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  • Non-Powered Damper Gas Storage Water Heater Lab Testing

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Gas Technology Institute (GTI) to verify the rated performance of the new ENERGY STAR certified line of natural gas water heater products from A.O. Smith. Rating tests were conducted according to the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) “Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of…

    Natural Gas|Residential
  • Coming Clean: Revealing Real-World Efficiency of Clothes Washers

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Kannah Consulting to better understand the real-world energy efficiency of consumer clothes washers. The research focused on washers’ impact on the energy use of the clothes dryer (drying energy). The project had two key objectives: 1) enable updates to regional unit energy consumption (UEC) and unit energy…

    Consumer Products|Products|Residential
  • Air Cleaner Unit Savings Review

    As part of its Retail Products Portfolio (RPP) program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) implements a variety of strategies to speed adoption of energy-efficient consumer products. In 2019, NEEA discontinued midstream incentives for air cleaners while engaging actively in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) specification revision process. Because RPP program sponsors only receive…

    Consumer Products|Products|Residential
  • Air Cleaner Specification and Baseline Assessment Review

    As part of its Retail Products Portfolio (RPP) program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) works collaboratively with other energy efficiency stakeholders to affect the advancement of ENERGY STAR specifications for consumer products. In July through October 2020, NEEA contracted with Apex Analytics to conduct an Air Cleaner Specification and Baseline Assessment Review. The objectives…

    Consumer Products|Products|Residential
  • 2019 Residential Lighting Market Analysis

    This 2019 report, conducted by Apex Analytics with subcontractor DNV GL, presents results of the 15th Northwest Residential Lighting Market Analysis. As in previous studies, store shelf and point-of-sale data was collected and analyzed to update market parameters including lamp sales mix and post-incentive per lamp cost. Key findings of the 2019 study include:

    Consumer Products|Residential
  • Desktop Power Supplies ENERGY STAR Version 6 Baseline Methodology and Specification Influence Review

    In late 2018, NEEA contracted with Apex Analytics, LLC, to evaluate NEEA’s influence on the ENERGY STAR computers market and to review NEEA’s baseline approach for ENERGY STAR Version 6 commercial desktop computers. NEEA’s work in the market included early support of the 80 PLUS certification program as well as providing stand-alone and collaborative comments…

    Commercial
  • Retail Product Platform Strategy

    Since its launch in 2016, the ENERGY STAR Retail Products Platform (ESRPP) has served as a gateway for energy efficiency programs to capture savings cost-effectively. But a successful ESRPP program does more than incentivize ENERGY STAR products – the platform can provide insight into drivers behind product specifications and testing methodologies, identify market barriers for…

    Consumer Products|Residential
  • 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. 

    Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report on 2011 Activities

    Market transformation initiatives, by their nature, create change over the long term. An S-shaped diffusion curve can represent the developing and launching of new products and services, which have relatively little market impact in the initial years, and the major market effects occurring several years after the initiative’s launch. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)…

    Commercial Buildings|Consumer Products|Industrial|Residential|Residential Buildings|Technology
  • 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…

    Regional Studies|Residential|Residential Buildings

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