Q4 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter
The Q4 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter showcases a range of impactful work led by the emerging technology and product management team at NEEA. Some key activities include:
- A new initiative to develop and influence refrigerator test procedures that will more accurately capture energy savings from emerging features like advanced inverter compressors and adaptive controls.
- Starting research on dual-fuel residential water heating that includes fully integrated operation between gas and electric heating sources to provide maximum flexibility in efficiency, performance, reliability and grid-enabled benefits.
- Selecting new sites to study Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) integration with HVAC system controls.
- Conducting field studies on:
- A gas-fired absorption heat pump in a multifamily building
- Small commercial facility electric heat pump water heaters (up to 120 gallon)
- Room heat pumps to understand performance in real-world applications
Future quarterly newsletters will include status updates and links to published reports on the activities above as they become available. NEEA staff scan for new emerging technologies for all sectors and end uses. Please let us know if you have a product or research idea. We would love to hear from you.
NEEA’s emerging technology team also has several interesting Product Councils scheduled and is always open to topic ideas. Information on upcoming Product Councils is available on neea.org. Please reach out to any of NEEA’s product managers with questions or suggestions on the organization’s emerging technology work.
RECENT AND UPCOMING PRODUCT COUNCILS
October 28, 2025 – Compliance & Conformance: Enabling Grid-Responsive Heat Pump Water Heaters
November 12, 2025 – Navien Dual-Fuel Residential Heat Pump Water Heater
To view recordings from any past session, visit our Materials Library.