Residential Dryer Moisture Sensor
Project Launch Date: 12/01/2020


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.
Flash Gas Condensers Field Study
Project Launch Date: 10/01/2020


Partner: DNV
This field evaluation intended to assess the potential savings of a refrigeration technology that may benefit ComEd commercial customers.
Liquid-Cooled Server Racks
Project Launch Date: 10/01/2020


Partners: Franklin Energy, LiquidCool
This field evaluation project examined the energy savings from a server rack using liquid immersion cooling.
Voltage Optimization
Project Launch Date: 10/01/2020


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.
Commercial Interior Insulated Shades
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2020


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.
Indoor Agriculture Future Opportunities
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2020


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.
Normalized Metered Energy Consumption Targeting for Energy Efficiency Programs
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2020


Partner: Power TakeOff
This research project explored how ComEd might use a normalized metered energy consumption approach to identify customers with high energy savings potential.
Real-Time Virtual Commissioning
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2020


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.
Understanding Water Solution Providers
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2020


Partner: Axiom Marketing Inc.
This research project sought to deepen the understanding of business goals and needs of water solution providers so ComEd can collaborate with them to implement significant water and energy savings.
Utilizing Smart Meter Data to Improve Program Cost-Effectiveness and Customer Outcomes
Project Launch Date: 09/01/2020


Partner: Recurve Analytics
This project tested how smart meter data can be utilized to predict customer and program performance in demand-side energy efficiency programs, improve savings and boost cost-effectiveness.
Cooling Tower Future Opportunities
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2020


Partners: Alliance for Water Efficiency, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
This research project reviewed the technical savings and market potential of several alternative cooling tower technologies to save both energy and water in the ComEd service territory.
Variable Refrigerant Flow HVAC Systems for Cold Climates
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2020


Partner: Slipstream
This field evaluation examines electricity savings, demand savings and cost effectiveness for retrofitting buildings with variable refrigerant flow HVAC systems. The project team is currently recruiting for 2022 demonstration sites willing to retrofit a VRF system. New construction projects or sites with recent installations of VRF systems may also be eligible. If you are building owner interested in participating in the project, please email [email protected] or call 608-210-7162.
Water Heating Technology Opportunities
Project Launch Date: 08/01/2020


Partners: Evergreen Economics, GDS Associates
The project team conducted research into water heating equipment technologies with significant energy savings and market potential for ComEd residential and commercial customers.
Fan Energy Index
Project Launch Date: 07/01/2020


Partner: Slipstream
This research project examined the market readiness of the recently developed Fan Energy Index and identified how to incorporate this index into the ComEd Energy Efficiency Program portfolio.
Smart Vents for HVAC Energy Savings
Project Launch Date: 07/01/2020


Partner: Slipstream
This project researched the state of internet-connected adjustable vent products (smart vents).
Municipal Water Infrastructure Leak Reduction
Project Launch Date: 06/01/2020


Partners: TRC, Rezatec
This project created water and energy savings by identifying leaks in municipal water infrastructure and opportunities for infrastructure upgrades.
Online Choice Engine Program Model
Project Launch Date: 06/01/2020


Partner: Enervee
This project tested the evaluable energy savings impact associated with the Enervee Efficient Choice platform and its potential fit for the ComEd Energy Efficiency Program.
Switched Reluctance Motors Field Evaluation
Project Launch Date: 06/01/2020


Partners: Slipstream, Turntide
This field evaluation sought to better understand energy savings and economic viability of switched reluctance motors in commercial HVAC applications in the ComEd service territory.
Water Energy Savings with Strategic Energy Management
Project Launch Date: 06/01/2020


Partner: CLEAResult
ComEd’s Strategic Energy Management offering tested how commercial and industrial customers can reduce their water consumption in addition to energy savings.
Illinois Building Energy Code Advancement
Project Launch Date: 05/01/2020


Partners: Slipstream, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
This research addresses the feasibility of achieving and attributing energy savings from a utility-led building stretch code and retrofit code/ordinance program.
Networked Lighting Controls Market Adoption Research
Project Launch Date: 04/01/2020


Partner: ILLUME Advising
This research surveyed customers and energy efficiency service providers to understand the barriers and drivers to adopting networked lighting controls.
Permanent Magnet AC Motor Market Adoption Research
Project Launch Date: 04/01/2020


Partner: ILLUME Advising
Qualitative research helped define the drivers and barriers for customers and energy efficiency service providers to adopting permanent magnetic alternating current fan motors in walk-in coolers and freezers.
Refrigeration Thermal Energy Storage
Project Launch Date: 04/01/2020


Partner: Slipstream
This field evaluation examines the savings potential and economic viability of thermal energy storage in commercial refrigeration applications. The project team is currently recruiting for 2021 demonstration sites. If you are a commercial refrigeration facility owner interested in participating in the project, please email Lee Shaver at [email protected] or call 608-210-7145.
Industrial EMIS
Project Launch Date: 02/01/2020


Partner: Leidos
This project tests new program design approaches for implementing energy management information systems that help industrial customers optimize their energy use.
Plug Load Research
Project Launch Date: 07/01/2019


Partner: California Plug Load Research Center
This research identified and prioritized energy end uses with high-potential impact on plug load consumption, and assessed the effectiveness of different energy efficiency program design approaches on these device categories.
Home Energy Reports Target Rank
Project Launch Date: 06/01/2019


Partner: Oracle
Oracle field tested a Target Rank module in their Home Energy Reports for residential customers with the aim of providing greater savings motivation than their Neighbor Comparison module.
Income Eligible Paging Display
Project Launch Date: 05/01/2019


This project aims to provide a simple and inexpensive real-time messaging channel to ComEd customers without requiring access to the internet, smartphones, computers or similar devices.
Passive House
Project Launch Date: 05/01/2019


Partners: Slipstream, Latin United Community Housing Association
This project studied the energy savings and non-energy benefits of the Passive House standard in affordable new construction multi-family buildings.
Energy Efficiency in Two-to-Four-Unit Buildings
Project Launch Date: 04/01/2019


Partner: Elevate
This market assessment of small residential buildings in the ComEd service territory focused on two-to-four-unit buildings to identify new energy-saving opportunities for retrofits and new construction.
Home Energy Reports Paperless Experience
Project Launch Date: 04/01/2019


Partner: Oracle
This field test of monthly electronic Home Energy Reports and High Bill Alerts for residential customers by Oracle helped determine whether savings can be generated in a more cost-effective manner.