Energy Usage & Demand Response: What you need to know

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Apart from embracing energy efficiency when designing and operating buildings, and buying energy-efficient appliances – is there anything else we can do to reduce our energy consumption and demand? Instead of building new power plants, what if we reduced our demand? Are demand response programs an answer to the challenge of reducing energy consumption? Learn more about energy usage & demand response and get all your questions answered through this GBRI article on “Energy Usage & Demand Response: What you need to know“.

What you will learn

1. Understand what peak demand is
2. Understand what demand response is
3. Analyze how demand response works
4. Identify the benefits and challenges of demand response programs