RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Electricity Efficiency Measures

White Surfaces/Vegetation

Reduce air conditioning use and the urban heat island effect by 25% through planting vegetation and painting roofs white at 50% of U.S. residences.

Residential Lighting

Reduce lighting energy consumption by 50% in all U.S. residences through replacement of incandescent lighting (2.5 inside and 1 outside light bulb per residence) with compact fluorescents.

Residential Water Heating

Improve efficiency by 40 to 70% through efficient tanks, increased insulation, low-flow devices, and alternative water heating systems.

Commercial Water Heating

Improve efficiency by 40 to 60% through residential measures mentioned above, heat pumps, and heat recovery systems.

Commercial Lighting

Reduce lighting energy consumption by 30 to 60% by replacing 100% of commercial light fixtures with compact fluorescent lighting, reflectors, occupancy sensors, and daylighting.

Commercial Cooking

Use additional insulation, seals, improved heating elements, reflective pans, and other measures to increase efficiency 20 to 30%.

Commercial Cooling

Use improved heat pumps, chillers, window treatments, and other measures to reduce commercial cooling energy use by 30 to 70%.

Commercial Refrigeration

Improve efficiency 20 to 40% through improved compressors, air barriers and food case enclosures, and other measures.

Residential Appliances

Improve efficiency of refrigeration and dishwashers by 10 to 30% through implementation of new appliance standards for refrigeration, and use of no-heat drying cycles in dishwashers.

Residential Space Heating

Reduce energy consumption by 40 to 60% through improved and increased insulation, window glazing, and weather stripping along with increased use of heat pumps and solar heating.

Commercial and Industrial Space Heating

Reduce energy consumption by 20 to 30% using measures similar to that for the residential sector.

Commercial Ventilation

Improve efficiency 30 to 50% through improved distribution systems, energy-efficient motors, and various other measures.