Markets Residential Simplified HVAC controls
 

Simplified HVAC controls

 

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Project Number 2.5
Start Year 2003
Markets Segments Residential
Project Type Hardware
Type of Technology Building Controls
Organization California Energy Commission - PIER program
Project Status In Progress • Applied Research
Evaluate whether the benefits of programmable thermostats can be achieved with easier-to-use methods of controlling space-conditioning systems, in order to understand how these measures may affect low-income housing energy use. HVAC use in low-income households has been surveyed and twelve prototype simple 'occupancy thermostats' have been or will be installed in low-income houses.
PM: Philip Spartz