This project will field test recently developed tools and associated workflows to determine the viability and efficacy of rapid building physics based building energy models for use in energy efficiency measure identification and energy use...

This paper summarizes current CAISO telemetry requirements and analyzes existing technologies that might be able to meet those requirements in a manner that can be scalable for Proxy Demand Resources to participate in the wholesale market. The paper offers various solution architechtures and...

This project was a field assessment of indirect evaporative cooling for ventilation air for a mall in Fairfield, CA in which a new RTU was retrofitted with a direct evaporative pre-cooler at the condenser inlet, and a water to air heat exchanger at the ventilation air inlet. This study was...

Commercial customers that want to minimize their monthly peak demand and maximize the benefit they receive from participating in Demand Response (DR) programs need accurate predictions of their future (e.g. day ahead or longer) demand profiles and guidance on how to maximize their demand shed and...

The main purpose of this study is to analyze and identify existing end-use loads that are sizeable enough and flexible enough to help address operational and planning needs and to determine if these loads can be managed through existing programs or, if not, through modified and new...

This project analyzed the charging patterns of commercially-sited PEV charging in order to determine if commercial PEV charging has the potential of being used as a reliable DR...

This assessment implemented and evaluates the costs and conversion challenges associated with transitioning from OpenADR 1.0 to 2.0 in various sites that already use OpenADR 1.0 to participate in PG&E automated demand response (AutoDR)...

The emerging technology (ET) presented in this report is an HVAC management system with dynamic energy and demand optimization designed for commercial rooftop units (RTUs) and split system applications. The ET replaces a traditional thermostat with multiple sensors that measure dry-bulb temperature...

A desktop study was performed to evaluate the accuracy and usefulness of an online service that infers home thermal performance characteristics from electricity consumption (from Green Button data) and weather (from the vendor’s proprietary network of stations). The service provides customers...

The purpose of this project was to determine whether heat pump clothes dryers offer non-energy benefits—specifically, reduced clothing wear and tear—that could help consumer adoption. Although the project did not conclusively find that heat pump clothes dryers cause less wear than...