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2015 Battery Charger Standard Evaluation for NEEA’s Non-Adoptive States
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) supported the development of legislation in California and Oregon related to battery charger standards. In 2015, NEEA contracted with TRC Energy Services (TRC) to investigate the question of whether a battery charger appliance standard adopted in California and Oregon affected the battery chargers sold in NEEA’s non-adoptive states: Idaho,…
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NEEA Dryer Test Procedure Version 2.0 – Summary of Changes and Rationale
In 2017, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) collaborated with Pacific Gas & Electric to develop a Clothes Dryer Test Procedure that calculates an accurate metric for clothes dryer energy use (Version 1.2). Since then, NEEA conducted laboratory testing and applied the Version 1.2 test procedure to more than 60 dryers to gather information on…
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Refrigerator and Freezer Influence Assessment and Baseline Review
NOTE: This report was updated in June 2023. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics to review NEEA’s efforts to influence the residential refrigerator and freezer markets through support of the 2020/2021 ENERGY STAR® Emerging Technology Award (ETA) for refrigerators and freezers and the accompanying alternative test procedure. Apex also reviewed the…
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Perfect Pairings? Testing the Energy Efficiency of Matched Washer-Dryer Sets
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Underwriters Laboratory (UL) to measure the energy use of matched pairs of washers and dryers and Kannah Consulting to analyze the collected data and develop recommendations. This new analysis builds off previous alliance research, including “Coming Clean: Revealing Real-World Efficiency of Clothes Washers,” and the 2016-2017 Residential…
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Retail Product Portfolio Market Progress Evaluation Report #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics to conduct the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for NEEA’s Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) program, which operates as part of a larger, national program, the ENERGY STAR® Retail Products Platform (ESRPP). In January through July of 2021, Apex Analytics conducted document review, interviews with…
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Northwest Smart Thermostat Research Study
The Northwest Smart Thermostat Research Study was a collaboration amongst ten utility and energy efficiency organization partners along with the Northwest Power & Conservation Council and Regional Technical Forum staff members, managed by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). The primary objective of the Northwest Smart Thermostat Research Study was to develop a method to…
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2020 Residential Lighting Market Analysis
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics and DNV to conduct the 16th Northwest Residential Lighting Market Analysis as part of its long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) of the residential lighting market. As in previous studies, Apex Analytics and DNV collected and analyzed store shelf and point-of-sale data to update market parameters…
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Televisions Planning Assumptions Review
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is updating its estimate of the market size for residential televisions in the Northwest. To conduct the assessment, NEEA contracted with Cadeo Group to review two underlying assumptions that are incorporated in the estimate: the useful lifetime of televisions (that is, the amount of time a product is in…
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Laboratory Assessment of Rheem Generation 5 Series Heat Pump Water Heaters
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc., Cascade Engineering Services, Inc. and Larson Energy Research to conduct a laboratory assessment of Rheem’s next generation (Generation 5 or “Gen5”) heat pump water heaters (HPWH). The water heater series consists of two distinct lines: Premium/Plus and Builder, each aimed at different market segments. Each line includes…
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Coming Clean: Revealing Real-World Efficiency of Clothes Washers
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Kannah Consulting to better understand the real-world energy efficiency of consumer clothes washers. The research focused on washers’ impact on the energy use of the clothes dryer (drying energy). The project had two key objectives: 1) enable updates to regional unit energy consumption (UEC) and unit energy…
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