The measure under study is the sealing and conditioning of existing baseline, and vented crawl spaces at single-family residences. Sealed, conditioned crawl spaces have a vapor barrier on the earthen floor, insulation on the crawl space walls, and a pathway for conditioned air to circulate. The...

This field study is evaluating the potential and current DR capabilities of climate-appropriate air-conditioning (AC) systems, such as evaporative cooling and variable capacity heat pump systems. Targeted DR and EE programs can help reduce high peak demand caused by increased AC use and address...

As part of SJV Pilot, SCE included a study to deploy HPWHs equipped with communication technology that will allow the water heater to be used as a grid-responsive heating technology element of the pilot to electrify homes and reduce emissions within the SJV. SCE hopes to gain insight into how...

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...

Emerging technology evaluation of refrigerated display case shelf edge guiding vanes. This technology is applicable to all users of open medium temperature refrigerated display cases. Sectors include supermarkets, and convenience stores. Any cold merchandising that utilize an open display case...

This field study is evaluating the potential of variable capacity heat pump (VCHP) systems that have the ability to use smart integrated controls, variable-speed drives, refrigerant piping, and heat recovery. This provides products that can be controlled by a smart thermostat with such attributes...

Evaluate energy management tool for campus, impacts of commissioning, interaction with grid and available distributed energy sources, and micro-grid...

This sub-project will evaluate the demand response capability of residential variable capacity heat pump (VCHP) systems. These are "traditional American-style" high static ducked systems. Testing will focus on one to two systems from three to five manufacturers. Lab testing and field testing will...

The goal of this project is to conduct a field test to evaluate viable measures that could provide energy efficiency and demand response capabilities in the individual residential units and possibly in the entire residential complex as a...

This project is an aggressive multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, whole building approach to designing and constructing a net zero energy retrofit of an existing low-income multi-family complex. To the best of our knowledge this will be the first Multi-family Net Zero/ Deep Energy Reduction (DER)...