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Smart Thermostat Pilots and Programs
April 22, 2013
The latest round of smart thermostats has emerged onto the scene, with promises to provide energy savings for utilities and consumers and to enable smarter demand response. In just a few short years, more than 15 utilities are offering smart thermostat programs or are piloting programs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-52 | Author: Rachel Reiss Buckley
Smart Thermostat Programs Are Smart for Utilities and for Customers
April 19, 2013
Smart thermostats that are Wi-Fi-enabled, include demand-response (DR) capabilities, and demonstrate energy savings can bring energy-efficiency and DR benefits to utilities and residential customers.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-53 | Author: Rachel Reiss Buckley
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Changes in Residential Lighting Programs
What Happened in 2012, and What We Can Expect in the Near Term
December 24, 2012 | Updated: March 29, 2013
Lighting programs are in flux thanks to new technologies and evolving efficiency standards. The EISA phaseout of general-service incandescents is underway, and new lighting options are emerging. What are utilities and efficiency organizations doing now and planning for in the near future?
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-43 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
To Have or Have Not? A Review of Wireless Meter Opt-Out Policies
March 22, 2012 | Updated: March 7, 2013
Consumers are demanding alternatives to wireless meters, and state regulatory commissions and energy providers are issuing opt-out policies. It's likely that any utility deploying wireless meters will need an opt-out policy regardless of the size of the population projected to object to the meters.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-14 | Author: Melanie Wemple
Feeding Your Program Good LED Products
DLC to Launch New Database Format
March 4, 2013
A new database format for the DesignLights Consortium’s Qualified Products List will make it easier for utilities to incorporate light-emitting diode (LED) products into their programs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-66 | Author: Ira Krepchin
Efficiency Beyond Widgets: Residential Behavioral Program Options
December 18, 2012
Behavior-change programs for the residential sector have proliferated rapidly over the past few years, evolving more quickly than virtually any other energy-efficiency program offering. What elements drive successful residential behavioral approaches?
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: RES-RB-46 | Author: 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
Improving the Energy Efficiency of Tanning Salons
September 24, 2012
What opportunities are out there for energy efficiency in tanning salons?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-62 | Author: Bryan Jungers
Summer Energy-Saving Tips for Residential Customers
July 30, 2012
Do you have a list of energy-saving tips for the summer that we can share with our residential customers?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-60 | Author: Lee Hamilton, Spencer Sator
AutoDR 101
June 18, 2012
What is automated demand response (AutoDR), and how is it different from traditional demand response?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-57 | Author: Lee Hamilton
The Next Frontier: Embracing "Super Premium" Motor Technologies
May 31, 2012
Electric motors are a notoriously difficult technology for utilities to incentivize, despite large savings opportunities and the existence of efficient new technologies. We explore program and motor design approaches aimed at overcoming existing market barriers.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-37 | Author: Bryan Jungers
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
Making Backup Generators Pay Back
January 26, 2012
What are the costs associated with natural gas and diesel backup generators for commercial applications? Under what conditions can we expect a reasonable payback on that investment?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: CEMC-AskES-14 | Author: Bryan Jungers
Don’t Let Fairness Concerns Derail Your Smart Grid Business Case
Pricing Program Practices for Low-Income Customers
December 27, 2011
Utilities lack sound intelligence on pricing-program implications for verified hardship customers—those whose households meet some poverty level measure and qualify for bill assistance. Regulators' fairness concerns about pricing programs can be addressed with the strategies outlined in this report. ...
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-10 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
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
A Dramatic Boost for Existing RTUs
September 23, 2011
Several new retrofit devices are available for single-zone rooftop-unit air conditioners, with at least one device demonstrating demand savings of 41 percent and annual energy savings of 52 percent. These devices can also monitor unit performance, enabling additional savings.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-47 | Author: Peter Criscione
Abandonment in the Residential Home Energy Management Space: Do Customers Care?
August 25, 2011
With the demise of the two major players in the residential home energy management space, industry watchers are left to wonder if customers just don’t care about their home energy use.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-11 | Author: Carol Stimmel
Electric Vehicle Rates
May 9, 2011
What kinds of rates are utilities offering for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)? The vast majority are based on time of use, and most fit in two categories: rates that are specific to PEV charging only and rates that apply to all electrical consumption of a household or building.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-13 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
Planning for Renewable-Based Energy Security and Prosperity in Humboldt County
May 1, 2011
The project team will develop and implement an energy‐optimization model to determine a renewable‐based energy portfolio for Humboldt County that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, maximizes local economic benefits and maintains grid stability.
Content type: Fact Sheet | Document ID: CEC-FS-3 | Author: California Energy Commission/Public Interest Energy Research
Lighting the Way to Demand Response
April 21, 2011
Commercially available advanced lighting-control systems can be used today in demand-response programs. This Tech Brief examines the cost, the potential savings, and the best way to implement these systems.
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: CEC-TB-47 | Author: Ira Krepchin
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 Virtual Power Plant: An Introduction
March 24, 2011
What is a virtual power plant? Can you summarize its characteristics?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: IGS-AskES-28 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
Efficiency and Air Quality Implications of Distributed Generation and Combined Heat and Power in California
March 1, 2011
This project is investigating the efficiencies of distributed generation power combined with heating and cooling usage. Specific market sectors were identified as having the highest potential for wide‐scale urban implementation of distributed generation/combined heat and power in the near future.
Content type: Fact Sheet | Document ID: CEC-FS-4 | Author: California Energy Commission/Public Interest Energy Research
Finding the Efficiency of Old Air-Conditioning Equipment
January 14, 2011
How can I determine the efficiency of old air-conditioning equipment?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-36 | Author: Peter Criscione
What Does EISA Mean for Residential Lighting Programs?
January 13, 2011
CFLs are a vital component of utility energy-efficiency programs, contributing 25 to 50 percent of total efficiency program portfolio savings in 2010. Yet the future of utility CFL programs in the U.S. is uncertain due to the EISA provisions for phasing in more efficient lighting.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-8 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
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
