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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. 

    Residential
  • 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…

    Residential
  • 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,…

    Residential
  • 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 + Industrial|Residential
  • 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…

    Residential
  • 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
  • Long-Term Northwest Residential Lighting Tracking and Monitoring Study VOLUME 2 – APPENDICES

    D&R International, 2011. Personal communication from Tobias Swope (D&R International) to Jennifer Canseco (KEMA, Inc.). April 19, 2011.

    Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Long-Term Northwest Residential Lighting Tracking and Monitoring Study

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) began its consumer lighting market initiatives in 1997 to advance consumer awareness and use of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and fluorescent light fixtures throughout the region. In 2000, NEEA began targeting retailers (by providing salesperson training as well as advertising and marketing support) and shifted its focus to manufacturers…

    Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report on 2010 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 + Industrial
  • The Market for Energy Efficient Electronics: Pre-Program findings on Consumer Perceptions and Retail Shelf Stocking Practices

    Over the past decade, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) has developed a successful retail and upstream infrastructure for energy-efficient lighting and clothes washers. Based on its success in driving market share and customer demand for those products, NEEA proposed expanding its consumer products platform to all electric products that affect load as part of…

    Consumer Products|Residential|Technology

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