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Market Progress Evaluation Report #1 – BetterBricks Building Operations Initiative
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s BetterBricks Building Operations Initiative was slated to begin in January 2006. Personnel changes delayed the start of development activities for several months. The initiative has benefited from a foundation established through its predecessor, the pilot Building Performance Services (BPS) initiative, particularly with respect to the relationships with key service providers…
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BetterBricks Grocery Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #2
The BetterBricks Grocery Initiative (Grocery Initiative) was approved by the NEEA Board of Directors in July 2005; it works directly with regional grocery wholesalers and larger chain operators (greater than five and less than 35 locations) to change energy-related business practices. Efforts with national chains are also planned, but have not yet been fully identified.…
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Commercial Buildings Operations and Maintenance Market Assessment
This section provides a synopsis of the Commercial Buildings Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Market Assessment Study (Study) background, objectives, key findings and resulting program implications.
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Scoping Study for Daylight Metrics from Luminance Maps
This report investigates whether it’s possible to use luminance maps of a space as the basis for calculating metrics that describe either the quality or quantity of daylight. The report covers both the suitability of the luminance maps as a way of recording data, and the suitability of the metrics as a means of describing…
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Sidelighting Photocontrols Field Study
In further analysis of the relationship of window head height to control zone depth we concluded that the proper unit of analysis for this relationship should be [control zone depth]/[window head height], rather than the inverse used in the report.
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BetterBricks Grocery Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation Report #3
This third Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER #3) documents the progress of the BetterBricks Grocery Initiative (formerly Smart Markets Program) between October 2006 and October 2007. The Grocery Initiative is targeted to regional grocery stores and is currently funded through 2008 as part of BetterBricks.
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Light Commercial HVAC
A market characterization study was completed for light commercial (< 25 tons)1 HVAC equipment in the Pacific Northwest. The objective was to develop a better understanding of the supply side of the light commercial market, and specifically identify the key players, relationships, and approximate market size. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) expressed an interest…
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Evaluation of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s Commercial Sector Initiative: Schools Target Market
In January 2003, the Alliance Board approved a one-year, $260,000 budget for a New Schools Target Market effort under the Commercial Sector Initiative (CSI). While CSI supports the entire commercial sector, three “target markets,” including schools, received additional, dedicated funding for the development of more targeted market transformation strategies. This report evaluates the success of…
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Commissioning in Public Buildings, Report No. 1
The Commissioning in Public Buildings Project seeks to make commissioning standard practice in public buildings in the Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana). It is a multiyear effort, launched in 1998 and running through calendar year 2004. Until 2004, the project was coordinated across the four-state region by the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE –…
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Market Progress Evaluation Report: Commercial Sector Initiative BetterBricks Training and Advising Services
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) is a non-profit corporation supported by Bonneville Power Administration, electric utilities, public benefits administrators, state governments, public interest groups and energy efficiency industry representatives. These entities work together to make affordable, energy-efficient products and services the market norm.
Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings