Sector
Commercial
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
ET13SCE1230
Evaluate performance of HVAC and refrigeration applications using advanced refrigerants. This project intends to explore and document advances in product development for advanced refrigerants in the refrigeration and HVAC...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET14SCE8010
The Project Purpose is to identify lessons learned while retrofitting residential homes to ZNE levels. Observations in the field during the ZNE retrofit projects will form the basis of this report. The expected outcome of this project is to educate builders, trades people as well as other...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
ET15SCE7050
Laboratory test of an indirect evaporative pre-cooler on the outside air intake of a packaged AC unit, along with a direct evaporative pre-cooler on the AC unit's...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
ET13SCE1020
Develop test protocol for uniformly evaluating performance of AC unit condenser air evaporative pre-coolers. The purpose of this project is to establish a nationally-recognized performance standard for the different types of technologies designed to pre-cool AC unit condenser air, using water...
Sector
Residential
End-use
Plug Loads and Appliances
Project Number
ET13SCE7160
This project will demonstrate the concept of displaying smart meter information through a compliant set top box (STB). Real time information such as kWh usage will be relayed from an end point smart meter to a multiaccess gateway and will be recorded for reporting purposes. The gateway or a...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
ET14SCE7020
The goal of this project is to develop a methodology for determining the potential energy and peak-demand savings associated with sealing large buildings: commercial, hospitality, and dormitory style buildings. This includes developing models for the energy use and demand associated with leakage in...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
ET13SCE1050
Retrofit to packaged RTU that cycles supply fan on/off when there's no call for cooling/heating. Technology adjusts outside air damper to maintain average CFM above code minimum. Field test on two RTUs retrofitted with the technology will be undertaken to validate the...
Sector
Agricultural
End-use
Process Loads
Project Number
ET12SCE1070
Identify opportunities for energy efficiency in dairy farms. The focus is on alternative methods to fans and soakers to cool dairy cows. Cooling technologies investigated will include hydronic heat exchangers embedded beneath free stall beds and water source heat pumps. Other areas to be...
Sector
Agricultural
End-use
Process Loads
Project Number
ET13SCE7020
Conduct field evaluation of the performance of a novel approach to cooling dairy cows by installing hydronic heat exchanger panels beneath the manure free stall beds. The project will measure energy consumption of the new system relative to the baseline high-speed low-volume fans and feed lane...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
ET13SCE1030
After-market RTU controller and supply fan variable speed drive. Steps supply fan speed based upon stages of cooling/heating. Adjusts outside air damper for DCV. Provides Fault Detection and...