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Replace UPS with On-Board Battery Backup on IT Equipment

Using on-board battery backup for each server rather than using centralized uninterruptable power supplies.

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Energy Savings: 2%

ID: 491

Reverse Cycle Chiller Application in Multifamily Dwelling

A chiller that operates the refrigeration cycle in reverse in order to provide domestic hot water; also known as a heat pump water heater.

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Energy Savings: 40%

Regional Potential: 0.02 MWh/year

ID: 233

Right-Size Data Center Power Equipment

Avoiding over-sizing power equipment to reduce power conversion losses.

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Energy Savings: 3%

ID: 496

Running Data Centers at Higher Voltages for Energy Savings

Running IT equipment in data centers on 400/230 volts AC, as is common practice outside of North America, will reduce resistance and conversion losses.

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Energy Savings: 5%

ID: 5

Secondary Glazing Systems

An insulated glazing unit (IGU) installed inside existing commercial building glazing that can triple its insulation value and reduce infiltration and outside noise at roughly half the cost of window replacement.

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Energy Savings: 20%

Regional Potential: 0.81 MWh/year

ID: 609

Self-Powered Lighting Controls

Wireless occupancy sensors and other switches that harvest energy from the environment so that batteries or expensive wiring, making it easier to add more switches and increase local lighting control.

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Energy Savings: 99%

Regional Potential: 0.00 MWh/year

ID: 599

Smart Defrost Kit™ Retrofit Defrost Cycle Controller

A proprietary electronic device intended for use in existing commercial reach-in and walk-in cooler and freezer refrigeration control systems to optimize defrost cycle initiation. Smart defrost controllers can save hundreds of dollars each year, depending on the size of ...

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Energy Savings: 30%

ID: 77

Smart Grid

A suite of sensors, controls and communications equipment which, when combined with sophisticated software tools, can monitor and respond to grid conditions and control energy loads.

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Energy Savings: 0%

ID: 128

Smart Thermostat for Residential HVAC Control

A smart thermostat provides advanced energy management features. Capabilities include occupancy sensing, remote monitoring, data analysis, automation, system optimization, and reporting to optimize control of home space conditioning enabled by advanced technology for sen...

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Energy Savings: 12%

Regional Potential: 0.48 MWh/year

ID: 240

Solid State Plasma Lighting

High-lumen output in a small electrodeless bulb. Gas similar to a metal halide is excited to a plasma state by a driver with RF induction.

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Energy Savings: 40%

ID: 80

Strategic Energy Management

An integrated energy management strategy for organizations that involves management commitment, assessments, planning and improvement goal-setting, improvement implementation, tracking, evaluation, and feedback to modify plans, resulting in a continuous improvement of ene...

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Energy Savings: 5%

Regional Potential: 0.72 MWh/year

ID: 409

Super Premium Efficiency (IE4) Induction Motors

Super-Premium Efficiency motors suitable for commercial and industrial applications.

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ID: 638

Synchronous Belt Drives

Belt drives that have teeth that match teeth in the drive sprocket to prevent slippage and maintain high efficiency throughout their service life.

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Energy Savings: 3%

Regional Potential: 0.79 MWh/year

ID: 436

Thermal Night Covers for Refrigerated Supermarket Display Cases

The installation of night covers on supermarket vertical or semi-vertical display cases can reduce energy use due to reduced refrigeration, air conditioning, and heating loads. The concept is straightforward---insulated night curtains or retractable thermal shields are s...

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Energy Savings: 9%

Regional Potential: 0.04 MWh/year

ID: 615

Thermochromic Windows

Windows with coatings that automatically tint glazing during hot, sunny weather to reduce cooling load.

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Energy Savings: 21%

Regional Potential: 0.02 MWh/year

ID: 263

Thermoelectric Refrigeration for Cabinet Cooling

An air conditioner used to cool electronic equipment that works by sending current through two dissimilar conductors and offers superior efficiency over conventional refrigeration systems.

TAG Technical Score:

Energy Savings: 50%

ID: 445

Transformerless UPS Equipment

Choosing transformerless UPS units as direct replacement to reduce transformer losses and save energy

TAG Technical Score:

Energy Savings: 18%

ID: 494

Ultracapacitors

An electro-chemical energy storage device, but unlike a battery, which stores energy chemically, ultracapacitors store energy through electro-static charge, without making use of any chemical reactions. This means that an ultracapacitor has some characteristics of a tradi...

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Energy Savings: 0%

ID: 21

Ultrasonic Humidification for Commercial Buildings

Ultrasonic humidifiers add moisture to the air without heating the water by injecting ultrasonic pulses into the water, vibrating water molecules at high speeds. This overcomes molecular forces and allows microscopic water molecules to escape.

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Energy Savings: 90%

Regional Potential: 0.00 MWh/year

ID: 121

Ultraviolet Disinfection of Water and Wastewater

An alternative technique to chemical or ozone water treatment that can reduce environmental and human health impacts of the treatment process.

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Energy Savings: 0%

ID: 13

Use Supplemental Cooling for Occasional Loads in a Data Center

Employing supplemental cooling to high demand racks to avoid over-sizing primary equipment for transient peak loads and/or hot spots.

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ID: 502

Using Lighting Occupancy Sensors in Offices to Control HVAC

Occupancy sensors compatible with lighting and HVAC systems and capable of managing the HVAC operations within a space depending on occupancy.

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Energy Savings: 36%

Regional Potential: 1.76 MWh/year

ID: 53

Vacuum Insulation Panels

A sealed enclosure surrounding a rigid core from which the air has been evacuated, used in building envelopes.

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ID: 531

Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Heat Pumps

An advanced variable-speed heat pump system can save energy when compared with conventional air-to-air heat pumps due to better part-load efficiencies, heat recovery, and reducing or eliminating duct losses.

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Energy Savings: 20%

Regional Potential: 1.47 MWh/year

ID: 200

Variable Speed Pump for Commercial Swimming Pools

Variable speed pumps on the filtration system of commercial swimming pools.

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Energy Savings: 34%

Regional Potential: 0.01 MWh/year

ID: 464

Wastewater Heat Exchange System

Equipment that uses wastewater as a heat-exchange medium for pre-heating domestic hot water or for space heating and cooling.

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Energy Savings: 18%

ID: 416

Water Source/Ground Source Heat Pump Heating and Cooling System

Heat pumps that extract heat from a water source (well, river, pond) and distribute it to residential and commercial spaces, such as assisted living units, hotels, dorms, schools, jails or district heating systems.

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Energy Savings: 25%

Regional Potential: 0.05 MWh/year

ID: 29

Web-Enabled Power Monitoring for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Equipment that enables small and medium-sized businesses to monitor energy use from the web.

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Energy Savings: 3%

ID: 355

Whole-Building Energy Monitoring

Whole-building energy monitoring tracks whole building energy consumption and compares usage against a comparative Energy Star® buildings, previous utility bills, peer buildings, or energy reduction targets.

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Energy Savings: 10%

ID: 370

Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat

Retrofit pneumatic thermostats with wireless pneumatic thermostats to allow DDC-type control with programmable setbacks, diagnostics, and communications capability

TAG Technical Score:

Energy Savings: 25%

ID: 264

Wireless Sensors for Motor Monitoring

Sensors provide data to the building energy management and automation systems to optimize operation and reduce downtime by proactively identifying equipment problems.

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Energy Savings: 0%

ID: 48

Level	Status	Description
1	Concept not validated	Claims of energy savings may not be credible due to lack of documentation or validation by unbiased experts.
2	Concept validated:	An unbiased expert has validated efficiency concepts through technical review and calculations based on engineering principles.
3	Limited assessment	An unbiased expert has measured technology characteristics and factors of energy use through one or more tests in typical applications with a clear baseline.
4	Extensive assessment	Additional testing in relevant applications and environments has increased knowledge of performance across a broad range of products, applications, and system conditions.
5	Comprehensive analysis	Results of lab and field tests have been used to develop methods for reliable prediction of performance across the range of intended applications.
6	Approved measure	Protocols for technology application are established and approved.

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