Sector
Residential
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
PGE 0508
Project SummaryThe BreezeAir single-stage advanced evaporative cooler is an Australian product that has recently been introduced into the U.S. market. This product differs from U.S. advanced technology in that it uses 4-3.5 inch thick pads rather than 1-8 or 12 inch thick pad. The result is twice...
Sector
Residential
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
PGE 0507
Project SummaryTwo-stage or indirect-direct evaporative cooling technology offers the best opportunity for replacing air conditioning in California. The existing two-stage evaporative cooler on the market does not achieve the full potential of this technology. Previous lab testing has shown an...
Sector
Commercial, Public
End-use
Lighting
Project Number
PGE 0506
Project SummaryDaylit buildings, combined with automatic photocontrols, have enormous potential to deliver substantial energy and peak demand savings. As a result, utility-run efficiency programs such as Savings by Design, and the Title 24 Energy Efficiency Standards now promote the greater use of...
Sector
Commercial, Agricultural, Industrial
End-use
Process
Project Number
PGE 0505
Project SummaryPumps and fans are responsible for about 40 percent of motor energy use and account for more than a quarter of industrial electricity consumption nationally. The potential savings are more significant in pump and fan systems than for motors alone because pump energy use varies as...
Sector
Commercial, Residential
End-use
Lighting
Project Number
PGE 0503
Project SummaryThis project is a demonstration of the energy-efficient CFL downlight fixture developed by the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program (PIER 500-04-005, December 2003). The project is being conducted in partnership with homebuilders, to...
Sector
Commercial, Public, Other
End-use
Lighting
Project Number
PGE 0501
Project SummaryThe Green Buildings Studio is a web service application designed to support designers who wish to model the energy implications of building and systems designs. It is designed to accept files from 3D CAD software or manual inputs of building designs and produce files compatible with...
Sector
Other
End-use
Other
Project Number
ET 02.08
Project SummaryThis study provides an energy savings comparison of five different types of hand dryers: standard manual, energy efficient manual, standard automatic, energy efficient automatic and high velocity automatic. A standard automatic hand dryer and a high velocity hand dryer were installed...
Sector
Industrial
End-use
Other
Project Number
ET 05.03-1
Project SummarySouthern California Edison developed an interim market assessment of pump and fan energy usage within the non-residential and non-commercial building segments. This report describes work on part one of a two-part...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Lighting
Project Number
ET 05.04
Project SummaryThis technology relies on plastic optical fibers to guide beams of light where the light source is located outside of the refrigerated display case. The fiber optic system is going to replace very high output fluorescent lamps that can be found in low-temperature reach-in...
Sector
Other
End-use
Other
Project Number
PGE 0517
Project SummaryThe Data Center Energy Efficiency Emerging Technology Demonstration Project focuses on the confinement of chilled air distribution in data center cold aisles. This methodology is based on the observation that current industry practices allow the chilled supply air to mix with...
