ArticleNEEA Brings Market Transformation Expertise to 2026 ACEEE Summer Study
Commercial + Industrial|Residential
Members of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance team will join energy efficiency professionals from across the country at the 2026 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Aug. 2–7 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California.
NEEA staff have been active participants in developing content for the 2026 ACEEE Summer Study as panel leaders, paper authors, presenters and poster presenters. From market transformation and whole-building solutions to flexible load and efficient product technologies, NEEA staff are helping advance conversations that will shape the future of energy efficiency.
Connect and collaborate with NEEA staff at Asilomar Aug. 2–7 at one of the below sessions and stay tuned post-conference for links to papers sharing research and insights from NEEA’s programs and projects.
Meghan Bean, Market Research & Evaluation Manager
Presentation
- Implementing Resource Acquisition and Market Transformation Best Practices to Optimize Market Change in Today’s Efficiency Landscape.
Paper
- Implementing Resource Acquisition and Market Transformation Best Practices to Optimize Market Change in Today’s Efficiency Landscape (lead author/co-author team).
Ryan Brown, Market Transformation Manager, HVAC
Panel Leadership
- Co-lead, Panel 7: Market Transformation.
Moderator
- Breaking Down Silos: Market Transformation Lessons Learned (Monday, Aug. 3).
- Pulling the Levers to Realize the Promise of Policy (Monday, Aug. 3).
- Getting Our Ducks in a Row: Pathways to Residential Heat Pump Adoption (Wednesday, Aug. 5).
- Cracking the Nut on Heat Pumps (Wednesday, Aug. 5).
- Overcoming Limited Bandwidth on the Efficiency Workforce (Friday, Aug. 7).
Juan Carlos Blacker, Senior Product Manager
Presentations
- What’s Insurance Got to Do with It?
- Commercial Buildings Jeopardy! Test Your Knowledge, Challenge Assumptions, Shape the Future
Chris Cardiel, Senior Market Research & Evaluation Scientist
Poster Presentation
- Evaluation of Market Transformation Initiatives in Complex Systems.
Papers
- Opportunities and Challenges of Supporting a Multidisciplinary Energy Efficiency Workforce (co-author).
- Implementing Resource Acquisition and Market Transformation Best Practices to Optimize Market Change in Today’s Efficiency Landscape (co-author).
Christopher Dymond, Principal Product Manager, Emerging Technology
Presentation
Field Performance of High-Performance, High-Capacity Heat Pumps
Papers
- BPA Heat Pump Field Testing.
- Heat Pump Performance Map Savings.
- Should We Ditch the Ducts?
- Cold Climate Room Heat Pump Field Study.
Brenda Hunt, Principal, Load Flexibility Strategy & Operations
Presentation
- Scaling Demand Flexibility: Building on 30 Years of Energy Efficiency Success
Paper
- Scaling Demand Flexibility: Building on 30 Years of Energy Efficiency Success.
Jason Jones, Program Manager, Advanced Performance RTUs
Presentation
- Don’t Judge an RTU by Its Cooling Label
Papers
- Don’t Judge an RTU by Its Cooling Label.
- Beyond SEER-ious: It’s Time for a Smarter RTU Metric.
- Turning Up the Heat on RTU Energy Savings: Ideas for Program Implementers.
Zdanna King, Senior Market Research & Evaluation Scientist
Poster Presentation
- Consumer Attitudes, Experiences, and Willingness to Purchase Connected Consumer Products.
Nick Michel, Market Transformation Manager
Papers
- Advancing Standards and Voluntary Programs for Motors and Drives: Lessons from the Motor Coalition.
- From Concept to Validation: Establishing the Power Index as a Performance-Based Metric for Motors and Drives.
Eric Olson, Senior Product Manager, Grid Flexible Technologies
Presentations
- Optimizing the Benefits of Grid-Connected Water Heaters.
- Flexible Load Priorities: Quantifying the Value of Grid-Connected Technologies to Develop Utility-Centric Flexible Product Portfolios.
Papers
- Optimizing the Benefits of Grid-Connected Water Heaters (co-author).
- A Simple Twist of Fuels: Demand Flexibility Opportunities in Cold Climates (co-author).
- Scaling Demand Flexibility: Building on 30 Years of Energy Efficiency Success (co-author).
Chris Wolgamott, Product Manager
Papers
- Don’t Judge an RTU by Its Cooling Label.
- Beyond SEER-ious: It’s Time for a Smarter RTU Metric.
- Turning Up the Heat on RTU Energy Savings: Ideas for Program Implementers.
- Delivering Healthy, Adaptable Buildings at Lower Energy Use and Cost.
- When the Lights Go Out, Turn Down the Heat: Linking Occupancy Sensors to Smarter Thermostats.