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Commissioning Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking—2015 Square-Footage Update (2016 Study)
As part of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) efforts on commercial building commissioning, Cadmus collected data on commissioning market activities and trends in the Northwest for 2015.
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Building Operator Certificate Renewal Rate Assumptions Memorandum
This memorandum summarizes research conducted by Research Into Action from January to April 2016, regarding Building Operator Certification (BOC) certificant renewal rates. The primary objective of this research was to determine whether support exists for the current BOC certificate target renewal rate of 70%.
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Building Operator Certificate Program Dataset Analysis
This memo documents Research Into Action’s analysis of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) Building Operator Certification (BOC) program dataset as of 2015. The primary goal of this analysis was to describe the 2015 new BOC certificants and update the count of active BOC certificants in the four Pacific Northwest (“Northwest”) states as of January…
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Assessment of NEEA Influence on 2010 Small Electric Motors Standard
Federal energy efficiency appliance and equipment standards play an important role in achieving large energy savings. Through its standards efforts, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) supports the establishment of minimum energy performance requirements for appliances and commercial equipment. Supporting standards development and adoption is one of NEEA’s key strategies in its efforts to increase…
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Commercial Code Evaluation Pilot Study Final Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted Ecotope, Inc. to conduct a small Pilot Study to develop and test a methodology for commercial energy code evaluation. The insights from the Pilot Study will be applied to a large-scale commercial code evaluation in the Northwest. The methodology has an explicit energy focus and was designed to…
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Commercial Real Estate Market Partners Program Savings Persistence Analysis
NEEA sought to determine the persistence of implemented activities and electricity savings for the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Market Partners Program (MPP) cohort. The MPP encourages adoption of Strategic Energy Management (SEM) practices to reduce energy use. SEM is a holistic approach to managing energy that involves efficient equipment and behavioral activities and requires engagement…
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Dimming Systems Characteristics
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance commissioned a study to delineate the characteristics of 18 dimming systems as part of its Luminaire Level Lighting Control initiative. In theory, adjusting the light level by dimming 15 percent at the control station will have that intended effect (light level or power consumption reduction) at the light source or driver.…
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2014 CBSA Regional Summary
The Commercial Building Stock Assessment (CBSA) is a periodic study of energy use in existing commercial buildings in the Northwest (Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington). The study is conducted by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) in partnership with the Bonneville Power Administration, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Energy Trust of Oregon and regional…
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Appendix AAA – Combined CBSA Building Characteristic Summary Tables
This appendix presents updated versions of all summary tables and graphs provided in Appendix A and Appendix AA to the 2014 Northwest Commercial Building Stock Assessment Final Report. These updates represent the compilation of survey data collected from the 859 buildings sampled as part of the 2014 Core CBSA, as well as 521 additional sites…
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2014 Energy Savings for the Commercial Real Estate Strategic Energy Management Cohorts
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Cadmus to determine the 2014 energy savings for NEEA’s Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Initiative.1 Since 2007, NEEA has offered the initiative to encourage the Northwest’s commercial real estate market to adopt Strategic Energy Management (SEM) practices to reduce energy use. SEM is a holistic approach to managing energy…
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