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Instrumentation and Hardware Best Practices in Precision Agriculture
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance funded by more than 140 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington working to accelerate the innovation and adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices in the Northwest.
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Grower Experience
Market adoption of precision irrigation practices and technologies requires acceptance and use by growers within the contexts of their farm operations and agronomic practices. While these technologies offer the promise of improved yield and corresponding savings in energy and water costs, they also come with the burden of time and effort for the growers to…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Data Exchange Standards
Lack of integration remains a key barrier to the use of precision agricultural technologies. Precision irrigation relies upon the capture and analysis of multiple sets of data from various sensors and databases. As a foundational element of its Agricultural Irrigation Initiative, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) brought together industry stakeholders to develop an agreed-upon…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Business Case, Economic Modeling, and Market Channel Improvements
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance funded by more than 140 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington working to accelerate the innovation and adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices in the Northwest. This business case report articulates the case for adoption of the NEEA’s Agricultural…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Overview
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance funded by more than 140 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington working to accelerate the innovation and adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices in the Northwest. In 2011, NEEA launched the Agricultural Irrigation Initiative with the goal of reducing…
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Industrial Facilities Site Assessment
In 2014, NEEA released the Industrial Facilities Site Assessment (IFSA), the first region-wide study of energy use characteristics of industrial facilities in the Northwest. The region’s utilities and power planning organizations can use these results to identify program opportunities and for energy-use planning. In addition, the region’s industrial concerns will be able to use summary…
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2014 IFSA Appendices
Cadmus developed a sampling plan and a dataset of sampled facilities for assessment and verification in order to conduct the NEEA Industrial Facility Site Assessment.
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2014 IFSA Final Report
In March 2013, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) commissioned Cadmus and subcontractors Energy350 and Nexant (hereafter known as the Cadmus team) to conduct the Industrial Facility Site Assessment (IFSA). The primary goal of the IFSA was to obtain end-use energy consumption data for the Northwest industrial population. The IFSA was intended to provide: (1)…
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Database of Northwest Manufacturers, Nurseries, and Wineries
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Northwest Agricultural Irrigation Market Characterization and Baseline Study
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is a non-profit organization working to accelerate energy efficiency to meet our future energy needs. NEEA is supported by and works in partnership with Bonneville Power Administration, Energy Trust of Oregon and more than 100 Northwest utilities for the benefit of more than 12 million energy consumers.
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