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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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  • Laboratory Assessment of Sanden GES-15QTA Heat Pump Water Heater

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. and Cascade Engineering Services, Inc. to conduct a laboratory assessment of the Sanden model # GES- 15QTA heat pump water heater (HPWH) for northern climate installations. The testing plan included observing heat pump efficiency atlower ambient temperatures (30° F, 50° F, and 67° F); conducting…

    Consumer Products|Heating and Cooling|Residential|Residential Buildings|Technology
  • NEEA Heat Pump Water Heater Field Study Report

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is a non-profit organization working to effect market transformation through the acceleration and adoption of energy-efficient products, services and practices.  NEEA is an alliance of more than 100 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations working on behalf of more than 12 million energy consumers. 

    Heating and Cooling|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Energy Baseline Methodologies for Industrial Facilities

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with EnerNOC Utility Solutions to provide definition to the process for establishing and documenting energy baselines for industrial facilities. Energy baselines are foundational to a robust energy management program, however, industrial facility energy baseline methodologies are neither well known nor consistently implemented. The paper describes a straightforward six-step…

    Industrial|Technology
  • Inventory of Commercial Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) for M&V Applications Final Report

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI) to help provide clarity on the range of Commercial Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) available and their respective feature sets. EMIS are software tools that store, analyze, and display energy use or building systems data. A wide variety of EMIS is…

    Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings|Technology
  • NEEA Previously Funded Initiative: 80 PLUS

    The devices used to power desktop computers had not seen any significant improvements for many years, even as a jump in computer purchases was rapidly increasing energy consumption in the Northwest. The region’s utilities estimated that the introduction of more efficient power supply technology could save 82 kWh per machine per year. The 80 PLUS…

    Industrial
  • 2011 RBSA Multi-Family Unit Database

    This data is from the Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) conducted in 2011 – 2012. It includes a representative sample of multifamily homes across the Northwest region.  

    Regional Studies|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • 2011 RBSA Multi-Family Buildings Database

    This data is from the Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) conducted in 2011 – 2012. It includes a representative sample of multifamily homes across the Northwest region.  Please fill out the form below to access the data.

    Regional Studies|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • 2011 RBSA Multi-family Report

    This report is the third in a series of reports summarizing the results of the Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA). The RBSA is sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and is being conducted by Ecotope, Inc. with support by Ecova™, Delta-T, Inc., ORC International, and Mike Kennedy. The primary objective of the RBSA…

    Regional Studies|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Ductless Heat Pump Impact & Process Evaluation: Billing Analysis Report

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) hired Ecotope, Inc., supported by Research Into Action, Inc., and Stellar Processes to evaluate the Northwest Ductless Heat Pump (DHP) Pilot Project (pilot project).  The pilot project ran from October 2008 through December 2009.  A total of 3,899 installations were included in the pilot project.  The DHP Impact and…

    Heating and Cooling|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • NEEA Previously Funded Initiative: Drive Power

    In 1999, clear energy-efficiency data and life cycle analysis information were not available to customers making the decision to repair, rewind or buy new industrial motors. Rewinding a motor keeps operating costs the same or sometimes raises them, while investing money in a more energyefficient model reduces operating costs over the motor’s lifetime. Service centers…

    Industrial

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