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Washington State Commercial Energy Code Technical Roadmap Report
In 2020, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and the Washington State Department of Commerce developed a Washington State Energy Code (WSEC) Technical Roadmap (the Roadmap). The Roadmap is intended to assist Washington State in the achievement of its legislative goal to reduce annual net site energy consumption for commercial buildings by 70% relative to…
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Building Commissioning — 2019 Long Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) Report
This Long Term Monitoring & Tracking (LTMT) report, prepared by The Cadmus Group, presents the 2019 findings for NEEA’s Building Commissioning Initiative which promoted commissioning from 1999 to 2004, and entered LTMT in 2005. The 2019 LTMT report: (1) Updates the number of Northwest commissioning firms; (2) Estimates the total floor area of new and…
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2019 Oregon New Commercial Construction Code Evaluation Study
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. to conduct the Oregon Commercial Code Evaluation (OCCE). The study was designed to provide a broad understanding of how well new commercial buildings are being built in terms of energy performance capabilities. Ecotope looked at new commercial construction to assess current building characteristics, the degree…
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2015 Washington State Energy Code: Residential Impact Assessment
NEEA contracted Ecotope to quantify the energy use, energy savings, and incremental costs for residential codes in Washington. Ecotope compared the 2015 and 2012 residential energy code for single-family (including townhomes) and low-rise multifamily units; low-rise multifamily units are defined as 3-stories or less. The analysis estimated incremental energy savings and costs for the most…
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Northwest Residential Code Savings for Idaho, Montana and Washington
Ecotope has completed a final estimate of the site energy savings realized in 2010 for new Idaho, Washington, and Montana houses. Houses built in 2010 under the code effective in each state for 2010 were evaluated and compared to results for the same houses built under the previously effective code.
Residential