Project SummaryThis project seeks to establish demand response (DR) potential for open and closed refrigerated display cases (display cases). This project is part of a multi-phase, multi-year effort to evaluate the possible incorporation of DR regulations into the California Appliance Efficiency...

Project SummaryThis report assesses the energy savings potential and attendant visual impacts of four advanced lighting sources and systems used to externally light billboards. Assessment objectives include: determining lighting energy savings, light levels and uniformity, visual impacts, and...

This report provides a technology and market assessment of emerging network control and monitoring systems in street lighting applications.  Using network control and monitoring systems with streetlights has the potential to save a significant amount of energy.  These systems offer the...

Project SummaryComputer workstations represent almost 6% of the electricity consumed in the commercial building sector. This project evaluates the use of a client-server software application to manage the power option settings of networked Windows-based...

Project Summary: In the hospitality industry in the United States, card keys are used almost universally to gain entry to guestrooms and other areas of hotels.such as swimming pools, exercise rooms, and laundry areas but not as part of energy management systems. The...

Traditionally hood exhaust in commercial kitchens are tied to a make-up air unit which balances building pressure during the kitchen operation. Generally, this hood is on at full speed for entire daily operation of the foodservice facility, which range from 18 to 24 hours per day. The concept of...

Project Summary In recent years, water utilities have benefited greatly from the adoption of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems to improve process quality and reliability. Though SCADA systems also can improve energy efficiency, most water utilities currently do not use...

This report summarizes an assessment project conducted to study the performance of light emitting diode (LED) luminaires with network controls in a street lighting application. The project included installation of LED street lights with network controls on public roadways in San Francisco Public...

Project SummaryThis 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...

This study investigates the energy savings potential of heat pump water heaters (HPWH) for single family home applications within the service territory of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).  Heschong Mahone Group (HMG) conducted the...