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NEEA Industrial Initiatives- Market Progress Evaluation Report #8
This is the eighth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) on the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Industrial Initiative (the Initiative) with specific focus on its energy management efforts in the food processing sector. The goal of the Initiative and related industrial efforts is to transform the market for industrial energy management services and to promote…
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Evaluation of Key ACE Model Assumptions for Motor Rewinds
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Cadmus in November 2013 to conduct research to update the key Alliance Cost Effectiveness (ACE) model assumptions for motor rewinds in the Northwest states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
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Small to Medium Industrial SEM Energy Savings Validation
To determine whether Strategic Energy Management (SEM) can be effectively delivered within small to medium business facilities and whether energy savings from this effort can be measured, NEEA contracted with EnerNOC to implement a pilot with two cohorts of small (1-999 thousand kWh/yr) to medium (1-100 million kWh/yr) sized industrial facilities in Montana in SEM…
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Energy Baseline Methodologies for Industrial Facilities
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with EnerNOC Utility Solutions to provide definition to the process for establishing and documenting energy baselines for industrial facilities. Energy baselines are foundational to a robust energy management program, however, industrial facility energy baseline methodologies are neither well known nor consistently implemented. The paper describes a straightforward six-step…
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NEEA Previously Funded Initiative: 80 PLUS
The devices used to power desktop computers had not seen any significant improvements for many years, even as a jump in computer purchases was rapidly increasing energy consumption in the Northwest. The region’s utilities estimated that the introduction of more efficient power supply technology could save 82 kWh per machine per year. The 80 PLUS…
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NEEA Previously Funded Initiative: CFLs
In 1997, market share for CFLs did not even reach one percent. Although a small number of manufacturers offered CFLs, quality was inconsistent, average prices were high ($14 to $24 per bulb), product features such as bulb size and shape did not meet the average consumer’s expectations, and awareness of the energy- and money-saving benefits…
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NEEA Previously Funded Initiative: Drive Power
In 1999, clear energy-efficiency data and life cycle analysis information were not available to customers making the decision to repair, rewind or buy new industrial motors. Rewinding a motor keeps operating costs the same or sometimes raises them, while investing money in a more energyefficient model reduces operating costs over the motor’s lifetime. Service centers…
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Database of Northwest Manufacturers, Nurseries, and Wineries
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Energy Savings from NEMA Premium Electric Motors in the Northwest in 2012
In late 2010, energy efficiency standards that require electric motors to meet National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Premium™ efficiency levels became effective in the United States. This federal regulation represented a significant increase in the energy efficiency requirements that the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) mandated for electric motors. This report estimates the annual energy savings…
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NEEA Market Progress Evaluation Report #7: Evaluation of NEEA’s Industrial Initiative
This is the seventh Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) on the progress and accomplishments of the Industrial Initiative (the Initiative) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). The Initiative focuses on Strategic Energy Management (SEM), which NEEA defines as a system of practices that creates reliable, persistent energy savings.
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