ACES will lead coordinated, efficient electrification technology and policy solutions at the nexus of water, transportation, buildings, and supporting power grid to secure energy systems in a range of communities, and will also engage diverse stakeholders to ensure high-efficacy solutions, reducing time and risk for communities while accelerating impact.
The ACES approach includes cutting-edge research, reducing community energy use and its carbon footprint, empowering communities, training future leaders, and supporting an interdisciplinary collaborative ecosystem. Its key mechanism is the electricity shed, related to the Department of Energy's "energy shed," derived from "watershed," which conceptualizes the community as a region where the supporting power grid (or microgrid) resources provide locally generated electricity to meet the electric needs for buildings, transportation, and water systems while accommodating local stakeholder concerns.
