ADM Associates, Inc. - Past Projects

Previous Projects

ADM has conducted numerous impact and process evaluations of energy efficiency and peak demand reduction programs for other clients.

Examples include:

Through a selection process managed by the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission (NM PRC), ADM has been selected to evaluate the full portfolio of the energy efficiency programs that the investor-owned utilities in New Mexico (i.e., Public Service Company of New Mexico, Southwest Electric Company, and El Paso Electric) are offering to their commercial, industrial, and residential customers.

For AmerenUE, ADM is conducting impact and process evaluations of that utility's Business Energy Solutions portfolio of energy efficiency and demand reduction programs. The programs we are evaluating include a C&I Standard (Prescriptive) Incentives Program, a C&I Custom Incentives Program, a Commercial New Construction Program, a C&I Retrocommissioning Program, and a Commercial Demand Credit Program.

For NV Energy, ADM is the M&V contractor for evaluating the full portfolio of NV Energy's energy efficiency and load management programs, including programs for the commercial, industrial and residential sectors. C&I programs that we are evaluating include the Sure Bet Commercial Incentives Program, the Sure Bet Commercial New Construction Program, the Sure Bet Schools Program, and the Sure Bet Hotel / Motel Program. Residential programs include an upstream lighting program, HVAC tune-up programs, new homes programs, a refrigerator recycling program, a low-income weatherization program, a high efficiency space conditioning equipment program, and an energy information display program.

For the California PUC, ADM evaluated the gross and net impacts of PG&E's 2006-2008 core energy efficiency programs for large commercial customers, including large office buildings and data centers. We also evaluated the impacts of several high impact refrigeration measures, including strip curtains and door gaskets.

For the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), we are currently under contract to provide evaluation support services for conducting evaluation, measurement and verification work pertaining to all of SMUD's residential, commercial and industrial energy efficiency programs. We similarly have a task order contract with Southern California Edison to provide EM&V services.

For Energy Trust of Oregon, we conducted impact and process evaluations of the 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 New Building Efficiency Programs and of the 2004-2005 Building Efficiency Program.

For PacifiCorp, we conducted impact and process evaluations of the commercial and industrial energy efficiency programs that PacifiCorp offered in 2003 and 2004 to its customers in Washington (through Pacific Power) and Utah (through Rocky Mountain Power).

For Northeast Utilities, we conducted impact evaluations of the Custom Service programs for Connecticut Light and Power and Western Massachusetts Electric.

We have conducted impact evaluations of commercial lighting programs for SMUD and the Bonneville Power Administration.

For B. C. Hydro, we conducted impact and process evaluations of the Power Smart Industrial Program and the commercial new construction program.

We recently completed an evaluation (under contract to the CPUC) of PG&E programs targeted to particular types of commercial customers, including high tech facilities (e.g., data centers) and large commercial buildings.

We have collected data on the operation of refrigeration technologies and analyzed their performance in studies for the CPUC, Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and the Bonneville Power Administration.

We have studied the impacts of installing variable frequency drives in studies for Northern States Power, Northeast Utilities Services Company, and Energy Center of Wisconsin.

ADM has conducted evaluations of numerous commercial new construction programs for a variety of utilities, including three evaluations of Portland General Electric's commercial new construction programs. We have also evaluated commercial new construction programs for B. C. Hydro, Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric, and SMUD.

In a joint project for several utilities in southern New England, we are performing field monitoring of the performance of 90 high-efficiency central air conditioners that have been installed by households participating in the utilities' energy efficiency programs.

We are performing a study for Southern California Edison in which we are monitoring the performance of 120 residential air conditioning units to determine the effects of servicing. We are conducting pre-servicing and post-servicing monitoring to collect the data to measure these effects.

We have been under contract with ASHRAE to perform performance evaluation of 375 packaged HVAC units to assess the impact of performing maintenance service on the energy efficiency of the units. We have monitored the performance of units located in five cities across the country, including Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.

We are performing a project for Pacific Gas and Electric in which we monitor and assess the performance of two different residential night ventilation technologies and document their energy savings potential.

For SMUD, we have evaluated several new cooling technologies, including Coolerado (a direct/indirect evaporative cooler), Freus and AquaChill (which are both water cooled condensers used in residential air conditioning systems), Ice Bear (an ice storage system that can be integrated with existing packaged air conditioning systems), SunCache (a solar water pre-heater), and Peak Spray Cooling (a water mist for air-cooled condensers).

We conducted a study of the Statewide Residential Contractors Program (RCP) in California in which we assessed the energy and market impacts of measures installed through both the single-family and multi-family elements of the program. As part of this study, we used billing data for nearly 10,600 households who were customers of PG&E, SCE, or SDG&E to estimate the energy savings from various measures, including duct testing / duct sealing services, HVAC diagnostics, high performance windows, and programmable thermostats.

We are performing a project for Pacific Gas and Electric in which we monitored and assessed the performance of two different residential night ventilation technologies and documented their energy savings potential.

We conducted a study of the Statewide Residential Contractors Program (RCP) in California in which we assessed the energy and market impacts of measures installed through both the single-family and multi-family elements of the program. Using both engineering analysis and econometric analysis of billing data, we prepared savings estimates for such measures as duct sealing, programmable thermostats. We analyzed the diffusion of measures using data collected through surveys of HVAC, window, and insulation contractors. As part of this study, we estimated the energy savings from duct testing and sealing using billing data for nearly 10,600 households who were customers of PG&E, SCE, or SDG&E and who had received duct testing / duct sealing services, HVAC diagnostics, high performance windows, programmable thermostats, or other services from RCP contractors.

We conducted a major research project for the CEC's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER), which involved studying several new energy efficiency technologies applicable to the low-income residential market. This study, which was comprised of individual projects, included (1) a two-year monitoring on radiant barrier performance in existing houses, (2) assessing several different design for duct systems within conditioned space, (3) designing an innovative thermostat that does not require programming and can adapt to the temperature control habits of the occupants, and (4) designing and monitoring a control system that integrates an evaporative cooler with a standard packaged air conditioner. The control system chooses which equipment to run based on the outdoor air temperature. We established a monitoring panel on all integrated systems to track equipment operation and indoor and outdoor temperature.

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