The use of iCalendar to schedule device services across a large domain of buildings (or equipment within a building) could have the unintended effect of load synchronization.

    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Applied
    • Priority: Major
    • wd21
    • Affects Version/s: cd01
    • Component/s: schema
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      PAP04 WS-Calendar Review John Ruiz

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      While usefull, this is an implementation specific or contract specific item. The TC feels that this is out of scope for WS-Calendar.

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      While usefull, this is an implementation specific or contract specific item. The TC feels that this is out of scope for WS-Calendar.

      I have one architecturally significant comment to this document. The use of iCalendar to schedule device services (for example the specification identifies Demand Response as a possible application) across a large domain of buildings (or equipment within a building) could have the unintended effect of load synchronization. For example, if a DR event is delivered with iCalendar to 1,000,000 buildings and set to end at 5pm, there is the possibility that the entire reduced load comes back online at exactly 5pm, causing a demand spike and potential grid instability. I would have thought that there would be a randomization interval provided as an optional element of the Interval time segment (or part of the performance attributes) to prevent this type of occurrence.

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            Toby Considine (Inactive)
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            Toby Considine (Inactive)
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