Advanced Lighting Control System Bench Testing: The evaluation will assist the implementation of a metering-on-board utility program that will enable utilities to ‘pay for performance’. When validated systems are used as part of a utility-incentivized lighting retrofit or new construction project,...

This project will demonstrate that use of advanced, low GWP heat pumps can replace natural gas fired boilers, be significantly more efficient, and reduce green house gases. It will also show the efficiencies of integrating refrigeration waste heat with hot water and steam needs to provide a much...

Funding support for the development of a quick software tool that provides life cycle cost analysis of a suite of building electrification, PV, battery storage. Primary target is commercial building types, but residential will be...

The Project is to evaluate the market readiness of manufacturers and installers in supporting the energy savings and ventilation system benefits. The DCV project will perform product testing of multiple suppliers at various market segments to identify any additional technology updates for incentive...

Compressed air systems are common in most industrial facilities in California. They use considerably more energy and are very inefficient when they are applied to some industrial processes that blowers can perform. The scope of this project is to replace/modify existing compressed-air to blowers...

The goal of this project is to develop a methodology for determining the potential energy and peak-demand savings associated with sealing large buildings: commercial, hospitality, and dormitory style buildings. This includes developing models for the energy use and demand associated with leakage in...

Water-Energy efficiency to identify opportunities in pumping technologies & system(s) optimization and...

This is a follow up of an assessment of a web-based, energy efficiency recommendation engine providing a customized “path to zero-net energy” for any existing home. This tool uses current technologies in building energy simulation and combines it in a novel way with other recent developments in 3D...

Water cooled air conditioners have been around for several years and have an excellent performance rating out of the box, an EER of about 17. However, the experience has been that water-cooled condensers can become fouled in a very short time, circumventing their performance and become a...

Cook and hold cabinets are ovens with the ability to cook the food product and switch to holding mode to maintain product temperature and freshness. Ovens will be tested in a laboratory setting. This project will encompass applying an industry-accepted standard test method to up to five different...