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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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ENERGY STAR Top-Load Clothes Washer Naturally Occurring Baseline Review
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics to conduct a review of NEEA’s naturally occurring baseline forecast assumptions for ENERGY STAR® top-load clothes washers. Specifically, Apex Analytics reviewed NEEA’s assumption that the baseline will decline from 2020 to 2021 and begin increasing in 2023. In January through May 2021, Apex Analytics conducted…
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Perfect Pairings? Testing the Energy Efficiency of Matched Washer-Dryer Sets
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Underwriters Laboratory (UL) to measure the energy use of matched pairs of washers and dryers and Kannah Consulting to analyze the collected data and develop recommendations. This new analysis builds off previous alliance research, including “Coming Clean: Revealing Real-World Efficiency of Clothes Washers,” and the 2016-2017 Residential…
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Retail Product Portfolio Market Progress Evaluation Report #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics to conduct the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for NEEA’s Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) program, which operates as part of a larger, national program, the ENERGY STAR® Retail Products Platform (ESRPP). In January through July of 2021, Apex Analytics conducted document review, interviews with…
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Coming Clean: Revealing Real-World Efficiency of Clothes Washers
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Kannah Consulting to better understand the real-world energy efficiency of consumer clothes washers. The research focused on washers’ impact on the energy use of the clothes dryer (drying energy). The project had two key objectives: 1) enable updates to regional unit energy consumption (UEC) and unit energy…
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ENERGY STAR® Consumer Products Program Report No. 2
This document is the executive summary of the second Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER2) for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (Alliance) ENERGY STAR® Consumer Products project. The project officially launched in early 2004 and was recently extended through 2006. The report documents the results of evaluation activities conducted in the fall of 2005.
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ENERGY STAR Home Products Program Report No. 2
This report is the second of two Market Progress Evaluation Reports (MPERs) that document the status and assess the progress of the ENERGY STAR® Home Products Program (Program) at the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance). The Program began in April 2001 and ran as a standalone program through the first quarter of 2004. Selected elements…
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ENERGY STAR® Home Products Program Report
This report is the first of two Market Progress Evaluation Reports (MPER) documenting the status and progress of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) ENERGY STAR® Home Products Program (the Program). This MPER covers the period from the initiation of the program in March 2001 through August 2002.
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ENERGY STAR Resource-Efficient Clothes Washers, No.5
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) is a non-profit group of electric utilities, state governments, public interest groups and industry representatives committed to bringing affordable, energy-efficient products and services to the marketplace. In 1997, the Alliance initiated a market transformation effort in the clothes washer industry. First known as the WashWise program, the ENERGY…
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