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  • ENERGY STAR® Windows, Doors, & Skylights Version 7.0 Evaluation

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics in 2024 to evaluate what impact, if any, NEEA had on the updated ENERGY STAR Windows, Doors, & Skylights Version 7.0 specification. This evaluation considered both NEEA’s formal engagement in the specification review process and NEEA staff members’ engagement with the market more broadly. Apex…

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    New Construction|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • Q4 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter

    Greetings to all of you! Welcome to the Q4 2024 Market Research & Evaluation (MRE) newsletter. Inside are all the details about what NEEA’s MRE team has been up to the past few months, as well as what’s planned for the start of the new year. It’s been an eventful year. Nearly 40 studies were…

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    Agricultural|Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Consumer Products|Integrated Systems|Natural Gas|New Construction|Products|Residential Buildings

  • 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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    Agricultural|Commercial|Consumer Products|Heating and Cooling|Integrated Systems|New Construction|Products|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • Q2 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter

    Our Emerging Technology efforts are well underway this year. The U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) announced two major initiatives in early April 2024. As part of its new Better Building Initiatives, the U.S. DOE announced the Better Buildings Commercial Building Heat Pump Accelerator to improve the efficiency and availability of commercial heat pump rooftop units. U.S. DOE’s…

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  • Q1 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter

    2024 is off to a strong start for the Emerging Technology team. In addition to the progress on existing efforts, several new projects got underway including testing of commercial heat pump dryers, a commercial secondary window field study in collaboration with the California Energy Commission, participation in the development of vacuum insulated panels for easy exterior building retrofits,…

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    Commercial|Commercial Buildings|Consumer Products|Heating and Cooling|Industrial|Natural Gas|Products|Residential|Residential Buildings|Technology

  • High-Performance Windows Baseline Review

    As part of its High-Performance Windows program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) seeks to accelerate and broaden the installation of high-performance windows in residential buildings, with a long-term goal of having over 50% of window sales in the Northwest having a U-Value of 0.20 or less. To enhance its understanding of the current status…

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    New Construction|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • 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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    Residential

  • 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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    Consumer Products|Natural Gas|Products|Technology

  • 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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    Consumer Products|Products|Residential

  • 2020 Residential Lighting Market Analysis

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics and DNV to conduct the 16th Northwest Residential Lighting Market Analysis as part of its long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) of the residential lighting market. As in previous studies, Apex Analytics and DNV collected and analyzed store shelf and point-of-sale data to update market parameters…

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    Consumer Products|Residential

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