Sector
Commercial, Residential
End-use
Process
Project Number
ET18PGE8231
Horizontal drain water heat recovery (H-DWHR) devices are products designed to recover heat from heated drain water and transfer it to potable cold water entering a building. They are counter-flow heat exchangers, similar to previously studied vertical drain water heat recovery (V-DWHR) devices,...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Other
Project Number
DRET17PGE01
PG&E’s CAISO Telemetry Solution Over Broadband is a 2017 DR Emerging Technologies (DRET) project to study the potential for Home Area Network (HAN) technologies to meet the CAISO telemetry requirements in residential aggregation. This report is meant to inform key stakeholders, including...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Other
Project Number
ET17PGE8141
This purpose of this assessment was to understand the install and persistence rates, as well as satisfaction levels, for self-installed Tier 2 Advanced Power Strips. The devices were offered to PG&E residential customers, identified as more likely to be technically savvy...
Sector
Public
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET16SDG1081
In 2016, Vista Grande Elementary School applied for Prop 39 funding for a Zero Net Energy (ZNE) retrofit. SDG&E’s Emerging Technologies (ET) program supported this effort by providing energy modeling, energy efficiency recommendations, a Measurement & Verification (M&V) plan, and...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Process Loads, Other
Project Number
DR16SDGE0002
SUMMARYThe goal of this Emerging Technologies study was to determine the load shifting potential of salt-water ice thermal energy storage systems installed as a retrofit on an existing grocery store refrigeration system.This report presents findings from the field test of a new refrigeration ice...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Plug Loads and Appliances
Project Number
DR15.03
Areas of Focus developed through EM&T DR Planning & Tactic study, and will help develop EM&T's Energy Storage Technology Road...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
DR16.07
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...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
DR16.06
Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems are well suited for automated demand response (ADR) because of their high efficiency, inherently flexible design, and more sophisticated controls available from the factory, relative to traditional air conditioners. Although VRF has been used successfully for...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Plug Loads and Appliances
Project Number
DR16.02
The purpose of the project was to assess how the OVGIP can best determine, report and facilitate OEM(s) to provide grid services through demand side management and to evaluate the DR measurement data results (10/10 baseline method) collected through the OVGIP to determine the use of OEM measurement...
Sector
Industrial
End-use
Plug Loads and Appliances
Project Number
DR17.04
Various utilities from around the country are evaluating systems for energy management that are low-cost, applicable to end-users, and useful to utilities and aggregators. This project is investigating an energy management circuit breaker (EMCB) with several additional features. The EMCB is a...