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  • National Efficient Rooftop Unit Energy Modeling

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Resource Innovations and A2 Efficiency to conduct a modeling study on commercial HVAC efficiency measures for various types of commercial rooftop unit (RTU) equipment. The study sought to understand energy-savings potential across different climate zones and present a comprehensive analysis of these of these measures.   The research…

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  • Q2 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter

    The Q2 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter highlights several exciting developments and updates of NEEA’s emerging technology efforts. Final reports are available for commercial heat pump dyers and residential heat pump rating representativeness studies. Look for final reports soon on the residential laundry field study, low load efficient heat pump investigation, tri-mode heat pump study, skinny…

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  • Dual-Fuel HVAC White Paper

    Advancing dual-fuel residential HVAC to achieve a reliable, resilient and affordable energy future. North America’s energy system stands at a pivotal juncture, necessitating innovative and multifaceted approaches to support future resilience and reliability. Integrating natural gas and electricity can be a flexible and resilient solution to meeting the growing needs of our energy system. Dual-fuel…

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  • Q1 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter

    Welcome to 2025. This quarterly Emerging Technology update will highlight laundry products. As part of its long history with consumer products, NEEA started working on residential clothes dryers many years before ENERGY STAR® added that category. NEEA staff continue to explore innovations in laundry technology including residential and commercial heat pump dryers, all-in-one combination washers and dryers, and…

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  • Q3 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter

    The third quarter of 2024 brought exciting progress on several projects and kicked off several new research efforts. The second Residential Laundry Field Study is nearing completion, with the final report to be published by Q4 of this year, along with data analysis underway on commercial heat pump dryers and efficient rooftop units. A regional cold climate room…

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  • Extended Motor Products Market Progress Evaluation Report #1

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ADM Associates Inc. (ADM) to conduct the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for NEEA’s Extended Motor Products (XMP) pump and circulator program. Through this study, ADM reviewed and assessed the clarity and alignment of the program’s guiding documentation, including the Program Logic Model, Market Transformation Theory,…

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  • 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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  • 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 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Market Research & Evaluation (MRE) team jumped headfirst into the new year by kicking off several new studies in the first quarter. These include the first Market Progress and Evaluation Report (MPER) for the Extended Motor Products Market Transformation program, a market research effort to assess consumers’ use and…

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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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