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  • 2022 Review of Key Assumptions for Luminaire Level Lighting Controls

    As part of its Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus Group for an independent review of the program’s key assumptions for modeling co-created savings. In late 2022, Cadmus Group reviewed NEEA documents and calculations, and then provided feedback and recommendations on NEEA’s key modeling assumptions. Key…

    Commercial|Commercial + Industrial Lighting|Commercial Buildings|Integrated Systems
  • 2022 Luminaire Level Lighting Controls Incremental Cost Study

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Energy Solutions to estimate the additional equipment and labor cost to install Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) compared to other options. The outcome of this bi-annual study, conducted since 2017, enables NEEA to track cost trends and conduct cost-effectiveness analysis in a market with rapidly changing product…

    Commercial|Commercial + Industrial Lighting|Commercial Buildings|Integrated Systems|New Construction|Products
  • Q1 2023 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter

    The Market Research and Evaluation (MRE) team is pleased to bring you this quarter’s MRE newsletter. The team is looking ahead to a second quarter of lots of reports! More than half of the twenty-three studies that are currently have underway anticipate final reports to post in the next three months. These reports become key…

    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Heating and Cooling|Integrated Systems|Products|Residential
  • Commercial Secondary Windows Field Observations and Decision-Maker Interviews Report

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Energy 350 to observe and document the installation of commercial secondary windows (CSWs) at several commercial sites across the Northwest states of Montana, Oregon and Washington. CSWs are a window attachment product with insulative and noise abatement benefits that are designed to address existing low-performing windows in…

    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Industrial
  • Power Drive System Retrofit Opportunities in the Northwest

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadeo Group to better understand the market and savings opportunities associated with the use of an adjustable speed motor, also known as a Power Drive System (PDS), in the Northwest. Prior NEEA research shows that there is significant PDS energy savings opportunity at the per-unit level in…

    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Industrial|Integrated Systems|Products|Technology
  • Summary of Field Evaluation of Non-Glass Interior Secondary Window Attachments

    As part of its building envelope work, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) focuses on commercial secondary windows’ technical potential and market transformation opportunity. Secondary windows are currently available in the market, however, less is known about the relative cost and performance of products with panes of non-glass materials such as acrylic or film as…

    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Integrated Systems|Natural Gas|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Review of Market Share Forecast and Key Assumptions for Efficient Rooftop Units

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus Group for an independent review of the Efficient Rooftop Unit (RTU) program’s approach to developing a naturally occurring baseline market share forecast for Efficient RTUs. For the study, Cadmus Group reviewed NEEA documents, analytic code, and calculations, and then provided feedback and recommendations on NEEA’s naturally…

    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Heating and Cooling|Natural Gas
  • High-Performance Windows Market Characterization Study

    Thin triple windows (TTW) are emerging as a promising new opportunity for super-efficient residential windows. To understand the awareness of and potential market for TTWs and gain insight into how the mid- and down-stream window markets function in the Northwest, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadeo to conduct the Market Characterization that…

    Commercial Buildings|Natural Gas|Products|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Building Commissioning — 2021 Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report

    This Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) report, prepared by the Cadmus Group, presents the 2021 findings for NEEA’s Building Commissioning Initiative which promoted commissioning from 1999 to 2004, and entered LTMT in 2005. The 2021 LTMT report (1) Updates the number of Northwest commissioning firms, (2) Estimates the total floor area of new and existing…

    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Industrial
  • 2018 Washington State Energy Code Energy Savings Analysis for Nonresidential Buildings

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted NORESCO, LLC. to conduct the 2018 Washington State Energy Code – Commercial (WSEC-C 2018) savings analysis. The WSEC 2018 was developed by the Washington State Building Code Council to replace the previous 2015 WSEC and was adopted statewide for commercial construction permitted as of February 1, 2021. The…

    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|New Construction

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