Explore
-
Drive Power Initiative — 2020 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
As part of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) of the Drive Power Initiative (DPI), which actively promoted green motor rewinds from 1999 to 2004, NEEA contracted with the Cadmus Group to present this latest report of the 2020 findings for the DPI. For this ninth LTMT report, Cadmus collected…
Agricultural|Commercial + Industrial -
Home Builders Market Research Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus in the fall of 2020 to conduct market research with home builders across the Northwest. The study relied on in-depth telephone interviews and virtual focus groups and sought to better understand current building practices and associated challenges. Objectives included: Findings indicate that at-code builders often install…
Residential -
ASHRAE 100 Users’ Guide
This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 100-2018: Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings (Standard 100). Standard 100 is an ANSI approved standard that was co-sponsored by IES. The Standard applies to existing building and provides procedures and program essentials through improved energy efficiency and performance in existing buildings. The purpose…
Commercial + Industrial -
Non-Powered Damper Gas Storage Water Heater Lab Testing
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Gas Technology Institute (GTI) to verify the rated performance of the new ENERGY STAR certified line of natural gas water heater products from A.O. Smith. Rating tests were conducted according to the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) “Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of…
Natural Gas|Residential -
NEEA External Power Supply Standard Evaluation: Final Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with TRC Engineers, Inc. (TRC) to conduct an evaluation of NEEA’s efforts to help establish the federal external power supply (EPS) standard. Conducted between Q4 2016 and Q1 2017, the study had two objectives: 1) qualitatively assess activities that NEEA conducted to help establish the EPS standard and,…
Commercial + Industrial -
Commercial and Industrial Pumps Standard Evaluation
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with TRC Engineers, Inc. (TRC) to conduct an independent evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) process to establish an energy consumption standard for commercial and industrial pumps. In collaboration with other energy efficiency organizations, NEEA participated in the DOE-formed Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee…
Commercial + Industrial -
RBSA 2022 Introductory Webinar Slides
On April 28, 2021, staff from the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) presented details about the upcoming Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA 2022). Webinar topics included the priorities, scope, timeline, design, and anticipated regional coordination of the RBSA 2022 study. The RBSA is a regionally representative assessment of single-family and multi-family residences and buildings that…
-
The Northwest End-Use Load Research (EULR) Project
The Northwest End-Use Load Research (EULR) ProjectAuthored by Graham B. Parker, CEM, CEA and David Clement, NEEA This article highlights the Northwest End-Use Load Research (EULR) project, an electrical end-use metering project being undertaken in residential and commercial buildings in the Northwest. Composed of two studies and funded by regional electric utilities and government agencies,…
Commercial + Industrial|Residential -
2020 BOC Dataset Analysis
This memo documents BrightLine Group’s analysis of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) Building Operator Certification (BOC) program dataset as of January 2021. The primary goal of this analysis was to describe the 2020 new BOC certificants and update the count of active BOC certificants in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, as of January 13,…
Commercial + Industrial -
Televisions Planning Assumptions Review
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is updating its estimate of the market size for residential televisions in the Northwest. To conduct the assessment, NEEA contracted with Cadeo Group to review two underlying assumptions that are incorporated in the estimate: the useful lifetime of televisions (that is, the amount of time a product is in…
Residential