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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This project involves research into the next generation of home and building area network (HAN/BAN) energy management and control systems for residential and small commercial customer applications. To this end, the project will collect and incorporate research information on existing and documented...

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...

This project examines the site net energy consumption of a sample of units in the UC Davis West Village community. The primary goals were to (1) study energy consumption and production in order to determine if this West Village sample is achieving its zero net energy goals and (2) determine the...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) contracted with the Heschong Mahone Group (HMG) to provide an evaluation of selected benchmarking software tools that could integrate with existing California regulations and utility programs and support goals identified in the California Long Term Energy...