Projects

Partner: Slipstream

In this market research project, Slipstream is assessing the costs and feasibility of home electrification upgrades in the ComEd service territory for single- and multi-family customers.

Partner: ILLUME Advising

The project team is researching effective methods to communicate to customers the energy bill impacts caused by switching to electric appliances.

Partner: NEEP

This study will modernize the metrics used to predict the field performance of residential heat pumps and assess the representativeness of two heat pump testing and rating procedures.

Partners: Griffin & Strong P.C.

The project team is conducting research to support the creation of a robust Market Development Initiative (MDI) to be administered 2022-2025. The goal of the MDI will be to increase contracting opportunities for diverse business enterprises and community based organizations and assist them in developing the necessary capabilities to participate in the delivery of the energy efficiency program portfolio.

Partners: Slipstream, Ezlo

This project was in partnership with the ComEd Innovation Lab to test the viability of novel smart home product solutions for income eligible (IE) customers without broadband internet access.

Partners: Slipstream, Center for Energy and Environment (CEE)

Slipstream and CEE are leading a ComEd Air Source Heat Pump Training for HVAC Energy Efficiency Service Providers (EESPs) in the ComEd service territory. The goal of this training is to increase contractor knowledge of heat pump systems, break down market barriers and increase adoption of air source heat pumps.

Partner: Resource Innovations

This study assessed the all-electric income eligible market in ComEd’s service territory and how to best serve this customer segment.

Partners: Elevate, Slipstream

This project is a field evaluation of installed heat pump equipment as part of the full electrification of an affordable multi-family building in Chicago.

Partner: Slipstream

This project seeks to better understand the needs of the Bronzeville community and its businesses. Through a more comprehensive community-driven outreach approach, the project team will examine how innovative technical solutions and methods of delivering energy efficiency may be able to help address those needs.

Partners: Leidos, ExxonMobil

This field evaluation examines the energy savings potential of energy-efficient gear and hydraulic oils. The project team is currently recruiting demonstration sites.

Partners: Slipstream, Passive House Institute US (PHIUS)

Buildings in this pilot will pursue PHIUS certification, resulting in long-lasting energy savings and healthy, comfortable living spaces while increasing market adoption of best-in-class building energy efficiency.

Partners: Slipstream, Nicor

This project was a collaboration between utilities that assessed the existing secondary glazing system market and determined the growth potential for this technology.

Partners: Resource Innovations, Nicor

This project was a collaboration between utilities to assess the existing thin triple-pane window market in ComEd's service territory.

Partner: Center for Energy and Environment

This field evaluation assesses the performance, energy savings and cost savings of variable speed heat pumps as replacements for air conditioners for residential customers. The project team is currently recruiting for demonstration sites. If you are interested in participating, please email [email protected] or call 612-244-2440.

Partner: E Source

This market and technical potential study helped ComEd develop a plan to improve energy efficiency in small and midsize businesses (SMBs) by identifying energy management systems with the greatest energy-saving potential that are best suited to meet the needs of these customers.

Partners: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

NREL’s research partnership with ComEd examined the technical aspects and potential energy savings of new generation high efficiency self-contained water-cooled medium temperature display cases.

Partner: Frontier Energy

This research project assessed the market potential for efficient dipper well technologies in the ComEd service territory.

Partner: Slipstream

This research project explored the opportunity to provide future service offerings for strategic energy planning and implementation support for municipalities to meet their energy and carbon reduction goals.

Partner: Mapdwell

Through geospatial data, remote sensing and energy modeling at the individual building level, this project will identify aggregate energy efficiency opportunities for ComEd.

Partners: Institute for Market Transformation, Slipstream, Ventacity Systems, Fujitsu, Charles M. Stephens

This field evaluation examines electricity savings and cost effectiveness for retrofitting buildings with Very High Efficiency (VHE) HVAC systems. The project team is currently recruiting for 2021 demonstration sites. If you are a building owner interested in participating in the project, please email [email protected] or call 503-477-0851.

Partner: Center for Energy and Environment

This research project reviewed various use cases for residential air source heat pumps as well as a range of potential future measures related to electrification.

Partners: 360 Energy Group, SEDAC, Kone Engineering

This research project explored potential energy savings from several measures related to modern elevator operation.

Partner: Gas Technology Institute

This project was a savings evaluation of a product that converts a standard clothes dryer into a smart dryer, informing users when clothes are dry.

Partner: DNV

This field evaluation intended to assess the potential savings of a refrigeration technology that may benefit ComEd commercial customers.

Partners: Franklin Energy, LiquidCool

This field evaluation project examined the energy savings from a server rack using liquid immersion cooling.

Partner: Sentient Energy

This pilot will test new grid-side hardware and software solutions that can enhance ComEd’s Voltage Optimization efforts and increase customer energy savings.

Partners: Illinois Institute of Technology, Parata Solutions LLC, Amatis Controls

The project team evaluated savings from an insulating shade system in conjunction with a building control system in a high-rise office building in Chicago.

Partners: Recurve Analytics, Power TakeOff

Two separate research projects for commercial and residential customers explored how ComEd might use a normalized metered energy consumption approach to identify customers with high energy savings potential.

Partners: Energy & Resource Solutions, ACEEE, D+R International, Resource Innovation Institute

This research project aimed to help ComEd better promote energy efficiency to indoor agribusiness, determine the current marketplace’s baselines and standard practices and evaluate the challenges and opportunities the indoor agribusiness sector faces in the ComEd service territory.

Partner: Power TakeOff

This project tests whether more granular usage data provided in real time can result in deeper energy savings for virtual commissioning projects.