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...

Scaled field placement evaluates the electrical and thermal savings for DCKV when combined with building EMS systems in order to provide work-paper updates and inform new measures. Further evaluates opportunities for chains and SMBs using a tiered pricing...

The primary objective of this project was to provide unbiased, technically sound information about the performance of ‘advanced blinds and shades’ products in a field assessment. Three types of advanced blinds/shades technologies were tested in this study: automated top-down shades, manual...

This report is the second phase of a technical analysis that evaluates the savings potential of ‘advanced window film’ products that may offer improved energy performance relative to traditional tint films. This phase consisted of field installation of advanced films and on-site monitoring or...

Scaled placement of Advanced Lighting Controls platform and 2x4 LED panels. PG&E had a unique opportunity to verify the energy efficiency potential for two similar floors of a large office building where one floor kept the T-8 3-lamp fluorescent fixtures and the second floor replaced them with 2x4...