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CTA-2045 Water Heater Demonstration Project
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) supported the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) with this CTA 2045 Water Heating Demonstration project. The project sought to create a market transformation plan that would put the Northwest on a path to make hot water heating load shifting simple for customers without affecting their lifestyle. To do this, the…
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Green Motor Rewinds – 2021 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Drive Power Initiative (DPI) actively promoted green motor rewinds from 1999 to 2004, and NEEA has conducted long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) of the DPI since 2013. NEEA contracted with the Cadmus Group to conduct the last LTMT report for DPI, which presents 2021 findings. Cadmus collected a range…
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Refrigerator and Freezer Influence Assessment and Baseline Review
NOTE: This report was updated in June 2023. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics to review NEEA’s efforts to influence the residential refrigerator and freezer markets through support of the 2020/2021 ENERGY STAR® Emerging Technology Award (ETA) for refrigerators and freezers and the accompanying alternative test procedure. Apex also reviewed the…
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Building Commissioning — 2021 Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
This Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) report, prepared by the Cadmus Group, presents the 2021 findings for NEEA’s Building Commissioning Initiative which promoted commissioning from 1999 to 2004, and entered LTMT in 2005. The 2021 LTMT report (1) Updates the number of Northwest commissioning firms, (2) Estimates the total floor area of new and existing…
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2018 Washington State Energy Code Energy Savings Analysis for Nonresidential Buildings
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted NORESCO, LLC. to conduct the 2018 Washington State Energy Code – Commercial (WSEC-C 2018) savings analysis. The WSEC 2018 was developed by the Washington State Building Code Council to replace the previous 2015 WSEC and was adopted statewide for commercial construction permitted as of February 1, 2021. The…
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Washington Residential Post-Code Market Research Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with TRC to gather market data about the impact of the 2018 Washington State Energy Code (WSEC) on new construction single family homes in Washington in the first year after the code was in effect. The study explored primary space and water heating fuel selection, builders’ selection of…
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Analysis of Expanded Efficiency Parameters for Very High Efficiency DOAS
As part of its High-Performance HVAC program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) focuses on defining a very high efficiency dedicated outside air system (very high efficiency DOAS) configuration, including the various types of products and recommendations to designers and installers of systems. NEEA contracted with Red Car Analytics to conduct this report, which intends…
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Demand Response of Residential HVAC
To ensure the continued availability of energy-efficient products, services and practices to Northwest consumers, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) conducts exploratory work to identify, develop and advance promising energy efficiency technologies and opportunities. As part of these research efforts, NEEA contracted with Cadeo to understand the demand response (DR) potential of residential HVAC equipment…
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Gas-Fired Rooftop Unit Efficiency Testing Task 3 Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) works as part of a bi-national, cross-industry committee to support the revision of the CSA Group’s P.8 standard for Thermal Efficiencies of Industrial and Commercial Gas-Fired Package Furnaces. The revision seeks to represent a more accurate, holistic view of the overall energy consumption of an entire commercial gas-fired packaged…
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Review of Market Share Forecast and Key Assumptions for Very High Efficiency DOAS
As part of its High-Performance HVAC program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus Group for an independent review of the program’s approach to developing a naturally occurring baseline market share forecast for Very High Efficiency Dedicated Outside Air Systems (DOAS). For the study, Cadmus Group reviewed NEEA documents and calculations, and then…
Commercial + Industrial