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Energy-Efficient Televisions
TV Guidance: Expanding Consumer Options for Efficient Televisions In 2009, the transition to digital broadcasting led to vast changes in the television market, including the rapid advancement of flat panel display technology. However, most of these televisions were not energy efficient. Sensing these trends could have a serious impact on the power system, the region…
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Strategic Energy Management
Rooted in Innovation: How the Northwest Created the National Strategic Energy Management Movement For nearly two decades, NEEA has pioneered and advanced strategic energy management (SEM), the continuous energy efficiency improvement process for commercial and industrial buildings. Using a structured approach developed by the alliance, SEM drives deep, lasting change in the ways businesses manage…
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Laundry Appliances
Taking Efficiency for a Spin: The Market Transformation Trajectory of Super-Efficient Dryers Beginning in 2010, NEEA led an end-to-end Market Transformation approach to laundry appliances, culminating in a record number of energy-efficient dryer options for Northwest consumers. With so many options available in stores throughout the region, efficient ENERGY STAR® and heat pump dryers—which are…
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ENERGY STAR® Retail Products Platform
An Efficient Future in Store: Building Scale for Retail Product Efficiency By designing the ENERGY STAR® Retail Products Platform (ESRPP) around the retailer’s business model, the alliance has cultivated a highly scalable and influential nationwide Market Transformation collaboration. As of 2024, participating ESRPP retailers account for 75 percent of all U.S. appliance sales, while the…
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Commercial HVAC
HVAC Transformation: Dual-Fuel Solutions Elevate Building Health and Efficiency By transforming the commercial HVAC market for good, NEEA has ushered in a new era of healthy, resilient and efficient buildings in the Northwest. NEEA’s end-to-end approach to Market Transformation begins with testing emerging products and design approaches to verify the best outcomes for Northwest consumers,…
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Residential Heat Pumps
Warming Up a Cold Market: Accelerating Heat Pump Technology in the Northwest NEEA’s holistic Market Transformation process has advanced the performance and availability of efficient Heating and cooling heat pump technology for Northwest homes. These efforts include guiding product development by testing emerging products, equipping manufacturers with critical performance data, and cultivating a healthy market…
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Heat Pump Water Heaters
An Established Approach to Create Lasting Change Since 2005, NEEA has worked to permanently advance the heat pump water heater (HPWH) market using a proven, holistic approach to Market Transformation. Through this unique and established process, Northwest utilities, manufacturers and energy efficiency organizations work together to bring energy-efficient technologies to the Northwest market and create…
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Ductless Heat Pumps
Transforming the Residential HVAC Market When a 2010 pilot study determined the viability of ductless heating and cooling systems (also known as ductless heat pumps or ductless mini-splits) in displacing electric resistance heat, the alliance launched the NW Ductless Heat Pump Project to accelerate Market Transformation for the technology. By the end of 2021, the…
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Computer Power Supply
Efficiency Gets a Desk Job: Transforming the Market for Desktop Computer Power Devices The devices used to power desktop computers had not seen any significant improvements for many years, even as a jump in computer purchases was rapidly increasing energy consumption in the Northwest. The region’s utilities estimated that the introduction of more efficient power…
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