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COVID-19’s Impact on Energy Use: The Northwest End Use Load Research Project
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March of 2020, the Northwest End Use Load Research (EULR) project was already tracking energy use in over 200 homes and eight commercial buildings across the region. This coincidental timing gives the region an unprecedented window into the pandemic’s direct impact on energy use in the Northwest. Comprised of…
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2020 Residential Lighting Market Analysis
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics and DNV to conduct the 16th Northwest Residential Lighting Market Analysis as part of its long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) of the residential lighting market. As in previous studies, Apex Analytics and DNV collected and analyzed store shelf and point-of-sale data to update market parameters…
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Ductless Heat Pumps 2020 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
Since 2008, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) has worked to accelerate the adoption of Ductless Heat Pumps (DHPs) to displace electric resistance heating in existing Northwest homes. In 2020, the alliance’s DHP program transitioned to Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT). This report is the first LTMT study for the DHP program and is intended…
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Variable Speed Heat Pump Smart Thermostat Findings
The Smart Thermostat Research Project is a regional collaboration of Northwest utilities, coordinated by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), that seeks to develop and verify a repeatable methodology to estimate energy savings for smart thermostats based on performance metrics. The initial investigation included a small research component to understand the potential for savings from…
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Building Commissioning 2020 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
This Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) report, prepared by The Cadmus Group, presents the 2020 findings for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Building Commissioning Initiative which promoted commissioning from 1999 to 2004, and entered LTMT in 2005. The 2020 LTMT report: (1) Updates the number of Northwest commissioning firms; (2) Estimates the total floor…
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Heat Pump Water Heater ACE Model Review
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. to review recent updates to the methodology of the Alliance Cost Effectiveness (ACE) model for its Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) program, specifically regarding updated assumptions for HPWH installations in new construction. Report focus areas included: Findings from the review support the use of the…
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RBSA 2022 Webinar #2 Slides
On July 15, 2021, NEEA staff provided updates on the RBSA 2022. The webinar presented information on the study’s sample design, recruitment, characteristics collected, and schedule for fieldwork. This is the second webinar in a series that will be held throughout the course of 2021. The RBSA is a regionally representative assessment of single-family and…
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Manufactured Homes Market Progress Evaluation #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics in the fall of 2020 to conduct the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for its Manufactured Homes program. The key objectives of the evaluation were to: The report concludes that continued support from NEEA is needed in order to strengthen NEEM+ homes presence in…
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Commercial Code Enhancement Market Progress Evaluation #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ERS to conduct a market progress evaluation of the Commercial Code Enhancement (CCE) program. The study took place between June 2020 and March 2021 and drew on findings from an extensive documentation review, more than 30 interviews with NEEA program staff and state and local stakeholders, and…
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Next Step Homes Pilot Phases 2 and 3 Summary
As part of the Next Step Homes program (now known as Residential New Construction) the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with CLEAResult to conduct a summary report of activities, outcomes and lessons learned between 2013 and 2019. The activities detailed in this report occurred during NEEA’s Next Step Homes Pilot (Pilot) Phases 2 and…
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