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Luminaire Level Lighting Controls – Market Progress Evaluation Report #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus Group to conduct the first Market Progress Evaluation Report for the alliance’s Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) Market Transformation program. The study focused on conducting first-year tracking of market progress indicators but encompassed other research objectives as well. Surveys of installation and design/specification companies and interviews…
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Building Commissioning 2020 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
This Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) report, prepared by The Cadmus Group, presents the 2020 findings for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Building Commissioning Initiative which promoted commissioning from 1999 to 2004, and entered LTMT in 2005. The 2020 LTMT report: (1) Updates the number of Northwest commissioning firms; (2) Estimates the total floor…
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Commercial Code Enhancement Market Progress Evaluation #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ERS to conduct a market progress evaluation of the Commercial Code Enhancement (CCE) program. The study took place between June 2020 and March 2021 and drew on findings from an extensive documentation review, more than 30 interviews with NEEA program staff and state and local stakeholders, and…
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ASHRAE 100 Users’ Guide
This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 100-2018: Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings (Standard 100). Standard 100 is an ANSI approved standard that was co-sponsored by IES. The Standard applies to existing building and provides procedures and program essentials through improved energy efficiency and performance in existing buildings. The purpose…
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Commercial and Industrial Pumps Standard Evaluation
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with TRC Engineers, Inc. (TRC) to conduct an independent evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) process to establish an energy consumption standard for commercial and industrial pumps. In collaboration with other energy efficiency organizations, NEEA participated in the DOE-formed Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee…
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NEEA External Power Supply Standard Evaluation: Final Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with TRC Engineers, Inc. (TRC) to conduct an evaluation of NEEA’s efforts to help establish the federal external power supply (EPS) standard. Conducted between Q4 2016 and Q1 2017, the study had two objectives: 1) qualitatively assess activities that NEEA conducted to help establish the EPS standard and,…
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The Northwest End-Use Load Research (EULR) Project
The Northwest End-Use Load Research (EULR) ProjectAuthored by Graham B. Parker, CEM, CEA and David Clement, NEEA This article highlights the Northwest End-Use Load Research (EULR) project, an electrical end-use metering project being undertaken in residential and commercial buildings in the Northwest. Composed of two studies and funded by regional electric utilities and government agencies,…
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2020 BOC Dataset Analysis
This memo documents BrightLine Group’s analysis of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) Building Operator Certification (BOC) program dataset as of January 2021. The primary goal of this analysis was to describe the 2020 new BOC certificants and update the count of active BOC certificants in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, as of January 13,…
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2015 Washington State Energy Code Energy Savings Analysis – Commercial Provisions
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted Mike D. Kennedy, Inc. to conduct the 2015 Washington State Energy Code Savings (WSEC 2015) analysis. The WSEC 2015 replaced the previous 2012 Washington Commercial Energy Code (WSEC 2012). It was developed by the Washington State Building Code Council and adopted statewide for commercial construction permitted as of…
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