Wastewater aeration requires 50% of the energy use in wastewater treatment plants. A real-time analyzer that measures aeration efficiency was developed with CEC funding and has been demonstrated with SCE funding at several wastewater treatment plants over a one-year period. To achieve the full...

Product would be considered retrofit add on (REA). It is an evaporative pre-cooler for air cooled condensers of commercial/industrial refrigeration systems. By using this pre-cooler, the dry bulb temperature of the air entering the condenser is cooler by some amount related to the evaporative...

Research existing modeling tools used for estimating refrigeration system performance for supermarkets. Once the background study is completed, assemble and review results. Then recommend which tools are publicly accessible and recommend modifications to allow tool to estimate performance of...

Optimizing HVAC demands for residential cooling systems is becoming increasingly important in California as the electric grid becomes increasingly powered by renewable energy generation. Hydronic systems in general are particularly amenable to load shifting because they can be coupled to thermal...

The motor technology examined in this study is an evaporator fan that uses a permanent magnet, synchronous AC motor (PMSM) with a new control design. These motors are inherently more energy efficient than all of the previously discussed motor technologies due to a number of design improvements....

The proposed project will involve conducting a thorough review of prior results for behavioral intervention experiments for residential customers. The review will compare the effectiveness of various techniques, including how energy data is presented and which in‐home devices are used. The emphasis...

This project will create a novel database of energy use intensity (EUI) values from Title 24 compliant new construction prototype energy models. The database will serve to set baselines in support of various new construction custom...

Southern California Edison (SCE) is planning to produce a publication that contains case studies of residential buildings that were designed and built to achieve zero net energy (ZNE) performance and for which post-occupancy energy performance data have been obtained. The focus of the case study...

Conduct AMI data analysis of individual commercial customers using the AMI Customer Segmentation (AMICS) modeling approach. The California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) recently approved Southern California Edison’s (SCE) application for a High Opportunity Programs or Projects (HOPPs) HVAC...

Project to compare predictions from two energy simulation software’s to determine which building energy simulation engine is (more) accurate by identifying and investigating significant deviations between building energy simulation’s predicted performance versus actual performances for simple...