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  • 2022 Residential Building Stock Assessment – Datasets

    Published April 2024 The 2022 Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) datasets consist of a series of comma-separated values (CSV) files on NEEA’s website, as well as an Excel file containing the data dictionary.  Once downloaded, users can view and analyze the data using Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers (on MacOS), or any number of statistical…

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  • 2022 Residential Building Stock Assessment – Data User Guide

    Published April 2024 This document serves to provide instructions for data users on how to prepare the data tables and summary data tables for analysis. It provides background information on what questions the Study was and was not designed to answer. The user guide also includes instructions and code snippets1 in both R and Python…

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  • 2022 Residential Building Stock Assessment – Data Dictionary

    Published April 2024 The 2022 RBSA datasets support estimation of regional and subregional building stock characteristics and the characteristics of energy using equipment in residential spaces across the Northwest (i.e., lighting, appliances, electronics, and mechanical equipment). This includes the ability to estimate the prevalence of equipment types and subtypes, as well as understand their characteristics (e.g.,…

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  • Existing Building Audits with QBAT

    The United States Department of Energy (U.S. DOE), in collaboration with PNNL, supports the Quick Building Assessment Tool (QBAT) for existing building assessments to inform energy efficiency retrofit opportunities. This is a publicly available tool that is intended to provide simplified energy modeling results for a “non-technical expert” audience. QBAT was originally created for schools,…

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  • Heat Pump Water Heaters in Multifamily New Construction: Design Charrette Findings

    After discovering unique building design and installation challenges of heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) in low-rise multifamily housing, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) saw an opportunity. To better understand the opportunity at hand, NEEA staff collaborated with Energy Trust of Oregon staff to identify solutions that overcome these challenges and increase adoption of HPWHs…

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    Commercial + Industrial|Residential

  • Cold Climate Demonstration Installation & Water Heater Installer Focus Group Research

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ILLUME Advising in Q4 2022 to pursue two concurrent studies around water heater installers. The first was intended to focus on observational research of cold climate heat pump water heater (HPWH) installations in the Northwest to better understand the depth of previously established installation challenges, specifically in…

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    Residential

  • Energy-Efficient Technology in Cold Weather – Bridger View On-Site Research

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with JG Research & Evaluation, LLC in the fall of 2021 to conduct a study of the new Bridger View housing development in Bozeman, Montana. The purpose of the study was to better understand how a cold weather climate may influence the adoption and performance of various technologies…

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  • Manufactured Homes Transition Market Progress Evaluation Report

    In the spring of 2023, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics to conduct a Transition Market Progress Evaluation Report for its Manufactured Homes Program. NEEA’s program supports the adoption of manufactured homes meeting the Northwest Energy Efficient Manufactured Housing Program™ (NEEM)+ specification, developed by Northwest Energy Works. NEEM+ is a more…

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  • Heat Pump Ready Manufactured Homes and Federal Tax Credits

    Federal minimum standards are changing for manufactured (mobile) homes, but the dust has not settled yet. In preparation for this the Northwest Energy Efficient Manufactured Home (NEEM) program and NEEA have been exploring what contractors need and how retailers can help motivate customers to purchase a NEEM certified home that comes ready for upgrade to…

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  • Steffes Low-Cost High-Temperature Thermal Storage for Load Shifting in Residential Applications

    High-temperature thermal storage (>800 F) can enable daily load shifting up to 16 hours with 10 times the storage density of using hot water. This webinar presents the Steffes technology and explores whether it could be paired with heat pumps to avoid setback recovery peak power typically provided by electric resistance heating. The goal of…

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