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Repository of Publicly Available Technical Reference Manuals
January 3, 2012 | Updated: March 22, 2013
Where can I find a repository of demand-side management (DSM) deemed savings values or other measure-specific assumptions? Is there a national database with this information?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: EDRP-AskES-45 | Author: Todd Camnitz, Andrea Salazar
Data Center Demand-Response Strategies
An E Source Sound Bite
February 7, 2013
Demand response for data centers can be a bit of a challenge. In this sound bite, we go over nine different strategies for shedding load in this growing customer segment.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-64 | Author: Andrea Salazar
Stormy Weather’s Silver Lining: Opportunities to Accelerate Energy Efficiency After Disasters
January 30, 2013
Natural disasters have the potential to wreak massive financial damages to properties and unquantifiable emotional and personal losses, but program administrators at ground zero are uniquely poised to help victims rebuild or renovate their damaged homes and businesses to be more secure, affordable, and ...
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-46 | Author: Melanie Wemple, Rachel Reiss Buckley, Dulcey Simpkins
Key Takeaways from the 2012 Energy Star Partner Meeting
December 3, 2012
Didn’t get to attend this year’s Energy Star Partner Meeting? Never fear—we attended for you! In this seven-minute video, we share some key takeaways, helpful resources and intriguing graphs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-62 | Author: Andrea Salazar, Lee Hamilton
Getting Gas (Savings) from Small Businesses
October 31, 2012
Some demand-side management programs are finding ways to tap into gas savings from hard-to-reach small business customers by designing programs that are specifically tailored to them. This report examines the experiences of seven utilities.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-36 | Author: Kate Drexler
Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Overview
September 1, 2008 | Updated: April 11, 2012
Understanding the unique characteristics of commercial and industrial (C&I) facilities helps utilities approach the right customers and ensures broad and sustained participation in demand-response programs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-1 | Author: Christie Rewey
Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Schools
September 1, 2008 | Updated: April 11, 2012
Schools can be good candidates for participating in demand-response (DR) programs. Incentive payments provide additional funds, participation can improve a school’s image, and educational opportunities can be created by enlisting students’ help in enacting a DR strategy.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-2x | Author: Christie Rewey
Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Manufacturing Facilities
September 1, 2008 | Updated: April 11, 2012
Given their very large overall electric loads, manufacturing facilities often have the most to gain of any commercial and industrial customer from participating in a demand-response program.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-5x | Author: Christie Rewey
Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Office Buildings
September 1, 2008 | Updated: March 20, 2012
Office buildings can be good candidates for commercial and industrial (C&I) demand-response (DR) programs because these programs provide owners with a way to trim ever-increasing energy costs and to boost their market position by promoting a “green” image.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-3x | Author: Christie Rewey
Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Warehouses
September 1, 2008 | Updated: March 20, 2012
Warehouses can participate in commercial and industrial (C&:I) demand-response programs without adversely affecting their services or internal operations and can often benefit financially.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-4x | Author: Christie Rewey
Will the Rare-Earth Metals Crunch Hurt Fluorescent Lighting Programs?
November 18, 2011
What's going on with the prices for fluorescent lamps? How can we keep rising prices from bankrupting our fluorescent lighting programs?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-53 | Author: Lee Hamilton
Electric Vehicle Energy-Use Feedback
April 19, 2011
Deployment of smart grid and electric vehicle technologies will enable unprecedented integration of stationary and mobile energy use, allowing customers to monitor and manage the two simultaneously.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-6 | Author: Bryan Jungers
The Smart Grid Is Not About Residential Energy Efficiency—Yet
An E Source White Paper
December 6, 2010
References to the energy-efficiency benefits expected to flow from smart grid deployments are commonplace. Not all actions that reduce the energy bill, however, constitute energy efficiency in the strict meaning of the term; many are properly classified as conservation or load shifting, neither of which ...
Content type: White Paper | Document ID: ES-WP-10 | Author: Michael Reid
2008 U.S. Electric DSM Spending
August 19, 2010
Which U.S. electric utilities spend the most on demand-side management? We take our annual look at data from the Energy Information Administration, a unit of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-5 | Author: Michael Reid
Fifty Homes in One: Multifamily Efficiency Programs
Results from an E Source Roundtable Discussion
September 28, 2009
Learn how to engage multifamily properties in your energy-efficiency programs. There are savings to be had—but when landlords aren’t responsible for tenants’ bills, and tenants don’t own the property, who do you convince to make the investment?
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: RES-F-41 | Author: Kelsie Bell
Using AMR Meters to Enable a Smart Home
September 14, 2009
We have automated meter reading (AMR) meters deployed in the field. Is there any way to use these meters to provide “smart” energy-usage feedback to residential customers?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: IGS-AskES-9 | Author: Carol Stimmel
Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Hotels and Motels
May 6, 2009
Hotels and motels make great candidates for commercial and industrial (C&I) demand-response (DR) programs. Participating allows owners to bolster their "green" image in the marketplace, and incentive payments can offset costs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-7x | Author: John Sustar
Cycling Strategies for Air-Conditioning Load Control Programs
March 1, 2005
It’s obvious that direct load control isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, our research demonstrates that the market penetration of such programs is increasing. Certainly it makes sense for utilities to make the best use of the technologies they already have to obtain maximum peak load reduction. ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: ER-05-5 | Author: Rachel Reiss
Strategic Issues Paper VI Local Integrated Resource Planning: A New Tool for a Competitive Era
November 1, 1995
The competitive restructuring of the electric power industry is intensifying pressures for electric utilities to control costs through improved utilization of existing assets and by minimizing capital investment in new transmission and distribution capacity. Local integrated resource planning is a ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: SIP VI | Author: Nicholas Lenssen
