Project SummaryThis project enhances a demand response (DR) evaluation tool for use by SCE in promoting DR programs and calculating future utility rates, such as critical peak pricing (CPP) and time of use (TOU), to small commercial building...

Project SummaryThis project evaluates the efficacy of new Automated Demand Response (AutoDR) technology to enhance two-way data exchange before, during, and after a demand response (DR) event. These AutoDR technologies focus on large commercial and industrial customers.  The two-way data...

Project SummaryThe objective of this multi-phase project is to identify and demonstrate battery energy storage (BES) and communications technologies that enable small to mid-sized industrial and commercial customers to implement demand response (DR) strategies and thus increase their participation...

Project SummaryThis project evaluates innovative controls and strategies that allow commercial customers to participate in demand response (DR) programs by shedding load from ice machines. Field tests were conducted at several customers’ sites to understand deployment challenges and customer...

This project identifies demand response (DR) enabling technologies and communication infrastructures to deliver low-cost, AutoDR capabilities to small commercial customers based on demand reduction as a percentage of the total building’s predicted peak demand.Download project...

Project SumaryThis market assessment determines the state of the current market in California for dimmable electronic ballasts and the implementation of “smart ballasts”. The goal of the study is to characterize perceptions in the marketplace and the technology’s paucity in market penetration. The...

Project SummaryThis study evaluates both the energy efficiency and demand response capability of three, off-the-shelf, advanced lighting control systems (ALCS). The project has these objectives: 1) Determine if these advanced lighting control systems allow for reliable remote control of the...

Project SummaryAbout 25% of buildings—including many large commercial buildings, hospitals, large retail stores, colleges and high schools, data centers, wineries, and industrial/manufacturing plant—use chillers or chilled water in their operations. This project examines demand-based building...

Project SummaryThis consolidated report summarizes the installation and assessment of electronic HID at three sites: a large manufacturing facility, a regional supermarket chain and a community college all located in Northern California. Relying primarily on field testing, the project team...

Project SummaryThis assessment will build in-depth understanding of the operation of CO2-based refrigeration systems and a validated model of the energy savings compared to the other equipment.  The measured performance of a CO2/NH3 Cascade system over a six month period was compared to the...