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BetterBricks Hospitals and Healthcare Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #2
This second Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER #2) documents the results of an ongoing evaluation to assess the activities and accomplishments of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) BetterBricks Hospitals and Healthcare Initiative (Hospitals Initiative), which is currently funded through 2008. BetterBricks is the umbrella initiative that covers all of NEEA’s commercial activities. The evaluation…
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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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High Performance Hospitals Partnership First Market Progress Evaluation Report
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, energyefficient products and services available in the marketplace.
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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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Market Progress Evaluation Report: BetterBricks Smart Markets Program
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) is a non-profit corporation supported by the 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, energyefficient products and services available in the marketplace.1
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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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