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Northwest Smart Thermostat Research Study
The Northwest Smart Thermostat Research Study was a collaboration amongst ten utility and energy efficiency organization partners along with the Northwest Power & Conservation Council and Regional Technical Forum staff members, managed by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). The primary objective of the Northwest Smart Thermostat Research Study was to develop a method to…
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Variable Speed Heat Pump Smart Thermostat Findings
The Smart Thermostat Research Project is a regional collaboration of Northwest utilities, coordinated by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), that seeks to develop and verify a repeatable methodology to estimate energy savings for smart thermostats based on performance metrics. The initial investigation included a small research component to understand the potential for savings from…
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Combi System Field Study
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Energy 350 and ILLUME Advising, LLC to conduct field testing to demonstrate performance of combi systems in cold northwest climates and identify potential barriers to market adoption. According to results from this field study, combi systems, also known as combination water and space heating systems, save more…
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Northwest Heat Pump Water Heater Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation Report #4
In September, NEEA published the fourth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of its Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) program. By reviewing sales and pricing data, and through feedback from distributers, installers and recent purchasers, a third-party evaluator found: Additionally, a broad range of installers reported that customers followed their HPWH recommendations 30-50% of the time…
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Inventory of Industrial Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS) for M&V Applications
Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS) are softwaretools that store, analyze, and display energy consumption data. The number ofcommercially-available EMIS has increased dramatically over the past ten years,as have the analytical and reporting capabilities of the tools. The market ischaracterized by a growing pool of EMIS vendors and varying levels of rigor andanalytical approaches employed by…
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Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Distribution Efficiency
This report documents Navigant Consulting, Inc.’s (Navigant’s) research into the current status of distribution efficiency (DE) in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). It provides a market characterization of the breadth and depth of DE activity based on a sample of utilities within the PNW and an assessment of the applicability of tools available to utilities in…
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Seattle LED Adaptive Lighting Study
The Northwest region operates approximately 1.7 million streetlights consuming an approximate average 150 MW. The City of Seattle has been actively converting its existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) street lighting to light emitting diode (LED) lighting. The City reduced energy consumption by more than forty percent through this process (Smalley 2012). LED streetlights, coupled with…
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Variable Rate Rooftop Unit Test
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), New Buildings Institute (NBI), and the University of Idaho Integrated Design Laboratory (IDL) collaborated to measure the energy performance of higher-efficiency-rated products in the unitary, vapor-compression, direct-expansion (DX) package rooftop unit (RTU) class of commercial building heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The project sought…
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Emerging Technology Dryer Testing
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted Ecova to conduct laboratory testing of the 2013 Environmental Protection Agency Emerging Technology Awardee for clothes dryers. The purpose was to determine if the dryer’s success meeting the Emerging Technology specification would translate into success with the recent Energy Star specification, and how the dryer would perform when…
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Laboratory Assessment of Sanden GES-15QTA Heat Pump Water Heater
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. and Cascade Engineering Services, Inc. to conduct a laboratory assessment of the Sanden model # GES- 15QTA heat pump water heater (HPWH) for northern climate installations. The testing plan included observing heat pump efficiency atlower ambient temperatures (30° F, 50° F, and 67° F); conducting…
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