This report presents the results of PG&E’s Smart Thermostat Time-of-Use (TOU) Automation Study with a bring your own thermostat program design. The study provided incentives to residential customers who allowed PG&E to reduce or shift their electricity use in the 4–9 pm peak...

A large majority of industrial facilities in California generate heat as part of their manufacturing processes. Much of this heat is rejected into the environment at varying temperatures above the ambient levels.   This project will demonstrate and evaluate the integration of waste heat...

This study was designed to help those involved with development and implementation of California’s Title 24, Part 6, Building Energy Efficiency Standards (“Title 24”) better understand real-world performance of dedicated outdoor air systems (DOAS). DOAS ventilation, which...

The Pacific Gas and Electric Central Valley Research Homes (CVRH) project is the product of multiple years of effort by leading energy efficiency researchers and represents a significant investment of funding from the California Energy Commission, California Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs), and...

The Pacific Gas and Electric Central Valley Research Homes (CVRH) project is the product of multiple years of effort by leading energy efficiency researchers and represents a significant investment of funding from the California Energy Commission, California Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs), and...

The Pacific Gas and Electric Central Valley Research Homes (CVRH) project is the product of multiple years of effort by leading energy efficiency researchers and represents a significant investment of funding from the California Energy Commission, California Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs), and...

The purpose of this literature review is to present the current state of knowledge about the Controlled Environment Horticulture (CEH) industry and its energy and water use and to identify potential energy saving measures for consideration in future California Energy Code cycles. Gaps in knowledge...

The emerging technology assessed in this study is a packaged RTU that integrates a heat pump with an indirect-direct evaporative cooling (IDEC) system that is designed as a direct replacement for a traditional RTU. This project evaluates a Hybrid system in a field study and compares its...

This report describes the key economic costs and benefits, as well as emissions avoided, of a code change requiring zero emissions cooking equipment in new commercial food service kitchens in California. This research forecasts the costs and benefits associated with a 2022 intervening code change,...

This report describes the key economic costs and benefits, as well as emissions avoided, of a Title 24 code change requiring zero emissions cooking equipment in new residential single- and multi-family homes. This research forecasts the costs and benefits of a 2022 intervening code change, which...