This is a field study evaluating the potential of leveraging the existing installed base of internet-controlled programmable communicating thermostats (PCTs), from third parties including thermostat manufacturers, security companies, and cable providers. This study includes the roll out of a common...

The objective of this pilot is to evaluate various over-generation mitigation strategies for water district applications. The pilot will help to determine what technologies and strategies will provide the most cost effective method of increasing useful load during Over-Generation events. This...

This project focuses on demonstrating residential DR by examining various treatments to three separate groups of homes: a community energy storage (CES) block, a ZNE block (that also uses energy storage), and an RESU block. All homes will receive communicating thermostats, energy information...

The aim of this sub-project is to collect data on electricity consumed by equipment in newly-constructed homes that are either required by health and safety codes or are considered necessary to make the house attractive to buyers. This aspect of residential energy use has not been studied but...

This project will evaluate Energy Star Residential Refrigerators and Freezers DR...

Create a specification for a standardized building-level VEN (VENB) and output application interface, which will eliminate the burden of ADR connectivity from the individual end-use loads. Loads need only connect to the VENB via its defined communication interface and then receive a standardized...

Increasing California DR and PLS capabilities requires an understanding of the international, federal, and state organizations that play roles in defining policies, regulations, and mandates for DR and PLS both inside and outside of California. To this end, this scoping study explored the policies,...

This technology provides permanent load shifting (PLS) for commercial refrigeration systems, similar to the HVAC thermal energy storage systems that are used for PLS at many facilities with central plants. kW Engineering will provide measurement and verification services at one Stater Brothers...

This project will identify the technical requirements needed to enhance the capabilities of a battery-based permanent load shift (PLS) to perform DR functionality, as well as investigate and define telemetry and control requirements. The project will also help identify and develop recommendations...

Demand Response Training for 2015 and...