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RBSA II – Data Collection Protocols
This document outlines the communication, customer contact and field protocols for field technicians as approved at the start of the RBSA II data collection phase.
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RBSA II Combined Database
This data is from the Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) conducted in 2016-17. It includes a representative sample of single-family, Multi-family and manufactured homes gathered across the Northwest region. Whenever possible, data was collected in a similar manner as the 2011 – 2012 assessment to ensure continuity and comparability between the studies.
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Exploring the Consumer Path-To Purchase for New Construction Homes
The Next Step Home (NSH) initiative designs & implements market interventions that will remove barriers that impede builders from using integrated design to build more efficient homes. One barrier that has been identified by the initiative team is lack of purchaser awareness. This project is focused on understanding the new home purchaser in a way…
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Codes Market Progress Evaluation Report #4
This is the 4th Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) Codes Program. Since 1997, NEEA has conducted activities to support building energy codes and has funded several studies of these activities. In 2010 and 2011, Cadmus researched the program’s code support activities, logic model, and the building codes market.…
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Characterization of the Super-Efficient Dryer Market
This report presents the results of a characterization study of the super-efficient dryer market in the Northwest. Evergreen Economics conducted the study for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) to help inform NEEA initiatives to promote energyefficient clothes dryers.
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Building Operator Certificate Program Dataset Analysis
This memo documents Research Into Action’s analysis of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) Building Operator Certification (BOC) program dataset as of 2015. The primary goal of this analysis was to describe the 2015 new BOC certificants and update the count of active BOC certificants in the four Pacific Northwest (“Northwest”) states as of January…
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Thermal Break Shear Wall: A Case Study of Rigid Foam Insulation between Frame and Sheating
As part of our work on efficient homes, NEEA developed a case study on a Thermal Break Shear, an innovative wall assembly recently used in a zero-net-energy subdivision in Washington County, Oregon. This study demonstrates the opportunity for significant energy savings in a simple, low-cost assembly that offers additional benefits such as seismic tolerance while…
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Next Step Home Builder Focus Groups
On behalf of Northwest utilities, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) launched its Next Step Home (NSH) pilot program to advance the adoption of energy-efficient building practices and technologies in residential new construction of single-family homes. NEEA is working with builders throughout the region to build to a higher performance level to evaluate costs, challenges,…
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Pacific Northwest Residential Ventilation Effectiveness Study
This report provides data and conclusions about the actual performance of different types of ventilation systems as installed and operated in relatively airtight homes. Overall, this study found that total ventilation is not a determining factor in ventilation effectiveness. A key factor is the ventilation delivered to each occupied space. This is coupled with a…
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Establishing the Market Baseline for Super-Efficient Dryers
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Cadmus to establish the market baseline for super-efficient clothes dryers. These clothes dryers, also known as heat pump class clothes dryers, reduce the annual energy use of this second largest energy-using appliance in the typical American home by 40% or more. Over the past several years, NEEA has…
Residential Buildings