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Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report on 2008 Activities
Market transformation initiatives are long-term in nature. The development and launching of new products and services can be visualized as an “S”-shaped diffusion curve with relatively little market impact in the initial years and the major market effects occurring several years after an initiative is launched. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) tracks the progress…
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Home Buyers Focus Groups Report
For the last five years, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) has promoted energyefficient homes through its Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes program. As NEEA develops its plans for the next few years, it is evaluating whether the ENERGY STAR brand is still the best approach for marketing energy-efficient homes, or if using a broader, “green”…
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Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report on 2007
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) tracks the market progress of its projects during their implementation phase through periodic Market Progress Assessment Reports (MPERs). However, since market diffusion often occurs after NEEA funding has ceased, NEEA also needs a mechanism for tracking ongoing market progress in the post-funding period so that it can verify key…
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ENERGY STAR Consumer Products Lighting Project Report #4
NEEA’s launched its first residential lighting market initiatives in 1997 to accelerate the awareness and use of high-efficiency compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and fluorescent light fixtures among residential customers. The program was designed to address market barriers including high first cost; lack of product availability; lack of consumer awareness; incompatibility of CFLs with existing fixtures,…
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ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report #5
This is the fifth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest program. This report presents evaluation findings based on in-depth interviews with participating builders, verifiers, state energy officers, realtors, utility representatives, and representatives of other “green” homebuilding programs. The report also includes current data on the new home market in the…
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ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report No. 4
This is the fourth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest program. This report presents evaluation findings based on telephone surveys of builders and homebuyers and in-depth interviews with verifiers, state energy officers, realtors, and participating builders. In addition, the results of on-site audits of ENERGY STAR homes are presented as…
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ENERGY STAR Consumer Products Report No. 3
The ENERGY STAR® Consumer Products project is designed to increase the market share of energy efficient lighting products and appliances in the region. The 2004—2006 project specifically focused on compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and ultra-high efficiency (UHE) clothes washers. This report is the final evaluation of the project’s accomplishments during that period. The project has…
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ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report #3
ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest promotes the construction and sale of new homes built to the ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest specification, which was designed specifically for the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Homes built to this specification are at least 15 percent more energy efficient than Washington and Oregon State energy codes. These ENERGY…
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Residential Lighting Program Report No. 3
This report is the final market progress evaluation report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (the Alliance’s) ENERGY STAR Residential Lighting Program (Lighting Program). The Lighting Program promotes residential lighting products that meet ENERGY STAR technical lighting specifications and are labeled with the ENERGY STAR logo. Targeted lighting technologies include screw-based compact fluorescent lamps…
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ENERGY STAR Consumer Products Report
This document is the executive summary of the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER 1) for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (Alliance) ENERGY STAR® Consumer Products project. The project officially launched in early 2004 and was recently extended through 2006. The report documents the results of evaluation activities conducted from September 2004 to May 2005.…
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