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Low-Load Efficiency Heat Pump Performance
Virtual
March 25, 2025
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
This Product Council presents NEEA’s 2023-4 research investigating variable speed system performance at low-load conditions during mild weather conditions. Low-load efficiency is one of the no/low-cost market shifts we are pursuing at NEEA, which we believe can generate a 5% gain of fleet-wide performance. The truth is that not all variable speed heat pumps perform…
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Residential Dryers Qualified Products List
The Residential Dryers Qualified Products List contains information on residential dryer products that meet the EPA ENERGY STAR® requirements. The list includes those that meet Bonneville Power Administration’s incentive tiers based on testing with the Utility Test Protocol. Learn more about NEEA’s high efficiency dryers work >> Updated as of 2025
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Connected Consumer Products Market Research Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Level 7 Market Research from June to December of 2024 to describe consumer acceptance of, experiences with, and willingness to purchase connected consumer products. Additionally, this research ventured to describe predictors of consumer interest and uptake, in order to inform NEEA’s Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) Market Transformation program’s…
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Bringing Together Industry Leaders: Northwest Symposium Tackles Heat Pump Challenges
Tacoma, Wash. – On October 3, 2024, 45 professionals from Northwest utilities, HVAC distribution, and manufacturing sectors gathered for the Northwest Heat Pump Symposium and Workshop. Co-facilitated by Seattle City Light, Tacoma Power, Daikin, and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), the event aimed to address performance issues in residential heat pump installations and explore solutions…
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Extended Motor Products Market Progress Evaluation Report #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ADM Associates Inc. (ADM) to conduct the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for NEEA’s Extended Motor Products (XMP) pump and circulator program. Through this study, ADM reviewed and assessed the clarity and alignment of the program’s guiding documentation, including the Program Logic Model, Market Transformation Theory,…
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Home Energy Raters Market Research
Through its market transformation work, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) works to increase the adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices. As part of this overall goal, NEEA participates in public code update processes and works with state code bodies to support code implementation. To refine its strategy for supporting code implementation, NEEA contracted…
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Water Heater Flexible Load Conformance White Paper
Utilities have used residential loads for providing grid services to utility customers for decades, particularly for demand response. However, the number of customers participating in such programs remains low. New Flexible Load Management strategies for providing grid services have the potential to accelerate customer participation. Efforts to improve customer participation and experience will result in…
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Independent Assessment of NEEA Approaches to Estimating Influence Over State Energy Codes
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with NMR Group to conduct a review of several alternative approaches to evaluating NEEA’s influence on the outcomes of state energy code processes in the Northwest. The objective of this assessment was to support NEEA in identifying ways to assess its codes efforts that more accurately document and…
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Refrigerator Policy and Test Procedures: Rationale and Benefits for a Move Towards IEC
In 2019, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) began testing residential refrigerator-freezers to better understand the potential energy efficiency benefits of inverter-driven, multi-speed compressors and quantify if the existing U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) testing methodology adequately captures those potential benefits. Currently, the U.S. DOE test methodology does not entirely align with the test…
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