{"id":967935,"date":"2023-09-13T13:46:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-research-item&#038;p=967935"},"modified":"2023-09-17T19:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T02:10:16","slug":"community-economics-for-ai-powered-micro-grid","status":"publish","type":"msr-research-item","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/community-economics-for-ai-powered-micro-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Economics for AI Powered Micro-Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{\"ObjectId\":\"df15d51e-1a6a-420b-b6a2-fdd89d342e75|90\",\"ClassId\":1073872969,\"Properties\":[469775450,\"eop\",201340122,\"1\",469778129,\"eop\",335572020,\"1\",134234072,\"true\",134234073,\"true\",134234074,\"true\",134233614,\"true\",469778324,\"Default Paragraph Font\"]}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-967950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/09\/Micro-grid-1024x555.png\" alt=\"Community Micro-Grid\" width=\"708\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/09\/Micro-grid-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/09\/Micro-grid-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/09\/Micro-grid-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/09\/Micro-grid-240x130.png 240w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/09\/Micro-grid.png 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{\"ObjectId\":\"df15d51e-1a6a-420b-b6a2-fdd89d342e75|90\",\"ClassId\":1073872969,\"Properties\":[469775450,\"eop\",201340122,\"1\",469778129,\"eop\",335572020,\"1\",134234072,\"true\",134234073,\"true\",134234074,\"true\",134233614,\"true\",469778324,\"Default Paragraph Font\"]}\">The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">focus of this <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">research <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">is 2-fold a) <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">I<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">nvestigate the potential of AI model optimization for increasing energy efficiency of micro-grids and thereby reducing economic burdens on low-income households and marginalized communities<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">; b) <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">Build better economic models focused on<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\"> community<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\"> resiliency and equity <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">for the AI to effectively <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">optimize<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\"> towards those <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">objectives<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166043571 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{\"ObjectId\":\"7eeae681-f69e-40a1-8b31-d09478700a29|25\",\"ClassId\":1073872969,\"Properties\":[469775450,\"eop\",201340122,\"1\",469778129,\"eop\",335572020,\"1\",134234072,\"true\",134234073,\"true\",134234074,\"true\",134233614,\"true\",469778324,\"Default Paragraph Font\"]}\">To this effect, we are interested in investigating the potential of AI model optimization for increasing energy efficiency of micro-grids and thereby reducing economic burdens on low-income households and marginalized communities<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">. We <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">seek<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\"> to b<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">uild better community economic models focused on community resiliency and equity for the AI<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">, and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\"> to effectively <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">optimize<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\"> towards those <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">objectives<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW165014817 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The focus of this research is 2-fold a) Investigate the potential of AI model optimization for increasing energy efficiency of micro-grids and thereby reducing economic burdens on low-income households and marginalized communities; b) Build better economic models focused on community resiliency and equity for the AI to effectively optimize towards those objectives. &nbsp; To this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"msr-content-type":[3],"msr-research-highlight":[],"research-area":[13556,198583,13548,13568],"msr-publication-type":[193724],"msr-product-type":[],"msr-focus-area":[],"msr-platform":[],"msr-download-source":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-field-of-study":[246694,260545],"msr-conference":[],"msr-journal":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"msr-pillar":[],"class_list":["post-967935","msr-research-item","type-msr-research-item","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-artificial-intelligence","msr-research-area-ecology-environment","msr-research-area-economics","msr-research-area-technology-for-emerging-markets","msr-locale-en_us","msr-field-of-study-artificial-intelligence","msr-field-of-study-renewable-energy"],"msr_publishername":"","msr_edition":"","msr_affiliation":"","msr_published_date":"2023-9-1","msr_host":"","msr_duration":"","msr_version":"","msr_speaker":"","msr_other_contributors":"","msr_booktitle":"","msr_pages_string":"","msr_chapter":"","msr_isbn":"","msr_journal":"","msr_volume":"","msr_number":"","msr_editors":"","msr_series":"","msr_issue":"","msr_organization":"","msr_how_published":"Presentation","msr_notes":"","msr_highlight_text":"","msr_release_tracker_id":"","msr_original_fields_of_study":"","msr_download_urls":"","msr_external_url":"","msr_secondary_video_url":"","msr_longbiography":"","msr_microsoftintellectualproperty":1,"msr_main_download":"","msr_publicationurl":"","msr_doi":"","msr_publication_uploader":[{"type":"file","viewUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/09\/Community-Supported-Renewables-Microgrid.pdf","id":"967938","title":"community-supported-renewables-microgrid","label_id":"243109","label":0}],"msr_related_uploader":"","msr_attachments":[{"id":967938,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/09\/Community-Supported-Renewables-Microgrid.pdf"}],"msr-author-ordering":[{"type":"user_nicename","value":"Peeyush Kumar","user_id":39892,"rest_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/microsoft-research\/v1\/researchers?person=Peeyush Kumar"}],"msr_impact_theme":[],"msr_research_lab":[],"msr_event":[],"msr_group":[714067],"msr_project":[924807],"publication":[],"video":[],"download":[],"msr_publication_type":"miscellaneous","related_content":{"projects":[{"ID":924807,"post_title":"Community Powered Micro-grids","post_name":"community-powered-micro-grids","post_type":"msr-project","post_date":"2023-03-03 17:20:01","post_modified":"2024-04-03 10:07:55","post_status":"publish","permalink":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/community-powered-micro-grids\/","post_excerpt":"Driving equitable power management With solar &amp; wind technology decentralizing energy production, a new opportunity for driving equity is arising. 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