Energy storage technologies – and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in particular – have become increasingly popular across global markets over the last five years. BESS technology is now commonly hailed as a panacea solution to help address numerous problems with legacy electric...

The Pacific Gas and Electric Central Valley Research Homes (CVRH) project is the product of multiple years of effort by leading energy efficiency researchers and represents a significant investment of funding from the California Energy Commission, California Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs), and...

The Pacific Gas and Electric Central Valley Research Homes (CVRH) project is the product of multiple years of effort by leading energy efficiency researchers and represents a significant investment of funding from the California Energy Commission, California Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs), and...

The Pacific Gas and Electric Central Valley Research Homes (CVRH) project is the product of multiple years of effort by leading energy efficiency researchers and represents a significant investment of funding from the California Energy Commission, California Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs), and...

This project is an aggressive multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, whole building approach to designing and constructing a net zero energy retrofit of an existing low-income multi-family complex. To the best of our knowledge this will be the first Multi-family Net Zero/ Deep Energy Reduction (DER)...

The purpose of the project was to assess how the OVGIP can best determine, report and facilitate OEM(s) to provide grid services through demand side management and to evaluate the DR measurement data results (10/10 baseline method) collected through the OVGIP to determine the use of OEM measurement...

Various utilities from around the country are evaluating systems for energy management that are low-cost, applicable to end-users, and useful to utilities and aggregators. This project is investigating an energy management circuit breaker (EMCB) with several additional features. The EMCB is a...

Automated Demand Response Capabilities of Variable Refrigerant Flow Technologies: Manufacturer...

Water-Energy Pilot Partnership Program for Preferred Resource...

This is a web-based, energy efficiency recommendation engine providing a customized “path to zero-net energy” for any existing home. Homeowners can use this technology to quickly check which energy efficiency options make most sense for their individual homes, to reduce their energy use and move...