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CTA-2045 Water Heater Demonstration Project
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) supported the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) with this CTA 2045 Water Heating Demonstration project. The project sought to create a market transformation plan that would put the Northwest on a path to make hot water heating load shifting simple for customers without affecting their lifestyle. To do this, the…
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Analysis of Expanded Efficiency Parameters for Very High Efficiency DOAS
As part of its High-Performance HVAC program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) focuses on defining a very high efficiency dedicated outside air system (very high efficiency DOAS) configuration, including the various types of products and recommendations to designers and installers of systems. NEEA contracted with Red Car Analytics to conduct this report, which intends…
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Gas-Fired Rooftop Unit Efficiency Testing Task 3 Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) works as part of a bi-national, cross-industry committee to support the revision of the CSA Group’s P.8 standard for Thermal Efficiencies of Industrial and Commercial Gas-Fired Package Furnaces. The revision seeks to represent a more accurate, holistic view of the overall energy consumption of an entire commercial gas-fired packaged…
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Review of Market Share Forecast and Key Assumptions for VHE DOAS
As part of its High-Performance HVAC program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus Group for an independent review of the program’s approach to developing a naturally occurring baseline market share forecast for Very High Efficiency Dedicated Outside Air Systems (VHE DOAS). For the study, Cadmus Group reviewed NEEA documents and calculations, and…
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Energy Savings from Efficient Rooftop Units in Heating Dominated Climates
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and Nicor Gas contracted with Cadeo Group to conduct energy modeling analysis of efficient rooftop units (RTU). This report describes the energy modeling analysis Cadeo performed to support the development of an efficient RTU initiative on behalf of NEEA and Nicor. Cadeo applied five different energy efficiency measures to…
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Variable Speed Heat Pump Product Assessment and Analysis
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with the Center for Energy and Environment to assess currently available centrally ducted variable speed heat pumps (VSHPs), also known as variable capacity heat pumps. The primary objective was to develop a better understanding of currently available products, pricing, performance specifications and equipment features. The research team developed…
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VHE DOAS Commercial Building Decision Makers Market Research
As part of its High-Performance HVAC program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Hayden + Tanner to conduct this qualitative study to expand its knowledge of HVAC system decision makers and influencers in commercial and government buildings. The study had two research objectives: 1) Learn how to overcome the influences of first cost,…
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Residential HVAC Contractor Market Research
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Lieberman Research to conduct this study to inform the design of its residential Variable Speed Heat Pump (VSHP) program. The study had three objectives: 1) Characterize current sales, design and installation practices of residential HVAC contractors for central/ducted HVAC systems; 2) Determine any barriers or drivers for…
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Washington 2015 Commercial Construction Code Evaluation Study
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus to conduct the Washington 2015 Commercial Construction Code Evaluation Study to assess the ways in which commercial new construction across Washington is being affected by current (2015) commercial code, as well as to estimate these buildings’ energy performance. The research team conducted site visits (virtual or…
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