode: 957020 Speaker(s): Dr. Tom Murad, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/278972

IEEEXtreme is a global, virtual challenge in which teams of IEEE Student Members – advised and proctored by an IEEE member, and often supported by an IEEE Student Branch – compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems. This year’s competition will be held on 23 October 00:00:00 UTC. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280192

Quantification of peak demand reduction potential of buildings is critical for demand response (DR) analysis in a microgrid environment. Due to the varying nature of electricity consumption throughout the day over different seasons, DR periods affect the energy savings and peak demand reduction potentials of a building in different ways. This paper investigates peak reduction potential of selected commercial buildings within a microgrid environment through the control of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) set point and lighting brightness adjustment. Building models are simulated in EnergyPlus and validated against monthly, daily and 30-minute building electrical consumption with the actual consumption from the smart meter data. The study is conducted over two different DR periods for a winter and a summer week to understand how time of the day and different weather conditions influence building peak demand. Results show that with the proper choice of the DR period along with the HVAC set point and the lighting brightness adjustments, significant hourly peak demand reduction can be achieved for different types of commercial buildings. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power Energy Society Speaker(s): Saifur Rahman, IEEE PES, Montreal Chapter, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/279386