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Energy Baseline Methodologies for Industrial Facilities
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with EnerNOC Utility Solutions to provide definition to the process for establishing and documenting energy baselines for industrial facilities. Energy baselines are foundational to a robust energy management program, however, industrial facility energy baseline methodologies are neither well known nor consistently implemented. The paper describes a straightforward six-step…
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Inventory of Commercial Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) for M&V Applications Final Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI) to help provide clarity on the range of Commercial Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) available and their respective feature sets. EMIS are software tools that store, analyze, and display energy use or building systems data. A wide variety of EMIS is…
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NEEA Market Progress Evaluation Report #4: 80 PLUS
The 80 PLUS program certifies energy-efficient power supplies for desktop personal computers (PCs) and servers. As a sponsor of 80 PLUS from 2004 to 2011, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) provided financial incentives to computer manufacturers for commercial sales of desktop PCs and servers incorporating 80 PLUS certified power supplies within the Northwest region.…
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Consumer Electronics Television Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report # 1
This report summarizes the results of the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Consumer Electronics Television Initiative implemented by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). This MPER not only provides the first insight into the progress of this initiative with a specific focus on 2010, but also reviews select information from as far…
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NEEA Market Progress Evaluation Report #3: 80 PLUS
The 80 PLUS program certifies energy-efficient power supplies for desktop personal computers (PCs) and servers. As a sponsor of 80 PLUS, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) provides financial incentives to computer manufacturers for commercial sales of desktop PCs and servers incorporating 80 PLUS certified power supplies within the Northwest region.
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Energy Savings Opportunities and Market Descriptions for Four Residential Consumer Electronics Products
This report is an opportunity assessment and market characterization for four residential consumer electronics products: TVs, desktop PCs, game consoles, and streaming media devices. These products, along with other entertainment and IT plug load devices, represent a growing portion of residential electricity consumption. The study is intended to support program development in these areas by…
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The Market for Energy Efficient Electronics: Pre-Program findings on Consumer Perceptions and Retail Shelf Stocking Practices
Over the past decade, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) has developed a successful retail and upstream infrastructure for energy-efficient lighting and clothes washers. Based on its success in driving market share and customer demand for those products, NEEA proposed expanding its consumer products platform to all electric products that affect load as part of…
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Second Market Progress and Evaluation Report: 80 PLUS Personal Computer Power Supplies
This is the second and final Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) on the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) 80 PLUS initiative. It reports the initiative’s activities and progress from November 2006 through January 2008. The findings and conclusions of this MPER are based on research of secondary sources and interviews with the initiative’s management and…
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Evaluation of the EnergyIdeas Clearinghouse No. 6
From the list of “quantifiable” progress indicators (see section 4.2 for the complete list), the evaluation determined that EnergyIdeas has met or exceeded eleven (11) progress indicators, as listed below.
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Market Progress and Evaluation Report One: 80 PLUS Personal Computer Power Supplies
The 80 PLUS program has created a unique forum that is uniting electric utilities, the computer industry, and consumers in an effort to bring energy efficient power supplies to desktop computers and servers. The 80 PLUS performance specification requires power supplies in computers and servers to be 80% or greater energy efficient at 20%, 50%…
Consumer Products|Technology