This paper summarizes current CAISO telemetry requirements and analyzes existing technologies that might be able to meet those requirements in a manner that can be scalable for Proxy Demand Resources to participate in the wholesale market. The paper offers various solution architechtures and...

This project was a field assessment of indirect evaporative cooling for ventilation air for a mall in Fairfield, CA in which a new RTU was retrofitted with a direct evaporative pre-cooler at the condenser inlet, and a water to air heat exchanger at the ventilation air inlet. This study was...

The purpose of this project was to determine whether heat pump clothes dryers offer non-energy benefits—specifically, reduced clothing wear and tear—that could help consumer adoption. Although the project did not conclusively find that heat pump clothes dryers cause less wear than...

- Updated August 2016 to include additional market data and 3rd party lab testing -In support of California’s strategic plan to accelerate the penetration of energy efficiency technologies, AESC executed a study of a new fan motor technology with funding, guidance, and...

The objective of this pilot was to demonstrate the use of a wide-area wireless control messaging network as a platform for dispatching demand across a utility area. The advantage of such a system is that it can cost effectively and reliable reach devices that are typically not networked, such as...

The purpose of this project is to verify the energy and water performance of packaged hybrid Roof Top Units (RTU) that combine both evaporative cooling technologies (direct and indirect) with standard vapor compression cooling. The field testing will consist of installing and evaluating the...

Conduct a field survey of 150 randomly selected sites with commercial swimming pools to identify key market, performance specifications to assist in making VFD for commercial pool pumps a deemed...

This project is aimed at understanding the actual EUL values of LED based products by performing a combination of field measurements, lab evaluation, and data compilation. This effort consists of (1) field measurements of deployed LED based lighting to determine their current performance and rate...

This project focuses on demonstrating residential DR by examining various treatments to three separate groups of homes: a community energy storage (CES) block, a ZNE block (that also uses energy storage), and an RESU block. All homes will receive communicating thermostats, energy information...

This project will identify the technical requirements needed to enhance the capabilities of a battery-based permanent load shift (PLS) to perform DR functionality, as well as investigate and define telemetry and control requirements. The project will also help identify and develop recommendations...