Project Reports
Markets » Commercial, Residential
Project Summary
This project seeks to validate and establish demand response (DR) potential for commercial refrigeration, commercial lighting, residential building control, and commercial building control systems. This project addresses Phase 1 of potentially a multi-phase, multi-year effort to...
Markets » Commercial
Project Summary
Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Emerging Technology Program assesses products that have the potential to reduce electric energy use. Area lights that use light emitting diodes (LEDs) are a new application of evolving LED technology where potential energy savings has not been...
Markets » Commercial
Project Summary
Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Emerging Technology Program assesses products that have the potential to reduce electric energy use. One class of emerging technology are mo-tion-sensor coupled bi-level garage (known also as canopy) lights that use light emitting diodes (LEDs); a...
Markets » Commercial, Food Service Industry, Supermarket
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This project evaluates the energy and demand savings of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems and traffic-sensitive lighting controllers in low-temperature reach-in refrigerated display cases. Results show that a 67% reduction in lighting power and energy were achieved by...
Markets » Commercial, High Technology, Supermarket
This project evaluates the energy savings potential of an Internet-Based Refrigeration Monitoring and Control System (IBRMCS) in a typical refrigerated warehouse application within Southern California Edison service territory. The potential energy savings are derived from the benefit of visibility...
Markets » Commercial
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Effectiveness of Liquid Pool Covers were evaluated at two customer sites. The product forms a thin layer over the pool water surface which reduces surface water evaporation and a result reduces energy used for heating the pool.
Markets » Commercial, Industrial - Manufacturing, Residential, Other
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This annual report provides a summary of the demand response (DR) projects and activities undertaken through the SCE Emerging Markets & Technology (EM&T) program in 2009. The EM&T program executes projects to explore innovative DR technologies, understand customer...
Markets » Commercial, Food Service Industry, Hospitality, Retail, Supermarket
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Backlit display lightboxes are used in a variety of applications including restaurant menu boards, movie theater poster displays, and advertisements in airports, train/subway stations, shopping malls, casinos, and stadiums. This evaluation studied three different light source...
Markets » Commercial, Commercial Office, Educational Facilities, Government - Institutional Facilities, High Technology, Hospitality
Project SummaryLarge office buildings in PG&E’s service territory use almost 20 percent of the commercial electricity and consume more than 12 percent of the natural gas delivered to commercial customers. A prior study found that achieving energy efficiency alone was not sufficient to motivate...
Markets » Commercial, Commercial Office, Commercial, Small, Educational Facilities, Government - Institutional Facilities, High Technology, Hospitality, Medical - Healthcare, Retail
Project Summary
In response to an overwhelming interest in LED general illumination lighting technology among customers in its service area, SDG&E’s objective with this assessment was to: Assess LED lighting technology, validating manufacturer claims regarding energy savings, light levels and...