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  • 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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  • Q2 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter

    Q2 2024 was notable for final rules for Federal standards with 11 final rules completed in this quarter alone. The completion of the consumer water heater rule constituted the single largest energy-saving Federal standard in the history of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (U.S. DOE’s) program; it holds the potential for more than 300 aMW of…

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  • Idaho, Montana, and Oregon Residential Energy Code Savings Analysis

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope to conduct an analysis of Idaho, Montana, and Oregon energy codes. The study sought to quantify the energy use, energy savings and incremental costs for residential code improvements previously adopted in these states using evaluation procedures aligned with previous protocols for estimating code stringency. Ecotope compared…

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  • Idaho Residential Code Compliance Evaluation

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) and Resource Refocus to conduct a residential code compliance evaluation in Idaho that examined new construction single family homes built under the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) 2018 with Idaho amendments. The evaluation looked at whole-home and measure-level compliance with the code, opportunities…

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  • Q2 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter

    The slightly slower pace and sunny days of summer are almost here. While NEEA’s Market Research and Evaluation (MRE) team has a lot of work to carry out through the warm months, things are slowing just a bit. This is evidenced by the slightly shorter than typical list of projects highlighted in this quarter’s newsletter.…

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    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Consumer Products|Heating and Cooling|Integrated Systems|Natural Gas|Products|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • Non-Weatherized and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces Standard Evaluation

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Michaels Energy to assess NEEA and its partners’ influence on the federal standard for Non-Weatherized and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces. NEEA engages in state and federal standards processes to support the adoption of standards that advance the efficiency of equipment and appliances available in the market. Between…

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  • Q1 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter

    The past three years have seen historic levels of Federal standards activities, and 2024 will be a busy year as many of the standards that started years ago come to completion. We expect as many as 21 final rules in 2024, including water heating, which is on track to bet the largest appliance rule in the history of DOE’s Appliance…

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  • Codes Market Progress Evaluation Report #5

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ADM Associates (ADM) and Johnson Consulting Group to conduct the fifth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for its commercial and residential codes efforts. ADM evaluated NEEA’s influence on code development and adoption in the Northwest, NEEA-supported energy code-related training and education efforts, and NEEA’s recently updated Codes…

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  • Q1 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Market Research & Evaluation (MRE) team jumped headfirst into the new year by kicking off several new studies in the first quarter. These include the first Market Progress and Evaluation Report (MPER) for the Extended Motor Products Market Transformation program, a market research effort to assess consumers’ use and…

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  • Q4 2023 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter

    The final quarter of 2023 proved to be as exciting as the rest of the year. State codes achieved significant milestones and standards continued to progress for several important products including water heaters and motors. A few highlights are listed below, and details are included in the rest of this newsletter. Looking forward, 2024 should see new codes going into effect in…

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