The primary goal of this project
is to demonstrate and characterize the energy savings potential, cost effectiveness and cooking performance of high-efficiency equipment as compared to baseline equipment at five different Commercial Food Service (CFS) sites.
Frontier Energy, Inc., is working in conjunction with PG&E, SoCalGas and SDG&E to perform the technical study for the California Energy Commission's (CEC) Natural Gas Research and Development Program.
Demonstration of High-Efficiency Commercial Cooking Equipment and Kitchen Ventilation System
Final Project Report, California Energy Commission, March 2021
Werewolf Bar & Grill and Ventilation Energy Savings
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine, May 2017
Energy Reduction Kitchen Plan Saves Double Tree Money
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine, October 2016
Case Study: Researching the Kitchen of the Future
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine, August 2015
Frontier Energy, Inc., is working in conjunction with PG&E, SoCalGas and SDG&E to perform the technical study for the California Energy Commission's (CEC) Natural Gas Research and Development Program.
Project Information
Cooking Equipment and Kitchen Ventilation System Baseline & Replacement Characterization Study - Initial Fact Sheet (.pdf, 100 KB)
Cooking Equipment and Kitchen Ventilation System Baseline & Replacement Characterization Study - Final Fact Sheet (.pdf, 150 KB)
Reports
Demonstration of High-Efficiency Commercial Cooking Equipment and Kitchen Ventilation System
Final Project Report, California Energy Commission, March 2021
Case Studies
Press
Werewolf Bar & Grill and Ventilation Energy Savings
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine, May 2017
Energy Reduction Kitchen Plan Saves Double Tree Money
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine, October 2016
Case Study: Researching the Kitchen of the Future
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine, August 2015
Participating Sites:
DoubleTree PleasantonGate Gourmet
Moffitt Café - UCSF
Versailles Cuban
Werewolf American Bar & Grill
Technical Advisory Committee:
Andre SaldivarSoCal Edison
Charlie SouhradaNAFEM
Jeffrey ClarkNRA-Conserve
Kate ZengSDG&E
Mark Stech-NovakRestaurant Consultation & Design
Raveena WishamSDG&E
Steve WalmsleySoCalGas
Cookline Project Members:
David Zabrowski
Frontier Energy
Project Manager
Denis LivchakFrontier Energy
Principal Investigator
Mark FinckFrontier Energy
Equipment Replacement & Training
Edward RuanFrontier Energy
Data Collection & Analysis
Monica MolanaFrontier Energy
Project Administrator
Janel RuppFrontier Energy
Tech Transfer
Don FisherFisher Consultants, LLC
Judy NickelFisher Consultants, LLC
Frank JohnsonGTI
Merry SweeneyGTI
Karl JohnsonCalifornia Institute for
Energy and Environment
Energy and Environment