This Field Assessment is to test the potential energy performance of homes that have crawl spaces that will be sealed and made to become part of the building envelope, hence conditioned space. This Field Assessment seeks to discover other, non-energy benefits to Conditioned Crawlspaces (CCS). The...

The Project Purpose is to identify lessons learned while retrofitting residential homes to ZNE levels. Observations in the field during the ZNE retrofit projects will form the basis of this report. The expected outcome of this project is to educate builders, trades people as well as other...

Laboratory test of an indirect evaporative pre-cooler on the outside air intake of a packaged AC unit, along with a direct evaporative pre-cooler on the AC unit's...

This project seeks to evaluate a DIY heat pump system with a typical window AC unit. The goal is to determine for a given cooling load if this technology can provide higher efficiencies with comparable installation costs to window AC...

Design and pilot of a central CO2 heat pump water heating (HPWH) system and measurement & verification (M&V) work at the proposed 117-unit, 157,000 SF Culver City Senior Housing development. The project includes primarily independent living apartments with efficiency kitchens and a large central...

Energy-efficient air compressor for industrial applications, 5 - 15...

This project will assess a new closed loop induction holding well system against a baseline water-based, open loop system. The purpose of this project is to validate energy savings of the new measure to develop a customized solution...

Develop test protocol for uniformly evaluating performance of AC unit condenser air evaporative pre-coolers. The purpose of this project is to establish a nationally-recognized performance standard for the different types of technologies designed to pre-cool AC unit condenser air, using water...

This project will demonstrate the concept of displaying smart meter information through a compliant set top box (STB). Real time information such as kWh usage will be relayed from an end point smart meter to a multiaccess gateway and will be recorded for reporting purposes. The gateway or a...

Wastewater aeration requires 50% of the energy use in wastewater treatment plants. A real-time analyzer that measures aeration efficiency was developed with CEC funding and has been demonstrated with SCE funding at several wastewater treatment plants over a one-year period. To achieve the full...