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Retail Product Portfolio: Market Progress Evaluation Report #3
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Level 7 Market Research to conduct the third Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for the Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) program. From July 2025 through February 2026, Level 7 conducted interviews with NEEA staff and contractors, reviewed program documentation, internal reports, communication records, and sales data, and conducted…
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Home Energy Metering Study Data Standardization and Peak Load Analysis
The Home Energy Metering Study (HEMS) collected one-minute, circuit-level energy use data from more than 400 homes across the Northwest between 2018 and 2026, resulting in a dataset of more than 14 billion data points. The HEMS Data Standardization and Peak Load Analysis, prepared by Resilient Edge and Linden Clean Energy, draws on data from…
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End-Use Load Research Commercial Energy Metering Study – Final Report
NEEA and its partners launched the End‑Use Load Research (EULR) project, which collected high‑frequency energy use data from residential and commercial buildings, including the Commercial Energy Metering Study (CEMS) focused on key HVAC end uses in office and retail buildings. This report summarizes the breadth of data collected through the CEMS and was prepared by…
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End-Use Load Research Home Energy Metering Study – Final Report
This is the final report for the residential End-Use Load Research (EULR) project Home Energy Metering Study (HEMS), conducted by Evergreen Economics. HEMS collected one-minute, circuit-level energy use data from more than 400 homes across the Northwest between 2018 and 2026, resulting in a dataset of more than 14 billion data points. This report examined…
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Portable Air Conditioners Standard Evaluation
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Michaels Energy from December 2024 to July 2025 to assess NEEA and its partners’ influence on the federal standard for Portable Air Conditioners. The evaluation included a review of rulemaking documents and interviews with key stakeholders. Findings show that NEEA and its partners’ activities, including participation in…
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National Efficient Rooftop Unit Energy Modeling
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Resource Innovations and A2 Efficiency to conduct a modeling study on commercial HVAC efficiency measures for various types of commercial rooftop unit (RTU) equipment. The study sought to understand energy-savings potential across different climate zones and present a comprehensive analysis of these of these measures. The research…
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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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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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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…
Commercial + Industrial|Natural Gas