Webinars

Refrigeration

• Increasing the Adoption of Climate-Friendly Refrigeration Systems in California’s Supermarkets - Feb 25, 2021 (Video | Slides)
• Carbon-Free Cooling: The Critical Role of HFC Refrigerants in Reaching California’s GHG Targets - September 24, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• Natural Refrigerant System Examples for Supermarkets - September 24, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• Connecting the Dots - September 24, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• Assessment of Horizontal Self-Contained Display Cases Using Natural Refrigerant - June 5, 2019 (Video | Slides | Report)

Agriculture

• LCFS Electricity Pathways: Cow Power to Charge Electric Vehicles in SMUD Region - September 24, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• Optimized Controller for Dairy Cow Cooling - September 24, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• Energy Efficient Concentration of Food and Beverage Products - August 28, 2019 (Video | Slides)
• Energy Efficient Infrared Drying of Healthy Snacks and Walnuts - August 28, 2019 (Video | Slides)

Residential

• Load Flexibility with HPWHs: Findings from Three Utility Pilots (Note: The video recording and presentation slides will be posted soon.) - March 3, 2026
  • Flexible Demand Potential of Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters Under Deep and Light Shed Events | Charles Kim, Senior Engineer, Energy Codes and Standards, Southern California Edison
  • SCE SmartShift Reward Hot Water Pilot—Interim Evaluation Findings | Andres Fergadiotti, PE, LEED AP, Advisor, Evaluation, Measurement & Verification, Customer Programs & Services, Southern California Edison
  • WatterSaver: The Effects of HPWH Settings | Helen Liu, Senior Product Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Amélie Besson, Senior Manager, Programs, Association for Energy Affordability
• Resilient, Efficient, and Affordable: Advancing Homebuilding for a Changing Climate - June 26, 2025 (Video)
  • Wildfire-Hardened and Energy-Efficient Building Assemblies (Slides)
    • Kliewer and Associates performs Burn Test for SCE (Video)
    • Parcel Assessment Wildfire Hardening Form (PDF)
  • Scalable Thermal and Resilience Exterior Envelope Strategies for the Manufactured Housing Sector: Results from a Year of Simulated Field Testing | Mazen Daher, Senior Building Scientist, EPRI (Slides)
  • Making All-Electric, Resilient Homes Affordable Using Prefab Home Technology | Vamsi Kumar Kotla, CEO, ReMo Homes (Slides)
• Heather Village: Building a Resilient Community through Electrification - February 11, 2025 (Video | Slides)
  • The Heather Village HOA Electrification Feasibility Study
  • Heather Village: Decarbonizing a Multi-Family Equity Community Final Report and Executive Summary
• Integrated Gas-Fired Heat Pumps for Homes and Businesses: Results from Field Demonstrations and Modeling - July 24, 2021 (Video | Slides)
  • Final Project Fact Sheet: Key Findings and Benefits
  • Ratepayer Technology Snapshot
  • Case Study: Huntington Beach, California single-family detached home, family of three
  • Case Study: Stanton, California single-family attached home, family of four
• The Importance of IoT for the Smart Grid - July 22, 2020 (Video | Slides | Report)
• Smart Speakers, the Connected Home, and Energy - July 22, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• Clean Energy Residential Retrofits at Scale—Using XeroHome’s Rapid Energy Modeling Approach - July 22, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• High Performance Attics for Zero Energy Homes - June 5, 2019 (Video | Slides | Report)
• Multifamily:
  • Demonstration of Gas Engine Heat Pump (GEHP) with Scalable Solar Thermal Array in Multi-Family Central Water Heating - June 24, 2021 (Video | Slides)
  • CEC EPIC’s Santa Ana Project - May 13, 2020 (Video | Slides)
  • Costs and Benefits of Community vs. Individual End-Use for Solar Water Heating - February 27, 2019 (Video | Slides)

Commercial

• Integrated Gas-Fired Heat Pumps for Homes and Businesses: Results from Field Demonstrations and Modeling - June 24, 2021 (Video | Slides)
  • Final Project Fact Sheet: Key Findings and Benefits
  • A Contractor’s Introduction to Commercial Gas-Fired Heat Pump Water Heaters
  • Technical Summary White Paper: Commercial Gas Heat Pumps for Hot Water and A/C Demonstration In Restaurant Applications
• Bundle-Based Energy Efficiency Technology Solutions for California (BEETS for California) - Feb 25, 2021 (Video | Slides)
• Dynamic Air Balancing for Commercial HVAC Systems - February 27, 2019 (Video | Slides)

Transportation

• Transport Refrigeration Unit Regulatory Update - October 21, 2021 (Video | Slides)
  • TRU webpage: Transport Refrigeration Unit | California Air Resources Board
  • TRU Rulemaking: Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU) Regulation | California Air Resources Board
• Lessons and Insights from SCG's Fleet - October 21, 2021 (Video | Slides)
• Turn EV Charging into Revenue with LCFS Credits - October 21, 2021 (Video | Slides)

Other

• Driving Campus Decarbonization: Insights from SCE’s Clean Energy Optimization Pilot - December 13, 2015 (Video)
  • Final Results from the Clean Energy Optimization Pilot with UC and CSU Campuses (Slides | Report)
  • Replacing Natural Gas Boilers with Heat Pumps at a University Campus (Slides)
• Updates on Federal Codes & Standards Activities and Possible Impacts on California - May 13, 2025 (Slides)
• DRET: Watt’s Up in DR? Featured Projects from California IOUs Demand Response Emerging Technologies - February 13, 2025 (Video)
• DRET: Watt's in in DR? Energizing Customer Engagement from In-home Technologies to Business Models - June 20, 2024 (Video)
• DRET Research Spotlights Webinar - April 22, 2024 (Video)
• California Demand Response Emerging Technologies 2023 Research Highlights - November 16, 2023 (Video)
• California Demand Response Emerging Technologies Update - April 25, 2023 (Video | Slides)
• SDG&E Battery Market Study: Residential and Non-Residential Customers - May 13, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs) - May 13, 2020 (Video | Slides)
• Demand Response Technology Assessment and Delivery: Accelerating Tech Transfer of California’s EPIC Projects - February 26, 2020 (Video | Slides | EPRI Product Abstract)
• Computer Gaming Systems: Energy Efficiency without Performance Compromise - June 5, 2019 (Video | Slides | Report)
• LED Track Lighting - February 27, 2019 (Video | Slides | Report)