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Accelerating Adoption of Advanced Plug Load Management Devices

25 Jul 2014

High-volume deployment of APMDs needed to capture significant energy savings will also require effective communication of the savings potential of these devices, robust field data to validate the savings potential estimates, and identification of devices and program delivery models that enable dependable realization of savings with high levels of customer satisfaction. [...] The Tier 2 APS also includes the function of a Tier 1 product and will turn off all AV products dependent on the TV when the TV is turned off by the user. [...] The obstacles impeding the rapid adoption of APMD devices include lack of awareness of product diversity, lack of understanding of savings potential, and lack of robust and uniform field test protocols and data. [...] Utilities interested in direct install programs need to know the proportion of homes in which APMDs can be easily installed, the average savings of properly installed devices in typical homes and offices, the persistence of those savings, and the cost-effectiveness of direct installation to confidently launch programs. [...] DOE would need to review and endorse pilot and field test data and communicate the value of APMDs and field trial analysis to the broader energy efficiency and demand response communities.
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