The City of Boulder is partnering with Fermata Energy to test the ability to reduce the city’s building energy costs with an innovative V2B pilot at the North Boulder Recreation Center.
Project Description
Typically, electric vehicle (EV) chargers provide energy in one direction: from the energy grid or building to the car. In this new project, the city and Fermata Energy have installed a charging station that enables two-way electricity: from the building to the car and from the car back to the building. This technology, called Vehicle-to-Building (V2B), can provide the city new ways to manage its energy load and reduce energy costs.
Fermata Energy’s bidirectional charging system for EVs allows vehicle batteries to transfer energy from the battery back to a commercial building in order to support the building’s electric loads.
In the pilot, Boulder has connected one of its electric fleet vehicles to the V2B charging system, which also connects to the recreation center’s electricity system. Fermata Energy will continuously monitor the recreation center’s electrical loads. The city will have access to this information and data will be shared via the project website.
The fleet car will charge at night, when building energy demand is low, and discharge the battery to the recreation center during the day, when the building’s demand peaks. The goal is to reduce peak demand which in turn can reduce the monthly bill.
Location
Boulder, CO, United States
Zipcode
80304
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