Public Interest Energy Research (PIER)

Six key programs that Architectural Energy Corporation managed are:

• Energy Efficient and Affordable Small Commercial / Residential Buildings

  This $5.4 million program, which concluded in 2004, involved the development and demonstration of technologies designed to make California's small commercial, institutional, and residential buildings more energy-efficient, healthier, and more affordable.

• Lighting Research Program

  This $5.2 million program, which concluded in 2005, involved investigating energy-efficient lighting. With 15 research projects and 3 market connection projects, Architectural Energy Corporation managed the program and led one of the projects involving SPOT ™ software development.

• Advanced HVAC Systems for Improving Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Performance for California K-12 Schools

  This $1.4 million program, which concluded in 2006, the goal of this program was to develop and demonstrate advanced equipment for cooling, heating, and ventilating school classrooms that improves indoor environmental quality, saves energy, reduces peak demand, and reduces pollution for the citizens of California.

• Lighting California's Future

  This $2.5 million program will begin in the spring of 2007, and includes nine technical projects with a cross-cutting market connection program. Architectural Energy Corporation is teaming with the California Lighting Technology Center, Lighting Research Center, New Buildings Institute, and Southern California Edison as well as numerous manufacturers.

• Advanced Automated HVAC Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) Commercialization Program

  The goals of this $3.7 million program, which began in 2004 and concludes in 2007, were to develop and demonstrate advanced fault detection and diagnostic methods and measurement equipment for cooling, heating, and ventilating systems; more advanced and fault-resistant HVAC equipment; and to work directly with manufacturers in order to implement improvements and innovations in commercially available equipment.

• Zero Energy New Homes

  This $2.9 million program, which began in 2005 and will conclude in 2009, will develop sustainable business models for development, design, construction, financing, and ownership of Zero Energy New Homes (ZENH's) in California.