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Lighting Design Lab Organizational Structure Review and Recommendations
The purpose of this project is: To examine, given its current organizational vision, mission, and goals, how, in the best possible way, the Lighting Design Lab (LDL) can become a viable organization that continues to meet its customers’ needs throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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Regional Building Operator Certification Market Progress Evaluation Report
The Alliance contracted with Research Into Action, Inc. in March 1998 to conduct an evaluation of the region-wide BOC market transformation efforts during 19981999. The evaluation built on results of the evaluation of the 1997 Washington BOC effort and included five key activities focused on the region-wide program.
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Market Progress Evaluation Report: Architecture + Energy Program,No.1
This report summarizes the results of the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for the Architecture + Energy: Building Excellence in the Northwest (A+E) Program sponsored by the American Institute of Architects – Portland Chapter (AIA/Portland) and funded by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance).
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Public Building Commissioning in the Pacific Northwest, No.1
This report presents the results of an enhanced baseline assessment prepared as part of the evaluation of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Commissioning in Public Buildings Project, which is seeking to transform the market so that commissioning becomes standard practice in the public sector. This enhanced baseline assessment builds upon the public sector results…
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Lighting Design Lab Market Progress Evaluation Report
The Lighting Design Lab in Seattle provides educational programs, technology displays, consultations, and facility based evaluation tools to professionals who make decisions with respect to residential, commercial and industrial buildings architects, lighting designers, interior designers, electrical engineers, building owners, facility managers and facility engineers. The goal of the Lab is to provide information, training and…
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EZ Sim:Billing Simulation for Small Commercial Facilities No. 1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) has implemented the Billing Simulation for Small Commercial Facilities Venture (Venture) with the primary goal of increasing the viability of privately funded energy efficiency projects by reducing the costs and uncertainties associated with delivering energy efficiency services and verifying their impacts. This increase in efficiency projects is anticipated through…
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Final Report Building Commissioning Practices in New Construction and Existing Building Markets in the Pacific Northwest
This market study, sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (“the Alliance”), is an investigation of the commercial building commissioning practices and related attitudes currently prevailing in the Pacific Northwest. It has been undertaken to provide the information needed to develop a strategic plan for making commissioning “business as usual” in the Pacific Northwest over…
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Building Operators Certification Program Report
In fall 1996, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) began sponsoring the Building Operators Certification (BOC) venture operated by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC).This Final Evaluation Report responds to a request by the Alliance to address eight points regarding the progress of the BOC venture as implemented in Washington State by NEEC in…
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Start-Up Process Lighting Design Lab Evaluation
The Lighting Design Lab sees themselves as the primary vehicle for education of specifiers in the lighting market. Specifiers is broadly defined as those who make decisions about lighting. The market segments of lighting specifiers include property owners, lighting designers, engineers, architects, interior designers, electrical contractors, and distributors. Manufacturers are a trade ally to the…
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Impacts of Forced Air Distribution Systems on Homes and Potential for Improvements
This literature review is part of a duct efficiency pilot program co-sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance [NEEA] and the Electric Power Research Institute [EPRI]. A literature search was conducted by Washington State University Cooperative Extension Service Energy Library. In addition to articles identified by the library, project staff in Oregon and Washington contributed…
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