Global warming and climate change have led to governments across the globe investing their resources in the
development of alternative energy sources and energy conservation technologies to protect the Earth.
Power consumption in Taiwan has rapidly increased as
it hits historical heights each year. Peak usage is mostly
during the heat of summer, particularly from 1 to 3
p.m. You may think that power consumption comes
from large-scale users; though in truth, they use power
mostly for production, which depends on the number
of purchase orders and is unrelated to ambient
temperature. The biggest variable for overload during
peak hours is still air-conditioning equipment.
To resolve the issue of increased power consumption,
III has participated in the National Energy Program
since 2010 and has developed an automated
demand-response system that meets OpenADR 2.0 binternational standards and has received OpenADR
Alliance compatibility certification. The technology
has been widely adopted by power companies in the
United States, Japan, China, Australia, Korea, and
Hong Kong. III ranks only second to the NTT in Japan
as a certified entity in Asia.
III collaborated with the Taiwan Power Company
(TPC) to develop Taiwan's first Air-Conditioning
Automated Demand-Response Verification System,
which can be applied to TPC and high-voltage users.
It has adopted a two-year trial automated demandresponse
project for air-conditioning to verify the
effectiveness of peak shaving through automated
Traditional approaches to remind large-scale users to reduce power consumption during peak periods have been
implemented through manual communication and coordination through fax. The number of large-scale users that can
be reached by this method is limited and effectiveness is low. Through systematic evaluation, the "Automated Demand-
Response Verification System for Air Conditioning" uses information technology to replace manual labor, making it
possible to concurrently communicate and coordinate power consumption among tens of thousands of large-scale
users. It can even perform planned outages or make prompt, same-day dispatches to reduce the power supply pressure
and increase peak shaving performance.
Users currently participating in the system include large-scale shopping malls, hotels, and public agencies.
Based on the
performance, it can reduce up to a quarter of power consumption for air conditioning by allowing room temperatures to
increase by approximately one degree, which is within the scope of tolerance. Participating users receive a rebate from
the TPC based on the quantity of saved electricity, which means saving money while helping the environment. We hope
this system can be expanded from large-scale users to the average household in the future to truly implement planned
power consumption reduction and make it habitual.