In an innovative attempt to address the growing issue of residential plug-load in the State of California, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) launched the Retail Plug-Load Portfolio (RPP) Trial in 2013 and 2014. The RPP Program uses a...

A field evaluation that collects energy savings, incremental costs, feasibility, conflict with other building practices for one of the measures under consideration for the 2016 T-24 standards: High Performance Attics.  Key problems solved: example moderate cost methods of achieving objectives,...

A field evaluation that collects energy savings, incremental costs, feasibility, conflict with other building practices for one of the measures under consideration for the 2016 T-24 standards: Ducts in Conditioned Space.  Key problems solved: example moderate cost methods of achieving...

Project Summary The primary goal is to accelerate market transformation by validating the heating energy savings and associated cooking oil cost savings for ENERGY STAR® rated fryers at 17 sites using various manufacturers and models. We found the operational savings in oil is valued...

The primary goal of this project was to measure and quantify the relative performance gains that can be achieved by a typical rooftop air conditioner from various enhancement technologies. This involved baseline testing of the air conditioner under a range of operating conditions, and then...

Market and technical study of LED replacement lamps with embedded controls/smartphone apps for user...

Scaled field placement evaluates the electrical and thermal savings for DCKV when combined with building EMS systems in order to provide work-paper updates and inform new measures. Further evaluates opportunities for chains and SMBs using a tiered pricing...

Sacred Heart Schools completed construction of its Stevens Library for lower and middle school students in August 2012. The library is a 6,300 ft2 all-electric building. It was designed and constructed to achieve Zero Net Energy (ZNE) performance--based on total site energy), to meet the Living...

The objective of this project was to develop a functionality testing procedure for residential smart thermostat devices, in support of an energy efficiency and demand response residential smart thermostat rebate program, in the planning stages at the time of this writing. This testing procedure...

Sweetwater Spectrum, a planned community of four single-story residences and a community center located in Sonoma, CA, is designed to serve adults with autism spectrum disorders. The project was initiated as one of several zero net energy demonstrations and provided the opportunity to evaluate...