MANAGING EMISSIONS DEMAND RESPONSE EVENT GENERATION

Techniques for performing an emissions demand response event are described. In an example, a cloud-based HVAC control server system obtains an emissions rate forecast for a predefined future time period. The cloud-based HVAC control server system identifies, using the emissions rate forecast, a future emissions rate event to occur within the predefined future time period. The future emissions rate event comprises an indication of predicted magnitude, and the future emissions rate event comprises a time period when a predicted emissions rate will be at an increased emissions level or a decreased emissions level. The cloud-based HVAC control server system determines a confidence value for the future emissions rate event. The confidence value indicates a certainty of the future emissions rate event occurring as predicted. The cloud-based HVAC control server system generates, based on the identified future emissions rate event and the confidence value, an emissions demand response event having a start time and an end time during the future emissions rate event. The cloud-based HVAC control server system causes a thermostat to control an HVAC system in accordance with the generated emissions demand response event.