Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems are well suited for automated demand response (ADR) because of their high efficiency, inherently flexible design, and more sophisticated controls available from the factory, relative to traditional air conditioners. Although VRF has been used successfully for...

Dispatchable pre-coolers have the potential to be used for utility load management if pre-coolers can be demonstrated to be a guaranteed demand reduction resource. Building on prior work testing evaporative pre-coolers, complete a laboratory study to determine the transient response and load...

Water districts prove to be flexible in their demand and very successful in the load modifying incentive program of DR. Water districts in the SCE Auto-DR program have utilized the incentive programs to enable better control over their energy consumption. This, together with the large horsepower...

The objectives of this project is to develop a Codes and Standards Enhancement (CASE) report that acts as a code change proposal to clean up and clarify the existing demand response (DR) requirements so that all sections of the standards use consistent terminology and approach. The goals are to...

This project includes (1) identifying, characterizing, and quantifying the impacts of climate-change affected atmospheric and hydrological conditions on electricity system generation, renewable potential, and demand, (2) determines the implications for meeting greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and...

In 2013, the CPUC opened its Alternative-Fueled Vehicles Rulemaking (R.) 13-11-007, in part to “evaluate the potential and value of vehicle-grid integration”4 to support the state’s zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) goal established by Executive Order B-16-2012. Executive Order B-16-2012 ordered the...

The goal of this project is to establish a whole building M&V approach based on the short-time interval energy use data (collectively known as “M&V 2.0”) for the University and possibly Public Sector environment that is simple to apply but accurately captures real savings from existing conditions...

Various lab and field...

This Field Assessment is to test the potential energy performance of homes that have crawl spaces that will be sealed and made to become part of the building envelope, hence conditioned space. This Field Assessment seeks to discover other, non-energy benefits to Conditioned Crawlspaces (CCS). The...

The goal of this project is to establish a whole building M&V approach based on the short-time interval energy use data (collectively known as “M&V 2.0”) for the University and possibly Public Sector environment that is simple to apply but accurately captures real savings from existing conditions...