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Sector Commercial
End-use Water Heating/DHW/HPWH
Project Number ET23SWE0057
2023 - 2025
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
This project focuses on the electrification of foodservice hot water. The project will conduct a literature review of commercial kitchen hot water research and data and collect primary data of foodservice facility hot water peak and hourly demand. The objective of this project is to provide data to...
Sector Commercial
End-use HVAC
Project Number ET23SWE0058
2023 - 2024
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
Problem: For residential and commercial consumers seeking to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint and to promote a more sustainable future for their local communities and economies, variable frequency drives (VFDs) deliver significant efficiency improvements and a quick return on...
Sector Commercial
End-use Process Loads
Project Number ET23SWE0056
2023 - 2025
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
With 40-60 kWh per square foot electric usage intensity (EUI) supermarkets and grocery stores have one of the highest EUIs in the commercial buildings sector. Refrigeration accounts for roughly 50% of the electric energy and furthermore relies largely on Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants with...
Sector Commercial
End-use HVAC
Project Number ET23SWE0054
2023 - 2025
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
The goal of this project is to understand the potential of heat pump rooftop unit (RTU) technology to electrify and decarbonize existing commercial building heating loads. Rooftop units are particularly ripe for market transformation as they are ubiquitous in the commercial sector with decades of...
Sector Residential
End-use HVAC
Project Number ET23SWE0053
2023 - 2024
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
The goal of this project is to create a resource on programs and strategies that encourage heat pump adoption in new and existing homes by targeting non-cost barriers to adoption. California has identified heat pumps as a keystone technology to its path to decarbonization and plans to prioritize...
Sector Commercial
End-use HVAC
Project Number ET23SWE0048
2023 - 2023
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
The industry is at the very beginning of the process to electrify existing large commercial buildings. Technological and financial elements of electrification retrofits remain unknown, particularly for this market segment. However, there are many recent innovations that designers are pursuing to...
Sector Industrial
End-use Process Loads
Project Number ET23SWG0019
2023 - N/A
SWG (Statewide Gas ETP)
ACTIVE
This project aims to conduct a comprehensive market study on industrial furnace applications, with a primary focus on identifying opportunities for natural gas savings. The study will explore a range of technologies, including radiative recuperators, thermal imaging, insulation, ductwork, fuel/air...
Sector Cross Cutting
End-use HVAC
Project Number ET23SWE0049
2023 - 2025
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
This project is a demonstration and comparison study between conventional Normalized Metered Energy Consumption (NMEC) analysis and a Measurement & Verification (M&V) method which enhances NMEC with rapid & repeatable interventions. The Enhanced NMEC (E-NMEC) with Rapid Interventions (RI) is...
Sector Residential
End-use HVAC
Project Number ET23SWE0050
2023 - 2025
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
A limiting factor to rapid adoption of air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) for residential retrofit applications is the first costs associated with installing a heat pump system that provides the home’s full heating and cooling loads with direct distribution into all conditioned rooms of the home. This...
Sector Commercial
End-use Lighting
Project Number ET23SWE0051
2023 - 2026
SWE (Statewide Electric ETP)
ACTIVE
A previous CEC funded project ( https://cltc.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk12206/files/media/documents/LDA-June-2022-Edit.pdf) has demonstrated the potential of a fiber optic, solar-tracking core daylight system to deliver natural lighting into the building at ~620 lumens/watt at a maximum length...
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