Welcome to FlexAssist

FlexAssist is a recommender engine that helps commercial building owners and operators effectively participate in demand response (DR) programs. To learn more about what FlexAssist can do, check out An Overview of FlexAssist.

Before using FlexAssist, users should consult the Software Requirements section to ensure that prerequisite programs and packages are installed on their computer. With the required software installed, users can proceed to the Execution Guide section for guidance on how to run the FlexAssist algorithm in various modes.

FlexAssist is freely available for public use on GitHub.

Documentation Contents

• An Overview of FlexAssist
  • What is FlexAssist and why is it needed?
  • Operator preferences are directly accounted for
  • Recommendations reflect decision-making uncertainties
  • Underlying models can be updated with new DR event data
• Software Requirements
  • Mac OS installation
  • Windows installation
• Execution Guide
  • Selecting from set of DR response strategies
  • Generating baseline demand predictions
  • Generating new models
  • Updating existing models

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page