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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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    Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings|Heating and Cooling|Natural Gas|Residential|Residential Buildings

  • Low-Load Efficiency Heat Pump Performance

    Recorded on 3/25/25 – This Product Council presented NEEA’s 2023-4 research investigating variable speed system performance at low-load conditions during mild weather conditions. Low-load efficiency is one of the no-to-low-cost market shifts we are pursuing at NEEA, which we believe can generate a 5% gain of fleet-wide performance. The truth is that not all variable…

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    Heating and Cooling|Residential|Technology

  • 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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    Commercial + Industrial|Industrial|Products|Residential|Technology

  • 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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    Commercial + Industrial|Consumer Products|Natural Gas|Residential

  • 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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    Commercial + Industrial|Residential

  • 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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    Agricultural|Commercial + Industrial|Natural Gas|Residential

  • FEI Rated Fans and Flue Gas Thermo-Cooling

    Recorded on 12/3/24: With today’s growing interest in lowering energy usage and sustainability, it is very hard for builders and engineers to reduce the energy consumption to its bare minimum. Once the low hanging fruits have been addressed like lighting retrofit, doors, windows and insulation upgrades, hot water fixtures retrofit, controls retrofit, air to air…

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  • Q2 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter

    The slightly slower pace and sunny days of summer are almost here. While NEEA’s Market Research and Evaluation (MRE) team has a lot of work to carry out through the warm months, things are slowing just a bit. This is evidenced by the slightly shorter than typical list of projects highlighted in this quarter’s newsletter.…

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    Commercial + Industrial|Natural Gas|Residential

  • 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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  • Non-Weatherized and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces Standard Evaluation

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Michaels Energy to assess NEEA and its partners’ influence on the federal standard for Non-Weatherized and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces. NEEA engages in state and federal standards processes to support the adoption of standards that advance the efficiency of equipment and appliances available in the market. Between…

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    Heating and Cooling|Natural Gas|Residential

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