Project Reports
Markets » Commercial, Commercial Office, Commercial, Small
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The hypothesis guiding this project was that a deemed savings model can be created based on the analysis and simplification of variables involving the operation of a small energy management system (EMS)—including market segment, load type, climate zone, building schedule, and...
Markets » Agricultural - Food Processing, Commercial, Industrial - Manufacturing
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Large battery chargers are used with such products as forklifts, airport transport equipment, neighborhood electric vehicles and golf carts. Large battery chargers can be found in residential, commercial and industrial applications using both single phase and three phase power....
Markets » Commercial
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This project evaluates the demand response effectiveness of a demand control lighting (DCL) system during peak use periods. The DCL system was installed at a retail hardware store to verify the technology capabilities and to test it in real world conditions. This demand response...
Markets » Commercial
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This study evaluates both the energy efficiency and demand response capability of three, off-the-shelf, advanced lighting control systems (ALCS). The project has these objectives: 1) Determine if these advanced lighting control systems allow for reliable remote control of the...
Markets » Commercial
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This study investigates opportunities for increased demand response through peak load shifting with setpoint adjustment, using pre-cooling strategies in well-insulated large commercial buildings located in hot and dry climates. The principle behind pre-cooling with setpoint...
Markets » Commercial
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This market assessment determines the state of the current market in California for dimmable electronic ballasts and the implementation of “smart ballasts”. The goal of the study is to characterize perceptions in the marketplace and the technology’s paucity in market penetration. The...
Markets » Commercial, Industrial - Manufacturing
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This project obtained information on cold storage customers’ awareness and perception of demand response (DR) programs. This information includes an assessment of the customers’ ability and willingness to participate in SCE DR programs, the barriers to participation, as well as...
Markets » Commercial
This project identifies demand response (DR) enabling technologies and communication infrastructures to deliver low-cost, AutoDR capabilities to small commercial customers based on demand reduction as a percentage of the total building’s predicted peak demand.
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Markets » Commercial, Government - Institutional Facilities
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This report summarizes a street lighting assessment project conducted to determine the potential of broad spectrum lighting utilized with LED and induction light sources in a street lighting application. In this project, LED and induction luminaires from different manufacturers...
Markets » Commercial, Commercial Office, Educational Facilities, Government - Institutional Facilities, High Technology, Hospitality
Project SummaryLarge office buildings in PG&E’s service territory use almost 20 percent of the commercial electricity and consume more than 12 percent of the natural gas delivered to commercial customers. A prior study found that achieving energy efficiency alone was not sufficient to motivate...