Project/Research Reports

Abstracts and Executive Summaries

Below is a list of our Project/Research Reports indexed by category. We have included abstracts and summaries of the reports. You may obtain bound copies of the full reports by contacting Proctor Engineering Group.

Air Conditioners
Air Leakage
Blower Doors
Boilers
Combustion Safety
Commercial
Ducts
Evaluation Methodology
Furnaces
Heat Pumps
In Door Air Quality
Lighting
Low Income
Motors
New Construction
Peak
Program Evaluation
Quality Assurance
Refrigerators

Air Conditioners
• Assessment of HVAC Installations in New Homes in APS Service Territory 95111
• Bigger is Not Better - Sizing Air Conditioners Properly 94127C
• In Air Conditioning, If Bigger is Not Better - What Is? 94127D
• Commercial High Efficiency Air Conditioners: Savings Persistence 98510B
• Design and Construction of a Prototype High Efficiency Air Conditioner 94145
• Effects of Occupant Control, System Parameters, and Program Measures on Residential Air Conditioner Peak Loads 98503
• Enhancing the Performance of HVAC and Distribution Systems-Residential New Construction 92027
• Estimating Peak Reduction from Submetered Residential Air Conditioner Data 92119
• Field Measurements of New Residential Air Conditioners in Phoenix, Arizona 975011A
• Getting It Right the Second Time - Measured Savings & Peak Reduction from Duct and Appliances Repairs 92048
• Investigation of Coil Failures: A Whole Systems Approach 98108
• Investigation of Peak Electric Load Impacts of High Seer Residential HVAC Units 93101
• Investigation of the AC2 Air Conditioners 98105
• Investigation of Multiple Callback Situations with Residential GeoExchange Systems 96129
• Negative Technical Degradation Factors Supplement to Persistence Studies 98112
• Monitored In-Situ Performance of Residential Air-Conditioning Systems 97501B
• Persistence of Savings: An Assessment of Technical Degradation 95102A
• Persistence #3A: An Assessment of Technical Degradation Factors: Commercial Air Conditioners and Energy Management Systems 98120
• Performance of a Reduced Peak kW Air Conditioner at High Temperatures and Typical Field Conditions 98503A
• PG&E Appliance Doctor - Implications for Residential A/C System Installation Practice 92026A
• PG&E Appliance Doctor Pilot Project- Summer 1990 Activity 92021
• PG&E Appliance Doctor Pre Production Test 92011A
• PG&E Model Energy Communities Program: Offsetting Localized T&D Expenditures with Targeted DSM 92012
• Residential Cooling Load Calculation Methods Analysis 94127A
• Residential New Construction Pilot in NPC Service Territory TRI05309-CPRI
• Southern California Edison Coachella Valley Duct & HVAC Retrofit Efficiency Improvement Pilot Project 93153
• Transforming Routine Air Conditioner Maintenance Practices to Improve Equipment Efficiency and Performance 98510A
• Verification Test of ASHRAE Standard 152P 97501C

Air Leakage
• Attic Insulation Performance, Air Leakage, and Ventilation: Measured Results in Flat Roof Rowhouses. 92040B
• Comments on Voluntary Home Energy Rating Systems Guidelines 92015A
• Home Weatherization Assistance Program: Field Site Investigation 95131
• PG&E Heat Pump Efficiency and Super Weatherization Final Project. 92015
• Sun Power House Nurse Program 92040A

Blower Doors
• Blower Door Guided Weatherization Test Project - Draft Report 92105C

Boilers
• Low Cost Boiler Efficiency Improvements 92028

Combustion Safety
• Combustion Safety Checks: How Not to Kill Your Clients 97123

Commercial
• Commercial High Efficiency Air Conditioners: Savings Persistence 98510B
• Evaluation of a "Super Tune-Up Pilot Program for Forced-Air Furnaces in Small Commercial Buildings 92031
• Persistence of Savings: An Assessment of Technical Degradation 95102A
• Statewide Measure Performance Study 95102
• Transforming Routine Air Conditioner Maintenance Practices to Improve Equipment Efficiency and Performance 98510A

Ducts
• Assessment of HVAC Installations in New Homes in APS Service Territory 95111
• Investigation of Multiple Callback Situations with Residential GeoExchange Systems 98108
• Comments on Voluntary Home Energy Rating Systems Guidelines 92015A
• Diagnosing Ducts - Finding the Energy Culprits 92026
• Enhancing the Performance of HVAC and Distribution Systems-Residential New Construction 92027
• Estimating Peak Reduction from Submetered Residential Air Conditioner Data. 92119
• Getting It Right the Second Time - Measured Savings & Peak Reduction from Duct and Appliances Repairs 92048
• Investigation of Coil Failures: A Whole Systems Approach 98108
• Home Weatherization Assistance Program: Field Site Investigation 95131A
• Monitored In-Situ Performance of Residential Air-Conditioning Systems 97501B
• Residential New Construction Pilot in NPC Service Territory TRI05309-EPRI
• PG&E Appliance Doctor - Implications for Residential A/C System Installation Practice 92026A
• PG&E Appliance Doctor Pilot Project- Summer 1990 Activity 92021
• PG&E Appliance Doctor Pre Production Test 92011A
• PG&E Heat Pump Efficiency and Super Weatherization Final Project. 92015
• PG&E Model Energy Communities Program: Offsetting Localized T&D Expenditures with Targeted DSM 92012
• Residential Cooling Load Calculation Methods Analysis94127A
• Southern California Edison Coachella Valley Duct & HVAC Retrofit Efficiency Improvement Pilot Project 93133
• Verification Test of ASHRAE Standard 152P 97501C

Evaluation Methodology
• Attrition Bias in Fuel Savings Evaluations of Low-Income Energy Conservation Programs. 92059
• Dealing with Outliers in Impact Evaluation Based on Billing Data. 92059C
• Estimating Peak Reduction from Submetered Residential Air Conditioner Data. 92119
• Forced Air Signature Test (FAST) - The Development of a Field Furnace Efficiency Test 92032
• Home Weatherization Assistance Program: Field Site Investigation 95131
• Low Cost Furnace Efficiency Program, 10,000 Furnaces Later 92031B
• Persistence of Savings: An Assessment of Technical Degradation 95102A
• Persistence #3A: An Assessment of Technical Degradation Factors: Commercial Air Conditioners and Energy Management Systems 98120
• Statewide Measure Performance Study 95102
• The Need for Statistical Analysis and Reporting Requirements: Some Suggestions for Regression Models 92059E

Furnaces
• Combustion Safety Checks: How Not to Kill Your Clients 97123
• Evaluation of a "Super Tune-Up Pilot Program for Forced-Air Furnaces in Small Commercial Buildings 92031C
• Forced Air Signature Test (FAST) - The Development of a Field Furnace Efficiency Test 92032
• Low Cost Furnace Efficiency Improvements 92031A
• Low Cost Furnace Efficiency Program, 10,000 Furnaces Later 92031B
• PG&E Appliance Doctor Pilot Project- Summer 1990 Activity 92021

Heat Pumps
• Assessment of HVAC Installations in New Homes in APS Service Territory 95111
• Enhancing the Performance of HVAC and Distribution Systems-Residential New Construction 92027
• Investigation of Multiple Callback Situations with Residential GeoExchange Systems 96129
• PG&E Appliance Doctor - Implications for Residential A/C System Installation Practice 92026A
• PG&E Heat Pump Efficiency and Super Weatherization Final Project. 92015

In Door Air Quality
• Investigation of Coil Failures: A Whole Systems Approach 98105

Lighting
• Persistence of Savings: An Assessment of Technical Degradation 95102A
• Statewide Measure Performance Study 95102

Low Income
• Home Weatherization Assistance Program: Field Site Investigation 95131
• Impact Evaluation of Louisville Gas & Electric Company's Energy Partners Program 95131A

Motors
• Persistence of Savings: An Assessment of Technical Degradation 95102A
• Statewide Measure Performance Study 95102

New Construction
• Residential New Construction Pilot in NPC Service Territory TR105309-EPRI TR105310-EPRI
• Field Measurements of New Residential Air Conditioners in Phoenix, Arizona 95111
• Enhancing the Performance of HVAC and Distribution Systems-Residential New Construction 92027
• Monitored In-Situ Performance of Residential Air-Conditioning Systems 97501B
• Residential New Construction Pilot in NPC Service Territory TR10539-EPRI TR105310-EPRI
• PG&E Appliance Doctor - Implications for Residential A/C System Installation Practice 92026
• Residential Cooling Load Calculation Methods Analysis 94127

Peak
• Commercial High Efficiency Air Conditioners: Savings Persistence 98510B
• Effects of Occupant Control, System Parameters, and Program Measures on Residential Air Conditioner Peak Loads 98503B
• Design and Construction of a Prototype High Efficiency Air Conditioner 94145
• Estimating Peak Reduction from Submetered Residential Air Conditioner Data. 92119
• Investigation of Peak Electric Load Impacts of High Seer Residential HVAC Units 94145
• Monitored In-Situ Performance of Residential Air-Conditioning Systems 97501B
• Peformance of a Reduced Peak kW Air Conditioner at High Temperatures and Typical field Conditions 98503A
• Residential New Construction Pilot in NPC Service Territory TR105309-EPRI
• PG&E Model Energy Communities Program: Offsetting Localized T&D Expenditures with Targeted DSM 92012
• PG&E Refrigerator Metering-Energy Consumption Comparison - Part One. 94114
• PG&E Refrigerator Metering-Costing Period Study- Part Two. 94415B
• Southern California Edison Coachella Valley Duct & HVAC Retrofit Efficiency Improvement Pilot Project 93133
• Transforming Routine Air Conditioner Maintenance Practices to Improve Equipment Efficiency and Performance 98510A

Program Evaluation
• Impact Evaluation of Louisville Gas & Electric Company's Energy Partners Program 96126

Quality Assurance
• Comments on Voluntary Home Energy Rating Systems Guidelines 92015A
• Low Cost Furnace Efficiency Improvements 92031A
• Low Cost Furnace Efficiency Program 10,000 Furnaces Later 92031B
• PG&E Appliance Doctor Pre Production Test 92011A
• PG&E Model Energy Communities Program: Offsetting Localized T&D Expenditures with Targeted DSM 92012

Refrigeration
• PG&E Refrigerator Metering-Energy Consumption Comparison - Part One. 94115A
• PG&E Refrigerator Metering-Costing Period Study - Part Two 94115B
• PG&E Refrigerator Rebate Evaluation - 1992 Field Monitoring Report 92010B
• PG&E Residential Refrigerator Field Metering Project - Final Report - 1991 Case Studies 92010A

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