The initiative is centered on exploring and implementing innovative DR methodologies, such as the Whole Home concept, to significantly enhance both customer benefits and grid performance. This strategic program aims to integrate emerging technologies that have DR capabilities, including electric...
California’s decarbonization goals are dependent on individual decision makers choosing to upgrade systems dependent on fossil fuels. Reaching those decision makers is challenging, none more so than commercial kitchen owners and operators, who are managing a variety of factors including small...
California has nearly 200,000 walk-in refrigerators and freezers in the food & beverage, retail, and restaurant markets. Most of this equipment relies on high-GWP synthetic refrigerants that, when leaked, are significant contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. VEIC proposes to conduct a...
Refrigeration systems in commercial facilities, such as supermarkets and grocery stores refrigerated display cases and cooler/freezer rooms, can account for up to 50% of these facilities' total electricity consumption. In California, most refrigeration systems rely on HydroFluoroCarbon (HFCs),...
Background
This project addresses the process dehumidification and cooling loads that account for approximately 40% energy consumption in indoor farms with energy efficient lighting. Indoors farms are defined as enclosed and insulated facilities where the lighting and environment are completely...
Temperature maintenance losses often account for around 30% of total thermal loads in centralized domestic hot water systems in multifamily buildings (but can be as high as 60%). Correction of these omnipresent recirculation inefficiencies in high-rise multifamily buildings has direct implications...
Heat pump space conditioning and water heating can greatly reduce energy consumption compared to existing electric resistance or natural gas combustion options. Requirements for electrical service upgrades add cost and installation delays for customers considering retrofit heat pumps. Anywhere from...
Current California Public Utilities Commission CPUC regulations limit the use of Normalized Metered Energy Consumption (NMEC) as a savings platform to three use cases: commercial buildings, industrial sites enrolled in a Strategic Energy Management (SEM) program, and industrial sites with...
The project team proposes to conduct a field demonstration project that will seek to install intelligent power management technologies (IPMTs) (e.g., smart electrical panels, smart circuit breakers/relays) in manufactured housing with limitations in both customer-side and utility-side electric...
High humidity poses a significant challenge in modern fully enclosed greenhouses and state-of-the-art vertical farming setups, fostering the growth of fungal diseases such as botrytis and impeding the plant transpiration process causing adverse impacts on plant health and growth. One study...