In 2013 PG&E engaged Honeywell Smart Grid Solutions (HSGS) to implement and administer a technology assessment project with Demand Response Emerging Markets & Technology funding.  The objective of the project was to test a variety of program features combined (e.g. emerging technology...

Project SummaryThe primary project goal was to field evaluate radiant panel performance, and to compare performance to that of conventional HVAC systems. A detailed study of field performance would help define best practices and identify opportunities for improving and optimizing these systems....

Project SummaryEvaporative cooling building technologies take advantage of the latent heat of vaporization for water to provide comfort cooling. Indirect evaporative cooling technologies achieve this without adding water vapor to the zone supply air. The technology studied here provides condenser...

Project SummaryVariable capacity heat pumps (VCHPs) have the ability to deliver capacity below and above their nominal rated capacity by changing the speed of the compressor and modulating ancillary components like fans and expansion valves. This flexibility allows for similar component sizes...

Project SummaryA heat pump water heater (HPWH) offers a considerable opportunity for energy and demand savings over a conventional electric water heater. This report examines HPWHs for commercial applications by evaluating the performance of a HPWH installed in a condominium...

This project will field test recently developed tools and associated workflows to determine the viability and efficacy of rapid building physics based building energy models for use in energy efficiency measure identification and energy use...

This project was a field assessment of indirect evaporative cooling for ventilation air for a mall in Fairfield, CA in which a new RTU was retrofitted with a direct evaporative pre-cooler at the condenser inlet, and a water to air heat exchanger at the ventilation air inlet. This study was...

Commercial customers that want to minimize their monthly peak demand and maximize the benefit they receive from participating in Demand Response (DR) programs need accurate predictions of their future (e.g. day ahead or longer) demand profiles and guidance on how to maximize their demand shed and...

This project analyzed the charging patterns of commercially-sited PEV charging in order to determine if commercial PEV charging has the potential of being used as a reliable DR...

This assessment implemented and evaluates the costs and conversion challenges associated with transitioning from OpenADR 1.0 to 2.0 in various sites that already use OpenADR 1.0 to participate in PG&E automated demand response (AutoDR)...