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The Current State of Lighting Retrofit Programs and Standard Project Practices in the Northwest Region
As part of the evaluation of the Comprehensive Commercial Lighting Initiative (CCLI), the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) funded a retrofit lighting market study to better understand the current state of lighting retrofit programs and standard project practice in the Northwest region (Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington). Heschong Mahone Group, Inc. (HMG) conducted the study…
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Comprehensive Commercial Lighting Initiative Pilot Evaluation Report
The Comprehensive Commercial Lighting Initiative (CCLI) was a regional energy-efficient lighting retrofit pilot effort funded primarily by Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), and implemented by Evergreen Consulting (Evergreen). Three utilities – Idaho Power, Idaho Falls Power, and NorthWestern Energy – as well as the Energy Trust of Oregon participated and funded extra incentives. The pilot…
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EBR CRE Market Characterization, Attitudes and Behavior of Owners and Service Providers
This study characterizes some important physical features of the privately owned large office building market in the four states served by NEEA: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. SBW based the building type distribution for the territory on the Commercial Building Stock Assessment (CBSA) and the CoStar database. This study includes telephone surveys of 100 large…
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2010 BetterBricks Market Progress Evaluation Report
This document constitutes the final market progress evaluation report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) 2005-2009 BetterBricks Initiative. In December 2009, as part of NEEA’s continuous improvement commitment, NEEA launched a redesign of its commercial sector initiative. NEEA plans to launch the redesigned initiative in 2011.
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2009 CBSA Final Report
The Commercial Building Stock Assessment (CBSA) study, completed in 2003, was a unique effort to characterize the physical and energy-use characteristics of commercial facilities in the Pacific Northwest by integrating and updating information from several previous regional data collection efforts. The study’s resulting database has served as a valuable resource for regional energy planners and…
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Non-Residential Energy Savings From Northwest Energy Code Changes 2005-2008
This report provides estimates of energy savings associated with regional commercial building code changes adopted between July 2005 and July 2008 and projects savings from the date of their implementation through 2028.
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Ductless Heat Pump Market Research and Analysis
The U.S. DHP market differs significantly from overseas markets. Almost all residential HVAC systems in Asia and a vast majority of systems in Europe are ductless, while only a small percentage of homes in the U.S. utilize DHP technology. Slower U.S. adoption rates can be explained partly by cultural differences and partly by differences in…
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Baseline Characteristics of the 2002-2004 Nonresidential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington Technical Memorandum
The purpose of this technical memo is to describe the characteristics of two commercial new construction building type categories, “Assembly” and “Other” (A&O), that were not included in NEEA’s 2002-04 Non-Residential Baseline Study. NEEA decided to remove them from the study to increase the sampling efficiency of building types of specific interest to both regional…
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Baseline Energy Use Index Of The 2002-2004 Non-Residential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
The energy uses analyzed in this report were constructed from billing records collected during development of the Baseline Characteristics of the 2002-2004 Nonresidential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington (2002-04 Baseline Study) (Baylon et al. 2008). The primary purpose of that study was to characterize buildings built in the Pacific Northwest between 2002 and 2004. …
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Baseline Characteristics of the 2002-2004 Nonresidential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington
This report describes the results of a two-year, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) study intended to improve understanding of the new commercial building stock in the Pacific Northwest region. The study provides a new regional baseline for current practices in commercial buildings constructed between 2002 and 2004 and compares those practices with previous baseline and…
Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings|Regional Studies