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Industrial Sector Initiative Evaluation Report
The Industrial Efficiency Alliance (IEA) is the brand name for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (the Alliance) Industrial-Sector Initiative (Initiative), which incorporates all of the Alliance’s market transformation activities in the industrial sector.
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Microelectronics Evaluation Report No. 3
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) is a non-profit corporation supported by Bonneville Power Administration, electric utilities, public benefits administrators, state governments, public interest groups and energy efficiency industry representatives. These entities work together to make affordable, energyefficient products and services available in the marketplace.
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MagnaDrive Adjustable Speed Drive Status Report
MagnaDrive Corporation is located in Bellevue, Washington, and develops and commercializes patented torque transfer technology with applications in industry, public works, transportation, and consumer products domestically and internationally. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) and MagnaDrive formed a public/private partnership to help commercialize the MagnaDrive adjustable speed drive (ASD), an innovative speed-control device that…
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Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report on 2005 Activities
Market transformation projects are long-term in nature. The development and launching of new products and services can be visualized as an “S” shaped diffusion curve with little market impact in the initial years and the major market effects occurring many years after a product is launched. The market progress of Alliance projects is tracked during…
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Evaluation of the Utility Distribution System Efficiency Initiative (Phase I)
Traditionally, electric utilities have taken a demand-side approach to energy efficiency and conservation, focusing resources on programs to promote energy-efficient measures and conservation practices for their customers. However, industry experts have long believed that a vast, viable, and largely untapped resource for energy efficiency and peak load reduction may exist in the distribution system practices…
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Market Baseline Evaluation Report of The Bacgen Biowise Project
The BacGen BioWise Project (Project) represents a unique opportunity to transform the wastewater industry in the Pacific Northwest by leveraging the resources of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) with the entrepreneurial skills of BacGen Technologies. The Project is a market transformation venture focused on making micro-nutrient assisted biodigestion technology an industry standard. Developing formally…
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JUST ENOUGH AIR: Efficient Pneumatic Conveying No. 2
In March 1999, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) funded an initiative called “Just Enough Air: Efficient Pneumatic Conveying” (JEA). The initiative’s objective was to increase the energy efficiency of industrial low-pressure pneumatic conveying systems (PCS), with an initial focus on the secondary wood products industry. In August 2002, the Alliance contracted with Currents…
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Non-Intrusive Motor Efficiency Estimators
In order to be useful in assisting decisions of replacement of electric motors in industry, efficiency instrumentation is required that must be of “acceptable” accuracy and non-intrusive operation. This study has examined the state-of-the-art in instruments to meet these requirements.
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Drive Power Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #5
This report comprises the fifth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) on the Initiative and covers the period from June 2002 through June 2003. The following provides an overview of Initiative activities, market effects, and recommendations. These items are also summarized in a more compact form in Table 9 in the main report.
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Third Market Progress Evaluation Report for the MagnaDrive Adjustable Speed Drive
This Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) is the third of three progress reports prepared by Quantec over the course of this assignment. It covers research and analysis conducted between July and December 2002.
Industrial|Technology