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Market-Ready High-Performance Walls: Phase 2 Report
The construction of high performance or “advanced” walls represents a significant energy efficiency opportunity for the regional new home construction sector. This report provides information about moisture management, benefits of the wall systems, construction best practices, and code compliance resources. It documents the detailed process, components, and estimated costs of three highly energy efficient wall system…
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Market-Ready High-Performance Walls: Phase 1 Report
The construction of high performance or “advanced” walls represents a significant energy efficiency opportunity for the regional new home construction sector. This report documents the detailed process, components, and estimated costs of three highly energy efficient wall system archetypes: This is the first of two reports that NEEA commissioned Earth Advantage Inc. to produce. This…
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Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes Retrospective Report
TRC conducted a retrospective of the Northwest ENERGY STAR® (NWES) Homes Initiative to chart the development of the NWES Initiative, assess its impact on the Northwest market, and provide recommendations.
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Understanding the Importance of Energy Efficiency in the Home Purchase Process
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is a non-profit organization working to effect market transformation through the acceleration and adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices. Northwest ENERGY STAR® Homes, an initiative of NEEA, is a regional program in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, intended to promote the construction of energy-efficient homes using the guidelines…
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2011 Residential Codes Energy Use Savings
Over the past thirty-plus years, the Pacific Northwest has successfully pursued state residential energy codes and building programs to create ever more efficient housing. Since its inception, NEEA has played a pivotal role in aiding states to deliver more effective and efficient energy codes. Under the Residential Codes – Energy Use Savings contract to NEEA,…
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Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes Program: Eighth Market Progress Evaluation Report
This is the eighth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes program. This report presents evaluation findings based on telephone surveys of regional builders, realtors and homebuyers and program home verifiers, and in-depth interviews with Northwest utilities that support the program. The report also includes current data on the new home…
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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.
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Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes: Report No. 7
This is the seventh Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes program. This report presents evaluation findings based on a telephone survey of regional homebuyers and in-depth interviews with many market actors, including participating builders, technical training recipients in Oregon, Home Performance Specialists (i.e., verifiers) in Idaho, building supply companies, and…
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Home Appraisers Qualitative Study Final Research Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) promotes energy-efficient homes through its Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes program. The program encourages builders to differentiate their homes by constructing them to ENERGY STAR standards. The program also strives to generate demand for ENERGY STAR homes by educating real estate agents about the benefits of energy efficiency and ENERGY…
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