Projects

Partner: BlocPower

ComEd is partnering with BlocPower to map and assess residential buildings that can benefit most from electrification.

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.

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.

Partner: Slipstream

The project team will conduct contractor training sessions to increase the adoption of the Fan Energy Index metric (FEI).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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.