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Sign up for one of these upcoming webinars and be the first to hear the results from recently completed Conservation Applied Research and Development (CARD) projects. The researchers who conducted each study will present their findings, discuss implications, and answer your questions.
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Equity, Empowerment, and Energy Reduction Through Community Engagement and Behavioral Interventions
Tuesday March 12, 2024, 11a-12p CT
Hear key findings on a study to understand current barriers low-income households face in accessing or participating in energy programs, and how targeted behavioral programs focused on low-income populations could impact those communities and could help to address existing energy burdens. The team worked with community organizations in Minnesota and used Streetwyze, a multilingual, participatory community mapping tool, to engage with residents across three communities in Minnesota: Saint Paul, St. Cloud, and Willmar.
Slipstream and Streetwyze led the project, and will share main themes from the study and a set of program recommendations based on the findings.
Advanced Controls for Residential Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Fan
Tuesday March 19, 2024, 11a-12p CT
Register: https://minnesota.webex.com/weblink/register/r67a1a2d199f547f8997412393617d419
Hear key findings from a field study that investigated the energy savings potential of a commercially available controller that modifies the behavior of the fan in residential forced-air heating and cooling systems.
Center for Energy and Environment led this project and will share outcomes from the market characterization, performance simulations, and extensive field evaluation of the controller in Minnesota homes.
Optimizing the New Generation of Grocery Refrigeration Equipment
Thursday March 21, 2024, 11a-12p CT
Register: https://minnesota.webex.com/weblink/register/r78f18e2f808705e85f1e1913d15bb16b
Center for Energy and Environment and VEIC will report on their evaluations of the market for energy efficiency options in grocery store CO2 refrigeration systems, as well as the results from local field testing of three of these options. The field tested technologies were: flooding medium temperature evaporators (FTE), mechanical subcooling, and adiabatic gas coolers. This presentation will report on the resulting savings, costs, field experiences, market findings, and efficiency program implications.
Ductless cold climate heat pumps for multifamily applications
Thursday April 25, 2024, 11a-12p CT
Register: https://minnesota.webex.com/weblink/register/r65f8c86a301f63aa48ee08e515c70267
Approximately 25% of multifamily units in buildings with four units or fewer and more than 40% of units in larger multifamily buildings (MFB) in Minnesota are heated with electric resistance heat (MN Energy Efficiency Potential Study, 2018). This is particularly prevalent in lower-income buildings whose occupants can least afford high heating costs. Technological advances in cold climate air source heat pump (ccASHP) technology offer an opportunity to reduce heating energy use and occupant energy costs in this underserved housing sector. However, retrofit applications of ccASHPs to MFBs is distinctly different from that in single-family homes, and it is crucial to effectively recognize and address these differences for ccASHPs to meet their truly large savings potential in MFBs.
Hear key findings from Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) on a field study of a sample of ccASHPs in four Minnesota multifamily buildings, where CEE installed, monitored and evaluated the performance of these ccASHPs over at least one full heating season. The presentation will cover the detailed performance data to unpack the trade-offs of different ccASHP applications and approaches, installation best practices, the importance and impact of good controls, and interactions with existing and supplemental heating sources.
The purpose of the Conservation Applied Research and Development (CARD) Grant Program is to identify new technologies, strategies and program approaches that utilities can implement to help achieve the annual state energy-conservation goal as established by the Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 and modernized by the Energy Conservation and Optimization Act passed in 2021. For more information, visit the Applied Research and Development webpage or email the Utility Energy Conservation Research Planner, Lindsay Anderson.
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