Sector
Commercial
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET12PGE3461
This Emerging Technology report describes the data collection and analysis done to evaluate the energy savings potential of an energy management system (EMS) with integrated HVAC and lighting control functionality that is specially designed for small commercial facilities. As part of the project,...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET12SCE2010
The Connected Home Market is a fast-evolving segment that is being influenced by a number of emerging industry trends. There are uncertainties with regard to which technologies will remain current and adaptable to emerging changes in home area networks (HANS) requirements, energy dynamics as well...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET12PGE2201
Six sites were selected for assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of results. As mentioned in table ES1, restaurant types ranged from fine dining to casual dining to catering. Each piece of equipment listed in table ES1 above was selected from the California Energy Wise program’s list of...
Sector
Commercial, Public, Other
End-use
Whole Building, Lighting, Plug Load, Process
Project Number
ET12PGE3321
Scaled placement of Advanced Lighting Controls platform and 2x4 LED panels. PG&E had a unique opportunity to verify the energy efficiency potential for two similar floors of a large office building where one floor kept the T-8 3-lamp fluorescent fixtures and the second floor replaced them with 2x4...
Sector
Commercial, Agricultural
End-use
Whole Building, Process
Project Number
ET12PGE1401
The project was initiated to test emerging evaluation approaches to identify operational and technical opportunities to optimize energy and water usage of pressurized irrigation systems. The combined evaluation incorporates information derived from a "standard" pump efficiency test and a "standard"...
Sector
Public
End-use
Whole Building, Lighting, Other, Plug Load, HVAC, Process
Project Number
ET12PGE2211
The Pacific Gas & Electric company (PG&E) installed a zero net energy (ZNE) classroom demonstration at its Stockton Energy Training Center (ETC), which opened to the public on December 13, 2012. The ZNE classroom demonstration is a fully functioning classroom, that is designed as a ZNE...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Whole Building, Lighting, Water Heating/DHW/HPWH, HVAC
Project Number
ET12PGE1442
In 2012, the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), Energy Institute initiated a project funded by the Emerging Technologies Program at the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to retrofit existing residential structures through energy efficiency improvements and with ground source...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Other, Whole Building
Project Number
ET12PGE1141
This report describes the procedures, equipment, and results obtained as related to the performance testing of the EcoFactor thermostat system by PG&E's Applied Technology Services (ATS) Department. The EcoFactor product allows the user to communicate with and control their thermostat from the web...
Sector
Public
End-use
Whole Building, Water Heating/DHW/HPWH, HVAC
Project Number
ET12PGE1501
The goal of this project was to compare the capital costs of a Geothermal Central Utility Plant (CUP) to a Conventional CUP, estimate the energy cost savings, and determine the simple payback at a correctional facility development project in San Mateo County, California. This study was conducted to...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET11SCE1260
Phase change material (PCM) is a thermal energy storage device that utilizes its high storage density and latent heat properties to decrease the cooling load on the air conditioning unit. PCM appears in a variety of compositions of organic and inorganic materials. PCM products are being designed...