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  • Connected Consumer Products Market Research Report

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Level 7 Market Research from June to December of 2024 to describe consumer acceptance of, experiences with, and willingness to purchase connected consumer products. Additionally, this research ventured to describe predictors of consumer interest and uptake, in order to inform NEEA’s Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) Market Transformation program’s…

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    Consumer Products|New Construction|Products|Residential|Residential Buildings|Strategic Energy Management|Technology

  • Q3 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter

    Welcome to another issue of NEEA’s Market Research and Evaluation quarterly newsletter! Thank you for taking time to read over the team’s plans for the fourth quarter. The end of the year is busy, with at least 15 studies in the field. Seven others are wrapping up and anticipating final reports. Evaluations are being fielded…

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    Agricultural|Commercial|Consumer Products|Heating and Cooling|Integrated Systems|New Construction|Products|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • Q1 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter

    2024 is off to a strong start for the Emerging Technology team. In addition to the progress on existing efforts, several new projects got underway including testing of commercial heat pump dryers, a commercial secondary window field study in collaboration with the California Energy Commission, participation in the development of vacuum insulated panels for easy exterior building retrofits,…

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    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Consumer Products|Heating and Cooling|Industrial|Natural Gas|Products|Residential|Residential Buildings|Technology

  • Retail Product Portfolio Market Progress Evaluation Report #2

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with TRC to conduct the second Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for the Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) program. Between July 2022 and May 2023, TRC reviewed NEEA’s updated RPP logic model and conducted program staff interviews, reviewed program documents, and analyzed sales data to assess progress on applicable…

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  • Displacing CAC with ASHPs for a Dual Fuel Energy Cost Savings

    June 20, 2023 – The modeling study discussed during this Product Council session seeks to understand energy and costs savings from Air-Sourced Heat Pumps (ASHP), including single-speed, variable speed, and cold climate models, as central air conditioning (CAC) replacements across a variety of representative applications in the Northwest region. Cost savings from ASHP depend on…

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  • Q1 2023 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter

    NEEA’s Codes, Standards and New Construction team has had a fast start to 2023 and it’s hard to believe that Q1 is over. Codes, Standards, and New Construction activities have been busier than ever, especially considering the federal funding opportunities for code advancement. This newsletter provides a high-level view of the activities NEEA staff are managing; feel free to connect…

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    Commercial|Heating and Cooling|New Construction|Products|Residential

  • Gas-Fired Rooftop Unit Efficiency Testing Task 3 Report

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) works as part of a bi-national, cross-industry committee to support the revision of the CSA Group’s P.8 standard for Thermal Efficiencies of Industrial and Commercial Gas-Fired Package Furnaces. The revision seeks to represent a more accurate, holistic view of the overall energy consumption of an entire commercial gas-fired packaged…

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    Commercial Buildings|Heating and Cooling|Integrated Systems|Natural Gas|Technology

  • Energy Savings from Efficient Rooftop Units in Heating Dominated Climates

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and Nicor Gas contracted with Cadeo Group to conduct energy modeling analysis of efficient rooftop units (RTU). This report describes the energy modeling analysis Cadeo performed to support the development of an efficient RTU initiative on behalf of NEEA and Nicor. Cadeo applied five different energy efficiency measures to…

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    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Heating and Cooling|Integrated Systems|Natural Gas|Technology

  • Residential HVAC Contractor Market Research

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Lieberman Research to conduct this study to inform the design of its residential Variable Speed Heat Pump (VSHP) program. The study had three objectives: 1) Characterize current sales, design and installation practices of residential HVAC contractors for central/ducted HVAC systems; 2) Determine any barriers or drivers for…

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    Heating and Cooling|Integrated Systems|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • Efficient Rooftop Unit Tiers Market Research

    As part of its Efficient Rooftop Unit (Efficient RTU) program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) developed a specification outlining the best practices and approaches to delivering efficient natural gas RTUs that reliably deliver heating energy savings in Northern climates and are easy to install as a direct replacement for existing RTUs. The specification will…

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    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Heating and Cooling|Natural Gas

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