This project is part of a larger Southern California Edison (SCE) effort to evaluate Demand Response (DR) capabilities of various residential appliances in a laboratory environment. Several manufacturers have recently developed DR-capable appliances, but little is known about how DR capabilities...

Billboards are outdoor signs typically large in size (14 feet by 48 feet to as large as 20 feet by 60 feet) and located along highways and busy surface streets. Traditional or “static” signs are comprised of paper panels lit at night with HID, fluorescent, or LED flood lamps. Digital...

This report summarizes EM&T efforts at Southern California Edison from July 2014 through December 2014. It lists reports that were:- Completed- Initiated- Works still in progressAnd includes a detailed status for each DR...

Project Summary The primary goal is to accelerate market transformation by validating the heating energy savings and associated cooking oil cost savings for ENERGY STAR® rated fryers at 17 sites using various manufacturers and models. We found the operational savings in oil is valued...

The primary goal of this project was to measure and quantify the relative performance gains that can be achieved by a typical rooftop air conditioner from various enhancement technologies. This involved baseline testing of the air conditioner under a range of operating conditions, and then...

This project examines the site net energy consumption of a sample of units in the UC Davis West Village community. The primary goals were to (1) study energy consumption and production in order to determine if this West Village sample is achieving its zero net energy goals and (2) determine the...

The project was designed to evaluate changes in water management (applied irrigation water) by growers who adopt Soil Moisture Sensors (SMS) to schedule their irrigation events. The goal was to determine if, on-average, there was a reduction in applied water (and associated energy) by growers who...

The goal of this project is to test the performance of an earthworm-based wastewater treatment system known as Dynamic Aerobic Biofilter (BIDA®) or BioFiltro for its ability to reduce organic contaminants in agricultural waste and to measure the energy use to achieve these...

The project’s objective is to identify scalable, deployment-ready technologies that can hasten the transition to zero net energy homes in PG&E territory. Four of a total of fourteen existing residential structures, the Domes, at UC Davis were retrofitted with energy efficiency improvements...

Market and technical study of LED replacement lamps with embedded controls/smartphone apps for user...