Addressing Market Barriers to Evaporative Cooling Technology Adoption with Informational Videos
UCD researchers conducted an experiment to assess the potential for using informational videos to stimulate interest in emerging HVAC technologies. A series of three videos were created, each featuring a single evaporative cooling technology. The videos provided information on how the technology works, evidence of technical performance, and cost and energy savings estimates, based on […]
Field Study to Assess Occupant Experience of and Market Potential for Energy Efficient Ventilation and Cooling Technologies
The Market Transformation Research Team aided a field experiment to document the energy, indoor air quality, and cost effectiveness of a pair of cutting-edge residential energy efficient upgrade packages. These included pre-cooling ventilation, evaporative cooling, and aerosol sealing of the building envelope. Researchers conducted quarterly household interviews to measure occupant behavior and satisfaction. The research […]
User Experience of and Market Potential for Innovative Technologies to Improve Water and Energy Efficiency in California’s Dairy Industry
UCD researchers conducted research to support the Western Cooling Efficiency Center in its development of innovative cow cooling technologies that save water and energy. Through in-depth interviews, user experiences with the technologies evaluated were analyzed to identify relative advantages and disadvantages of the technologies from a user perspective, and identify ways to mitigate potential downsides. […]
Teacher Survey of Comfort, Control and Air Quality in California Schools
UCD researchers led the design, implementation, and analysis of a survey of classroom teachers to measure occupant behavior, experience, and satisfaction as part of a field study to measure the performance of energy efficient HVAC upgrades in California schools. Correlations between occupant reports and objective measures of thermal comfort and indoor air quality were calculated, […]
Usability Testing for Intelligent HVAC Controls
The EEI Market Transformation Research Team worked with the UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center, Electric Power Research Institute, and UC Berkeley on a project for the California Energy Commission that involved designing, developing, and testing a smart thermostat geared toward affordable housing communities. The Market Transformation Research Team led the user research for the […]
Residential electrification in Sacramento and its impact on appliance sales
UCD researchers conducted a study to characterize the landscape for residential electrification in Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) territory. Data was collected from SMUD, policy documents, and interviews with numerous industry experts. The potential demand for heat pump water heaters, space conditioning heat pumps, induction stoves, and heat pump clothes dryers is estimated for SMUD […]
Field Study to Assess Occupant Experience of Energy Efficient Upgrades in Low-Income, Multi-family Communities
UCD researchers supported a field study, led by EPRI, to deploy energy efficient retrofit packages for disadvantaged communities in Central and Southern California. The project measured energy savings, indoor air quality, and impacts on occupants. UCD led tasks to measure occupant behavior and satisfaction, including participant engagement, pre- and post- intervention survey design and implementation, […]
Field Study to Assess Occupant Experience of and Market Potential for Advanced Insulation Retrofit
The Market Transformation Research Team is supporting a project to develop and field test an advanced insulation retrofit solution using phase change material to achieve greater efficiency than standard approaches. The Team is leading occupant engagement and measuring pre- and post-retrofit satisfaction, experience, and behavior related to thermal comfort and conditioning of the participant homes. […]
Defining Future User Needs for the California Energy Product Evaluation Hub
UCD researchers are providing key inputs to a $13 million effort to establish the California Energy Product Evaluation Hub, a resource aimed at promoting adoption of advanced distributed energy resources among large commercial and institutional entities. The Team engaged hundreds of stakeholders from more than a dozen sectors to understand their purchasing needs and constraints, […]
Comparative case studies of all-electric/ZNE affordable housing: Developer and Occupant perspectives
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