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  • Heat Pump Water Heater Installation Tool

    Recorded on 11/5/24 – This presentation introduced the U.S. Department of Energy’s new web-based tool that offers detailed information about how to size, select, and install electric heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) in water heater replacement scenarios. The tool provides installers, installer call center staff, sales associates (retail and wholesale), and do-it-yourself homeowners with customized…

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    Residential

  • Water Heater Flexible Load Conformance White Paper

    Utilities have used residential loads for providing grid services to utility customers for decades, particularly for demand response. However, the number of customers participating in such programs remains low. New Flexible Load Management strategies for providing grid services have the potential to accelerate customer participation. Efforts to improve customer participation and experience will result in…

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    Residential

  • Central HPWH Trainings for Multifamily

    Recorded 9/24/24 – This presentation highlighted different ways to engage the market and deliver training. There was a CHPWH overview tour of applications, system components, delivery methods and tools. Then a deeper dive into the Splash Blocks Nyle e360 installation in Portland. Wrapping up, On-Demand and Instructor-led trainings for CHPWHs in multifamily settings were discussed.Speakers:…

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  • Advanced Water Heating Specification

    This document succeeds the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) previous Advanced Water Heating Specification (AWHS Version 8.0). This version includes substantial updates to Chapters 2 and 3. For residential water heaters, demand response requirements are met through OpenADR Alliance’s EcoPort certification, split-systems are qualifiable for interior and/or exterior applications, and Plug-ins will be evaluated with…

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    Residential

  • Simple Solutions for Complex Problems – Light Commercial HPWH

    Utility programs and market transformation efforts have focused heavily on developing the residential HPWH market, but large opportunities also exist for commercial buildings. Industry players have greatly advanced the adoption of Central HPWH products, but gaps remain for commercial buildings that don’t require a large built up system. Cadeo will share out their market research…

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  • Heat Pump Water Heaters in Multifamily New Construction: Design Charrette Findings

    After discovering unique building design and installation challenges of heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) in low-rise multifamily housing, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) saw an opportunity. To better understand the opportunity at hand, NEEA staff collaborated with Energy Trust of Oregon staff to identify solutions that overcome these challenges and increase adoption of HPWHs…

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    Commercial + Industrial|Residential

  • Cold Climate Demonstration Installation & Water Heater Installer Focus Group Research

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ILLUME Advising in Q4 2022 to pursue two concurrent studies around water heater installers. The first was intended to focus on observational research of cold climate heat pump water heater (HPWH) installations in the Northwest to better understand the depth of previously established installation challenges, specifically in…

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    Residential

  • Heat Pump Ready Manufactured Homes and Federal Tax Credits

    Federal minimum standards are changing for manufactured (mobile) homes, but the dust has not settled yet. In preparation for this the Northwest Energy Efficient Manufactured Home (NEEM) program and NEEA have been exploring what contractors need and how retailers can help motivate customers to purchase a NEEM certified home that comes ready for upgrade to…

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    Residential

  • Cost Benefit Model Analysis for Heat Pump Water Heaters

    NEEA contracted with Larson Energy Research to conduct a third-party review of specific aspects of its 2022 Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Benefit Cost Model. Key activities included: The report recommends an alternative method for extrapolation of sales that requires fewer assumptions. It also recommends several updates to assumptions in support of assessing HPWH market…

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    Residential

  • Heat Pump Water Heater Market Progress Evaluation Report #7

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with NMR Group in early 2023 to conduct its seventh Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for the alliance’s Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) program. The findings of this MPER will help inform and refine program interventions in the market. Study objectives included: The report concludes that the program…

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    Residential

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