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ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report #5
This is the fifth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest program. This report presents evaluation findings based on in-depth interviews with participating builders, verifiers, state energy officers, realtors, utility representatives, and representatives of other “green” homebuilding programs. The report also includes current data on the new home market in the…
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Ductless Heat Pump Market Research and Analysis
The U.S. DHP market differs significantly from overseas markets. Almost all residential HVAC systems in Asia and a vast majority of systems in Europe are ductless, while only a small percentage of homes in the U.S. utilize DHP technology. Slower U.S. adoption rates can be explained partly by cultural differences and partly by differences in…
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Baseline Energy Use Index Of The 2002-2004 Non-Residential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
The energy uses analyzed in this report were constructed from billing records collected during development of the Baseline Characteristics of the 2002-2004 Nonresidential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington (2002-04 Baseline Study) (Baylon et al. 2008). The primary purpose of that study was to characterize buildings built in the Pacific Northwest between 2002 and 2004. …
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Residential New Construction (Single and Multi-Family) Billing Analysis
One of the objectives of the 2006 Residential New Construction Characteristics and Practices Study was to characterize the overall energy usage of these buildings. This short report discusses the methodology used to collect and analyze the data to estimate annual energy usage. Billing data reflected in this report represents data captured over a 16-month period…
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ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report No. 4
This is the fourth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest program. This report presents evaluation findings based on telephone surveys of builders and homebuyers and in-depth interviews with verifiers, state energy officers, realtors, and participating builders. In addition, the results of on-site audits of ENERGY STAR homes are presented as…
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Multifamily Residential New Construction Characteristics and Practices Study
This document is the multifamily final report for the Residential New Construction Baseline Study. The study was sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. The study was conducted by RLW and Ecos Consulting. This is the second multifamily residential new construction study conducted by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (herein referred to as “NEEA”). The…
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ENERGY STAR Consumer Products Report No. 3
The ENERGY STAR® Consumer Products project is designed to increase the market share of energy efficient lighting products and appliances in the region. The 2004—2006 project specifically focused on compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and ultra-high efficiency (UHE) clothes washers. This report is the final evaluation of the project’s accomplishments during that period. The project has…
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ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report #3
ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest promotes the construction and sale of new homes built to the ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest specification, which was designed specifically for the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Homes built to this specification are at least 15 percent more energy efficient than Washington and Oregon State energy codes. These ENERGY…
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Residential Lighting Program Report No. 3
This report is the final market progress evaluation report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (the Alliance’s) ENERGY STAR Residential Lighting Program (Lighting Program). The Lighting Program promotes residential lighting products that meet ENERGY STAR technical lighting specifications and are labeled with the ENERGY STAR logo. Targeted lighting technologies include screw-based compact fluorescent lamps…
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Residential Water Heater Market 2006
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) embarked upon this study of the water heater market with a desire to capture information from two different perspectives. The first is to provide a supply-side market characterization of the Northwest region’s residential water heater market with insights into how the market differs from the national market. The second…
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