ComEd Whole Home Electric monitoring and verification overlay
Overview
ComEd’s Whole Home Electric program focuses on income-eligible residential whole-home electrification within their service territory in northern Illinois. Electrification measures for these customers include all-electric air source heat pump systems, heat pump water heaters, induction stovetops, efficient electric clothes dryers, weatherization upgrades, and electric panel upgrades.
CEE’s research team will install monitoring equipment on the newly installed HVAC equipment and electric appliances to monitor their performance through a period of up to 14 months. The collected data will then be analyzed to characterize these systems and determine the key drivers of positive program outcomes. This project will include monitoring up to 30 participant homes from the Whole Home Electric program.
Project Summary
Objective
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Determine the impacts of whole-home electrification on the energy needs of ComEd customer homes.
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Identify the key drivers for successful electrification program outcomes related to energy and bill impacts.
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Perform advanced analyses on collected data to characterize the implications of system and building characteristics on these outcomes.
Scope
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Recruit up to 30 homes from ComEd’s residential whole-home electrification program for income-eligible customers.
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Install continuous energy monitoring equipment on the electrified HVAC, water heating, cooking, and clothes drying equipment.
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Analyze the collected data to determine energy impacts, bill impacts, and identify the drivers for positive program outcomes.
Non-energy benefits
- Improving our understanding of these systems will improve ComEd’s ability to predict participant outcomes, potentially improving avoided emissions and bill savings for electrifying customers with program decision-making informed by the recommendations of this study.