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  • Code Savings Technical Assumptions Review

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Energy 350 to review three assumptions underlying the savings it reports for updates to energy codes for new construction buildings:   Energy 350 found that most assumptions NEEA made to adjust code savings analyses were valid. The review team noted several areas where NEEA could improve assumptions either…

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    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Natural Gas|New Construction|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • Montana Residential Code Compliance Evaluation

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) to conduct a residential code compliance evaluation in Montana that examined new construction single family homes built under the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) 2018 and 2021 with Montana amendments. The main study objective was to assess statewide compliance with the 2018 and…

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  • Q1 2025 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter

    This newsletter provides details of all NEEA’s codes, standards and new construction activities organized by state. Beyond the code and standards development efforts, NEEA provides trainings, educational materials, tools to aid in compliance, help desks to address market questions, and state level collaboratives that organize to address opportunities and needs in each of their states.…

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  • Q4 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter

    STANDARDS: 2024 saw some of the largest federal standards updates in the history of the program. Between 2021 and the end of 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) updated more than 30 federal standards; U.S. DOE reviewed another nine and deemed them not ready for updates. Standards updates typically take more than two years from start to finish, so…

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  • Q3 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter

    While Q3 2024 was slow for federal standards, it was busy for codes. After two prolific quarters, the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) slowed the number of dockets for standards, but this lull is not expected to last. More than 10 final rules are expected before the end of the year, and U.S. DOE staff are working hard to…

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  • Montana 2018 Commercial New Construction Code Compliance Evaluation

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Michaels Energy to conduct the Montana 2018 Commercial New Construction Code Compliance Evaluation to assess the paths and degree by which code compliance is achieved with the amended 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The study focused on newly constructed commercial buildings in Montana under its version…

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    Commercial|Commercial Buildings

  • Home Energy Raters Market Research

    Through its market transformation work, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) works to increase the adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices. As part of this overall goal, NEEA participates in public code update processes and works with state code bodies to support code implementation. To refine its strategy for supporting code implementation, NEEA contracted…

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  • Independent Assessment of NEEA Approaches to Estimating Influence Over State Energy Codes

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with NMR Group to conduct a review of several alternative approaches to evaluating NEEA’s influence on the outcomes of state energy code processes in the Northwest. The objective of this assessment was to support NEEA in identifying ways to assess its codes efforts that more accurately document and…

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    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|New Construction|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • 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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    New Construction|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • 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

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