Frontier Energy conducted an Emerging Technology project to characterize the energy savings potential associated with gas-fired steam tables. The study included field monitoring of baseline and replacement steam tables in three representative restaurant test sites in the SoCalGas territory,...

Flexible DR for Connected Pool Pump Market...

This project will evaluate and demonstrate new potential for otherwise unrealized demand response capability from new-to-market variable capacity commercial HVAC systems in Southern California. Southern California Edison (SCE) and their customers will benefit from this effort by unlocking a new...

Commercial dishmachines are in widespread and regular use in food service establishments. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has enacted a rebate program for door-type and undercounter-type dishmachines to foster the use of energy efficient models. Rebate applications are easy to...

The Goal of this project is to develop an updated approach to ADR incentives for nonresidential customers and/or third parties through literature review and data analysis. A Research Team including Energy Solutions and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab was engaged to develop a...

GTI used a creative way to assess the energy benefits of combi service for single family homes.  The Virtual Test Home (VTH) consists of multiple test rigs and associated algorithms that simulate real world conditions in a controlled, repeatable laboratory environment.  The VTH can be...

A remote monitoring and control system (RMCS) was deployed in four restaurants in PG&E’s service territory. The technology was deployed to monitor each restaurant’s electric end-uses and provide smart controls to eliminate energy waste and maintain smooth operations. The...

The goals of the Field Study were to explore the technical and experience components of Connected Home products with a dual focus on assessing customers’ experience and energy impacts. Survey instruments were designed to meet most of the customer experience analysis objectives. In...

The purpose of this project was to conduct laboratory testing on the Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooler (IDEC) to characterize its performance across typical cooling season weather conditions in climate zones 7 and 10.  The IDEC provides cooling very efficiently using only two sets of fans and...

This project evaluates market-ready connected plug load devices for opportunities in plug load programs. Unlike previous approaches that focus only on the programmatic or technology side, the approach used in this study evaluates the intersectionality between technical capability and program...