Sector
Residential
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET14SCE7040
The Solar Decathlon is a DOE-sponsored international competition which challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar powered houses that are cost-effective and energy-efficient. These competition homes are highly visible and typically see more than a quarter of a million visitors....
Sector
Commercial, Public, Other, Industrial
End-use
Whole Building, HVAC, Water Heating/DHW/HPWH, Process
Project Number
ET14PGE7591 ET15SCE1070 ET14SDG1111
Joint utility project that: 1)Estimates the number and types of labs in California; 2)Estimates the number and types of energy-consuming and water-consuming equipment used in California labs; 3)Assesses operational and behavioral opportunities for efficiencies in how laboratory equipment in...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET14SDG1101
Ongoing commissioning (OCx) is an innovative approach to managing buildings – it provides continuous improvement in the operation of building systems. OCx is a multi-step implementation process, followed by a step-by-step continuous improvement cycle. Implementing this process within...
Sector
Commercial, Public
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET14PGE7891
Project SummaryThis project tests the capabilities of the Simergy version 2.1 Title 24 Module 2013-3c for nonresidential compliance with California Energy Code Title 24 Part 06 using the performance approach. Simergy was developed by Digital Alchemy. In addition, Simergy is compared to the...
Sector
Residential
End-use
HVAC, Water Heating/DHW/HPWH, Whole Building, Other
Project Number
ET14PGE8912
Under the auspices of PG&E’s Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Production Builder Demonstration, Meritage Homes built a 2,047 square foot ZNE home in Hayward, CA. This report describes the results from monitoring the occupied home for a full year.Actual site energy use was compared to two models: one...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
DR14.01
This project is an aggressive multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, whole building approach to designing and constructing a net zero energy retrofit of an existing low-income multi-family complex. To the best of our knowledge this will be the first Multi-family Net Zero/ Deep Energy Reduction (DER)...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Whole Building, HVAC, Other
Project Number
ET14SDG1041
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...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET13SCE7180
The Solar Decathlon is a DOE-sponsored international competition which challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar powered houses that are cost-effective and energy-efficient. These competition homes are highly visible and typically see more than a quarter of a million visitors....
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Whole Building, Lighting, HVAC, Water Heating/DHW/HPWH
Project Number
ET13SDG1021
HGW Architects is the first commercial ZNE building in San Diego. SDG&E ET collaborated with Savings by Design to make this happen. ET then conducted a comprehensive study to understand modeled vs. actual building performance. The analysis discusses data discrepancies and methods used to...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
DR13.02
Increasing California DR and PLS capabilities requires an understanding of the international, federal, and state organizations that play roles in defining policies, regulations, and mandates for DR and PLS both inside and outside of California. To this end, this scoping study explored the policies,...
