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2019 Alliance Cost Effectiveness Model Review for Heat Pump Water Heaters
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc., to review the Alliance Cost Effectiveness (ACE) model for the Heat Pump Water Heater program. For the report, Ecotope focused on reviewing NEEA staff’s proposed method to aggregate Residential Building Stock Assessment II data so that the savings forecast reflects new “alternate” savings weights. These…
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2019 Alliance Cost Effectiveness Model Review for Ductless Heat Pumps
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc., to review the Alliance Cost Effectiveness (ACE) model for the Ductless Heat Pump (DHP) program. For the report, Ecotope focused on reviewing: 1) how the ACE model incorporates recent Regional Technical Forum measure updates for DHPs; 2) the appropriateness of the ACE model’s approach to…
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Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation #8 Addendum – Ductless Heat Pumps in Cold Climates Installer Research
The Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation #8 Addendum – Ductless Heat Pumps in Cold Climates Installer Research, posted in August 2020, has been updated as of October 9, 2020 to incorporate additional survey data from installers to address a sampling error that was discovered after the release of the report. In 2019,…
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EXP07:19 Load-Based and Climate-Specific Testing and Rating Procedures for Heat Pumps and Air Conditioners
This report contains the results and analysis from initial testing done using the 2019 “technical review” version of CSA EXP07 load based test procedure and rating of heat pumps on. This test procedure and rating was designed to better characterize variable capacity heat pumps with capacity not larger than = 65,000 BTUh. These preliminary results…
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2019-2020 Washington Residential New Construction Code Study
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with CLEAResult to conduct research to better understand how the 2015 Washington State Energy Code (Residential Provisions) has affected new home construction and energy performance. The research team visited building code offices and single-family residences between September 2019 and January 2020. In the end, 184 houses were visited…
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2019 Residential Lighting Market Analysis
This 2019 report, conducted by Apex Analytics with subcontractor DNV GL, presents results of the 15th Northwest Residential Lighting Market Analysis. As in previous studies, store shelf and point-of-sale data was collected and analyzed to update market parameters including lamp sales mix and post-incentive per lamp cost. Key findings of the 2019 study include:
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Market-Ready High-Performance Walls: Phase 2 Report
The construction of high performance or “advanced” walls represents a significant energy efficiency opportunity for the regional new home construction sector. This report provides information about moisture management, benefits of the wall systems, construction best practices, and code compliance resources. It documents the detailed process, components, and estimated costs of three highly energy efficient wall system…
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Market-Ready High-Performance Walls: Phase 1 Report
The construction of high performance or “advanced” walls represents a significant energy efficiency opportunity for the regional new home construction sector. This report documents the detailed process, components, and estimated costs of three highly energy efficient wall system archetypes: This is the first of two reports that NEEA commissioned Earth Advantage Inc. to produce. This…
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2011 RBSA End Use Load Shape Data
The 2011 RBSA metering data is comprised of end-use loads measured at 15-minute intervals over 27 consecutive months. The participants are a subset of the full 2011 RBSA Single-family Report. The “RBSA End Use Load Shape Data” file and the “RBSA End Use Load Shape Flags Data” file are two supplemental files for the main…
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Advanced Water Heating Specification v7.0
The Advanced Water Heating Specification Version 7.0 (AWHS Version 7.0) will stay up as reference for organizations. The newest version of the AWHS Version 8.1 succeeds the AWHS Version 7.0 and the more recent AWHS Version 8.0. If you have any questions and or insights please contact us. This specification provides guidance to manufacturers and other market…
Products|Residential