This project was designed to evaluate consumer preferences and attitudes towards home energy management and “Smart Homes” through qualitative focus...

Project SummaryAutomated Hybrid Demand Control and Demand Response in Commercial Accountsstudies the energy and demand reduction potential and their economics of an advanced building controller technology that integrates with 3rd party BMS or EMS. The technology is different from traditional demand...

This project aims to identify available technologies suitable for automating demand response for small-medium commercial buildings; to validate the extent to which that technology does what it claims to be able to do; and determine the extent to which customers find the technology useful for DR...

This project was designed to evaluate strategies and tactics for implementation of ACCA Standards 180 and 4. In order to explore further development and marketing of the HVAC Quality Maintenance (QM) program, PG&E conducted customer research with the objectives to: (1) understand...

Project SummaryConvection ovens are general-purpose (standard) ovens used to cook food products by forcing hot dry air over the surface of the food product. They originated from standard ovens and were developed to increase food preparation time as well as solve the problem of uneven heat...

Project SummaryThe Office of the Future (OTF) program is a new energy efficiency approach supported by a consortium of some of the nation’s largest and most progressive energy utilities. OTF targets existing multi‐tenant commercial office buildings with packages of advanced energy efficiency and...

Project SummaryThis Office of the Future pilot project collects measured energy use from on-the-ground installations. A stepped baseline, starting with existing conditions, allows Measurement and Verification (M&V) investigations into the contribution of savings from lighting and lighting...

Project Summary SCG collaborated with CEC-PIER to develop natural gas energy efficiency calculators.The calculators will be utilized to capture potential energy savings projects and calculate carbon emissions reduction based on savings. Approximately 12 tools are accompanied by multiple...

Project Summary A non-intrusive technology is developed and applied to a steam system. The technology utilized thermocouples strap on the steam trap to monitor its performance. Based on developed algorithm, the receiver determines the steam trap for different modes; normal, fail open, fail...

Project Summary Warm mix asphalt is classified when the asphalt is produced at temperature between 240°F - 275°F. There are three forms of technology utilized today when producing warm mix asphalt; organic addictive or wax, chemical addictive, and water injection foaming. The expansion of...