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Super Good Cents Evaluation Report No. 3
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) is a non-profit group of electric utilities, state governments, public interest groups and industry representatives committed to bringing affordable, energy-efficient products and services to the marketplace. In June 1997, the Alliance initiated the Super GOOD CENTS Manufactured Housing Venture (SGC Venture), a market transformation program based on continuing…
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Residential New Construction Lighting Program Market Research Summary Report
This Report summarizes the background research funded by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) in support of the design and development of a Residential New Construction Program for the Pacific NW.1 This innovative program will focus entirely on increasing the use of energy efficient lighting in residential construction, and is an extension of the…
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ENERGY STAR® Windows, No. 5
The Northwest ENERGY STAR Windows Project has been a great success. The goals of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s ENERGY STAR WINDOWS Project were to:
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Baseline Characteristics of the Residential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington
This report is supported by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance for the purpose of developing a baseline description of residential construction practices with respect to energy use and efficiency in the Pacific Northwest region. The study focused on a direct field review of buildings under construction in all four Pacific Northwest states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho,…
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Baseline Characteristics of the Multi-Family Sector: Oregon and Washington
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance), as a regional utility consortium, commissioned this study to establish the current practices and attitudes that characterize the energy efficiency of new multi-family residential construction as the basis for developing and evaluating regional market transformation programs targeting this sector. This sector differs from other building sectors in that…
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ENERGY STAR Resource-Efficient Clothes Washers, No.5
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) is a non-profit group of electric utilities, state governments, public interest groups and industry representatives committed to bringing affordable, energy-efficient products and services to the marketplace. In 1997, the Alliance initiated a market transformation effort in the clothes washer industry. First known as the WashWise program, the ENERGY…
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Performance-Tested Comfort Systems, Report No.2
This report presents the results of the baseline market research that was conducted for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) for the purpose of supporting the evaluation of the Performance Tested Comfort Systems (PTCS) Venture. The purpose of this study is to develop baseline data on consumers and contractors in the Pacific Northwest Region on…
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ENERGY STAR Windows Program, Report No.4
This Market Progress Evaluation Report on the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (Alliance) ENERGY STAR® Residential Fenestration Program (Program) covers the period from June 1999 through June 2000. The Program is designed to increase market share of residential highefficiency windows by working in partnership with market actors, including window product manufacturers, wholesaler/distributors, retail suppliers, the manufactured…
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ENERGY STAR Resource-Efficient ClothesWashers, Report No. 4
This fourth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) reviews the status of the regional ENERGY STAR Resource-Efficient Clothes Washer Program (ESCW Program), funded by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance), and its influence on the market. This program started as the WashWise program in 1997, and has evolved considerably over the past three years. Initially,…
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Ground-Source Heat Pump Market Assessment
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) has sponsored this market assessment and characterization of residential ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) in the Pacific Northwest. The Alliance does not currently provide financial support to projects dealing with residential ground source heat pumps. In order for the Alliance to consider such programs in the future, this objective…
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