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Connected Consumer Products Market Research Report

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Level 7 Market Research from June to December of 2024 to describe consumer acceptance of,…

Residential

BetterBricks Commercial Building Decision Maker Study

NEEA contracted with ETHNO Insights to conduct a market research study to better understand the commercial building renovation decision making process. This…

Commercial + Industrial

Market Research on Existing Water Heaters in Select Commercial Buildings, Final Report

In the spring of 2024, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Lieberman Research to conduct a market research study to…

Commercial + Industrial| Commercial Buildings| Natural Gas| New Construction

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  • HPWH Lab Report_AOSmith_PHPT_02.13.2012

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. and Cascade Engineering Services Inc., to conduct a laboratory assessment of the AO Smith Voltex hybrid heat pump water heater (HPWH) for northern climate installations.  Using a testing plan developed by Ecotope to assess heat pump water heater performance, Cascade Engineering Services evaluated the AO…

    Consumer Products|Residential
  • HPWH Lab Report_GE_Gen2_09.28.2012

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. and Cascade Engineering Services Inc., to conduct a laboratory assessment of the General Electric (GE) GeoSpring model # GEH50DEEDSR hybrid heat pump water heater (HPWH) for northern climate installations. Cascade Engineering evaluated the GeoSpring using a testing plan developed by Ecotope to assess heat pump…

    Consumer Products|Residential
  • HPWH Lab Report_GE_H50DFEJSRA_04.09.2015

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. and Cascade Engineering Services, Inc. to conduct a laboratory assessment of the GE model #GEH50DFEJSRA heat pump water heater (HPWH) for northern climate installations. Cascade Engineering evaluated the GEH50DFEJSRA using a testing plan developed by Ecotope to assess HPWH performance.

    Consumer Products|Residential
  • HPWH Lab Report_Rheem_HB50_06.28.2013

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. and Cascade Engineering Services Inc. to conduct a laboratory assessment of the Rheem Prestige Series model #HB50RH hybrid heat pump water heater (HPWH) for northern climate installations. Cascade Engineering evaluated the HB50 using a testing plan developed by Ecotope to assess heat pump water heater…

  • HPWH Lab Report_Sanden_GES_HPWH_11.06.2013

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. and Cascade Engineering Services, Inc. to conduct a laboratory assessment of the Sanden model # GES15QTA heat pump water heater (HPWH) for northern climate installations. Cascade Engineering evaluated the GES using a testing plan developed by Ecotope to assess heat pump water heater performance.    

  • HPWH Lab Report_Stiebel_220e_07.30.2015

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. and Cascade Engineering Services, Inc. to conduct a laboratory assessment of the Stiebel-Eltron Accelera 220 E heat pump water heater (HPWH) for northern climate installations. Cascade Engineering evaluated the Accelera 220 E using a testing plan developed by Ecotope to assess HPWH performance. 

  • Characterization of the Super-Efficient Dryer Market

    This report presents the results of a characterization study of the super-efficient dryer market in the Northwest. Evergreen Economics conducted the study for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) to help inform NEEA initiatives to promote energyefficient clothes dryers. 

    Regional Studies|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation Report #5

    This report is the fifth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) NW Ductless Heat Pump Project (Initiative). NEEA launched the Initiative in 2008 as a pilot that set out to demonstrate that ductless heat pumps (DHPs) were a viable technology to displace electric resistance heat in existing homes. The…

    Residential
  • Building Operator Certificate Program Dataset Analysis

    This memo documents Research Into Action’s analysis of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) Building Operator Certification (BOC) program dataset as of 2015. The primary goal of this analysis was to describe the 2015 new BOC certificants and update the count of active BOC certificants in the four Pacific Northwest (“Northwest”) states as of January…

    Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings|Regional Studies|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Building Operator Certificate Renewal Rate Assumptions Memorandum

    This memorandum summarizes research conducted by Research Into Action from January to April 2016, regarding Building Operator Certification (BOC) certificant renewal rates.  The primary objective of this research was to determine whether support exists for the current BOC certificate target renewal rate of 70%. 

    Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings

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