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NEEA Hospitals and Healthcare Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation Report 6
This report is the sixth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Hospitals and Healthcare (H&H) Initiative. This report presents evaluation findings based on in-depth telephone interviews with participating hospitals, the utilities that serve these hospitals and other market actors. The report also includes an analysis of 2012 energy savings…
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Northwest Commercial Buildings Deep Energy Retrofit Market Characterization and Twenty Year Market Baseline Assessment
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Navigant Consulting, Inc. (Navigant) to help NEEA develop a market characterization and twenty-year market baseline of the commercial Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) market in the Northwest Region. The DER market characterization and baseline assessment provide support for evaluating the impact of the Northwest regional Existing Building Renewal (EBR)…
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Market Characterization and Establishing the Market Baseline for the Commercial Real Estate Initiative
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Cadmus in April 2013 to conduct research on the commercial real estate (CRE) market of leased office space and NEEA’s CRE Initiative in the Northwest region of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
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2013 Energy Savings Results for the Commercial Real Estate Cohorts
NEEA’s Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Initiative, offered since 2007, engages the Northwest’s commercial office real estate market to reduce energy use by adopting Strategic Energy Management (SEM) practices. SEM is a holistic approach that includes both efficient equipment and behavioral activities and requires engagement from organizational staff at all levels. NEEA provides technical advice and…
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Hospital & Healthcare Initiative 2013 Energy Savings Validation
This memorandum describes SBW Consulting’s (SBW’s) validation of the electrical energy savings from the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Hospital and Healthcare (H&H) Initiative for the year 2013. Table 1 summarizes the validated savings for the nine facilities included.
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BOC-Expansion Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #1
This is the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Building Operator Certification Expansion (BOC-E) Initiative. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) and the International Building Operators Association (IBOA) have offered BOC training and certification to facility operators in the Northwest since 1997. In 2012, NEEA established BOCE to accelerate adoption of BOC and…
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Northwest Commercial Lighting Retrofit Market Characterization
As part of the evaluation activities for the Comprehensive Commercial Lighting Initiative (CCLI), the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) funded a commercial lighting retrofit market characterization study to identify and understand the market actors and product flows of the commercial lighting retrofit market in the Northwest region (Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington).
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Variable Rate Rooftop Unit Test
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), New Buildings Institute (NBI), and the University of Idaho Integrated Design Laboratory (IDL) collaborated to measure the energy performance of higher-efficiency-rated products in the unitary, vapor-compression, direct-expansion (DX) package rooftop unit (RTU) class of commercial building heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The project sought…
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Inventory of Commercial Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) for M&V Applications Final Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI) to help provide clarity on the range of Commercial Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) available and their respective feature sets. EMIS are software tools that store, analyze, and display energy use or building systems data. A wide variety of EMIS is…
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Northwest Regional Strategy for Commercial Lighting Energy Efficiency
The Northwest Regional Strategy for Commercial Lighting Energy Efficiency was developed through a collaborative stakeholder process for the purpose of identifying promising opportunities and strategic needs to support the region’s future success in commercial lighting. The strategy’s audience includes anyone seeking to support efficiency in the commercial lighting market in the Pacific Northwest, notably regional…
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