This project builds upon the findings from previous CalNEXT projects (ET23SWE0036: Industrial Heat Pump Market Study and ET23SWE0062: Craft Brewery Industrial Heat Pump Screening Tool) to facilitate the installation and characterization of an air-to-water heat pump system (“AWHP” or the...

Laundry remains a significant obstacle to decarbonization efforts of multifamily buildings in California, with limited adoption of high efficiency equipment, especially heat pump clothes dryers. In addition, most LMI households living in multifamily buildings lack in-unit laundry, increasing...

The creation of new usage load shapes is planned for PA’s (“Program Administrators”) to complete before the next CA program cycle, as outlined in the most recent DEER (“Database for Energy Efficiency Resources“) resolution. The intensive measure development period in preparation for the 2028 cycle...

Central heat pump water heater (“CHPWH”) systems and load flexibilities are an important technology to achieving beneficial electrification cost effectively to support California’s climate mitigation goals. Water heating energy use in multifamily buildings with five (5) or more units accounts for...

Rural, hard-to-reach (HTR), tribal, and disadvantaged communities (DAC) face significant barriers to electrification. The market for electrification solutions in rural California is fragmented, with gaps in infrastructure, workforce, supply chain, and customer engagement. Most rural areas rely on...

Deemed measures rely on competing goals of accuracy and volume to ensure that the gross claims are reasonable. In the current California eTRM (electronic Technical Reference Manual), deemed measures increasingly have relied on more extensive and more complex data collection to ensure a claim...

Project OverviewTo meet California’s emissions reduction goals under Assembly Bill 1279, which mandates reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 85% below 1990 levels by 2045, widespread electrification of residential cooking is critical. Gas stoves are a major source of indoor combustion gases,...

There are 500,000 mobile and manufactured housing (MMH) units in California [1]. Most of these units are old and inefficient, estimated to consume 40% more energy than single-family homes [2]. To meet California’s aggressive decarbonization and electrification goals, it is critical to investigate...

This project is a market study that will explore commercial and industrial (C&I) and agricultural market potential and assess how Wastewater Energy Transfer (WET) heat exchangers and heat pumps can decrease energy consumption and demand, decrease operating costs and increase building energy...

This project focuses on the modeling and laboratory evaluation of integrating vacuum insulating glazing (VIG) units with dynamic solar control. VIG products have the potential to improve thermal performance of windows to below U-0.0625 (above R-16) while dynamic solar control (electrochromic or...