BlocPower Retrofit Partnership Development
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2022


Partner: BlocPower
ComEd is partnering with BlocPower to map and assess residential buildings that can benefit most from electrification.
Heat Pump Water Heater Field Installation Pilot
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2022


Partner: CLEAResult
The project will examine heat pump water heater (HPWH) technology and market to better understand potential energy savings, customer experiences and supply chain implications. The project team is currently recruiting residential customers to participate.
Propane Heating Market Characterization
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2022


Partner: Slipstream
This research project will characterize the existing propane-heating market in ComEd’s service territory and determine if propane-heat customers offer ComEd a strong opportunity for heat pump deployment.
Fan Energy Index Market Development
Project Launch Date: 07/01/2022


Partner: Slipstream
The project team will conduct contractor training sessions to increase the adoption of the Fan Energy Index metric (FEI).
Pressure Independent Control Valves Smart Retrofits
Project Launch Date: 07/01/2022


Partner: Slipstream
The project team will investigate the market potential and evaluate savings from the retrofit of existing pressure independent control valves with additional sensors and controls.
Income Eligible Weatherization Bill Impacts Analysis
Project Launch Date: 06/01/2022


Partners: Resource Innovations, Nicor, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas
This multi-utility collaborative analysis will assess and quantify achieved bill impacts from utility energy efficiency program offerings. It will focus on income eligible customers.
120V Heat Pump Water Heater Research
Project Launch Date: 05/01/2022


Partner: Slipstream
The project team will conduct market research to investigate the technical potential and adoption considerations for 120V heat pump water heaters in ComEd territory.
Liquid Cooling in Data Centers Market Characterization
Project Launch Date: 05/01/2022


Partner: Energy Resources Integration
The project team will research technologies for liquid-based cooling in data centers, ultimately providing recommendations for a cost-effective program design approach for these technologies.
Home Panel Electrical Upgrades
Project Launch Date: 04/01/2022


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.
Energy Efficient Electrification Customer Communication
Project Launch Date: 03/01/2022


Partner: ILLUME Advising
The project team is researching effective methods to communicate to customers the energy bill impacts caused by switching to electric appliances.
Heat Pump Rating Representativeness
Project Launch Date: 02/01/2022


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.
Market Development Initiative Research
Project Launch Date: 11/01/2021


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.
Smart Home Income Eligible Pilot
Project Launch Date: 11/01/2021


Partners: Slipstream
This project, in partnership with the Customer Innovation Technologies Team, was designed to evaluate the viability of novel smart home product solutions for income eligible (IE) customers without broadband internet access.
Air Source Heat Pump Training
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2021


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.
Income Eligible Electric Heating Heat Pump Barriers Research
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2021


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.
Bronzeville Next Generation HVAC Demonstration
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2021


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.
Gear and Hydraulic Oils Efficiency Evaluation
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2021


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.
Income Eligible Whole Home Electrification
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2021


Partners: Elevate, Slipstream
ComEd is partnering with Elevate to support a large-scale pilot initiative that will demonstrate the feasibility of whole-home weatherization and electrification retrofits for both single- and multi-family income eligible customer housing.
Passive House Affordable Housing New Construction Portfolio Integration
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2021


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.
Secondary Glazing Systems Market Characterization
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2021


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.
Thin Triple Windows Market Characterization
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2021


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.
Variable Speed Heat Pumps as AC Replacement
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2021


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.
Smart Controls for Small and Medium Buildings
Project Launch Date: 04/01/2021


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.
High-Efficiency Water-Cooled Display Case Retrofit
Project Launch Date: 02/01/2021


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.
Dipper Wells Market Potential Study
Project Launch Date: 01/01/2021


Partner: Frontier Energy
This research project assessed the market potential for efficient dipper well technologies in the ComEd service territory.
Municipal Energy Planning Engagement
Project Launch Date: 01/01/2021


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.
Scalable Community Building Energy Modeling
Project Launch Date: 01/01/2021


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.
Very High Efficiency HVAC Systems
Project Launch Date: 01/01/2021


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.
Hybrid Heat Pump Systems and Future Beneficial Electrification Opportunities
Project Launch Date: 12/01/2020


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.
Innovations in Efficient Elevator Systems
Project Launch Date: 12/01/2020


Partners: 360 Energy Group, SEDAC, Kone Engineering
This research project explored potential energy savings from several measures related to modern elevator operation.