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NEEA Dryer Test Procedure Version 2.0 – Summary of Changes and Rationale
In 2017, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) collaborated with Pacific Gas & Electric to develop a Clothes Dryer Test Procedure that calculates an accurate metric for clothes dryer energy use (Version 1.2). Since then, NEEA conducted laboratory testing and applied the Version 1.2 test procedure to more than 60 dryers to gather information on…
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ENERGY STAR Top-Load Clothes Washer Naturally Occurring Baseline Review
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics to conduct a review of NEEA’s naturally occurring baseline forecast assumptions for ENERGY STAR® top-load clothes washers. Specifically, Apex Analytics reviewed NEEA’s assumption that the baseline will decline from 2020 to 2021 and begin increasing in 2023. In January through May 2021, Apex Analytics conducted…
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Perfect Pairings? Testing the Energy Efficiency of Matched Washer-Dryer Sets
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Underwriters Laboratory (UL) to measure the energy use of matched pairs of washers and dryers and Kannah Consulting to analyze the collected data and develop recommendations. This new analysis builds off previous alliance research, including “Coming Clean: Revealing Real-World Efficiency of Clothes Washers,” and the 2016-2017 Residential…
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Retail Product Portfolio Market Progress Evaluation Report #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics to conduct the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for NEEA’s Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) program, which operates as part of a larger, national program, the ENERGY STAR® Retail Products Platform (ESRPP). In January through July of 2021, Apex Analytics conducted document review, interviews with…
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Coming Clean: Revealing Real-World Efficiency of Clothes Washers
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Kannah Consulting to better understand the real-world energy efficiency of consumer clothes washers. The research focused on washers’ impact on the energy use of the clothes dryer (drying energy). The project had two key objectives: 1) enable updates to regional unit energy consumption (UEC) and unit energy…
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Retail Product Portfolio Evaluation – Final Report
This evaluation of NEEA’s Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) Initiative included an assessment of product-level strategies, a review of market and sales data underlying these strategies, and a review of baselines developed for each product. Led by Apex Analytics, the research team developed chapters that included market characterization information, regulatory history, and status of Energy Star…
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Heat Pump Clothes Dryers in the Pacific Northwest – Abridged Field & Lab Study Report
This study presents a summary of lab and field research conducted by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) from 2013 through 2016 on heat pump clothes dryers for the North American Market. NEEA developed a modified lab test protocol that adds four test cycles to the U.S. Department of Energy’s dryer test protocol. The additional…
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High-Performance Clothes Dryers Naturally Occurring Baseline Review
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Research into Action to review and comment on NEEA’s naturally occurring baseline for high-performance clothes dryers in November 2016. After reviewing the model and its assumptions, Research into Action shared that NEEA’s approach to estimating when high-performance clothes dryers entered the market, how quickly they would be adopted,…
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ENERGY STAR® Clothes Dryers Naturally Occurring Baseline Review
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Evergreen Economics to review and comment on NEEA’s baseline projection of market penetration in January 2016. Evergreen Economics shared that the percentage of initial market penetration and the rate of growth in the market with and without NEEA involvement were reasonable, while the technically achievable market saturation with…
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