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Q1 2025 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
Welcome to spring and the Market Research and Evaluation (MRE) team’s first newsletter of 2025! Here in the Northwest, the days aren’t necessarily sunnier, but they are definitely longer. The MRE team is busy wrapping up several large and long-running studies, including three building code compliance studies (for the states of Idaho, Montana and Oregon)…
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Q1 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter
Welcome to 2025. This quarterly Emerging Technology update will highlight laundry products. As part of its long history with consumer products, NEEA started working on residential clothes dryers many years before ENERGY STAR® added that category. NEEA staff continue to explore innovations in laundry technology including residential and commercial heat pump dryers, all-in-one combination washers and dryers, and…
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Residential Dryers Qualified Products List
The Residential Dryers Qualified Products List contains information on residential dryer products that meet the EPA ENERGY STAR® requirements. The list includes those that meet Bonneville Power Administration’s incentive tiers based on testing with the Utility Test Protocol. Learn more about NEEA’s high efficiency dryers work >> Updated as of 2025
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Q1 NEEA Board Meeting
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NEEA Standard Insurance Requirements
The following document outlines the standard insurance requirements for NEEA contractors. Note: NEEA reserves the right to tailor some of its standard insurance coverage requirements depending on the proposed nature of a potential Contractor’s work.
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NEEA Systems Use Agreement
The following document outlines the system use agreement for NEEA contractors to gain access to NEEA’s System Tools.
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NEEA Progress Reporting Guidelines
The following document outlines a template for use by NEEA contractors to provide to NEEA a Progress Report for each Task, identified by Task title and Task number, as outlined in Exhibit A. Include a summary of current Task progress, status, and any issues or challenges related to, or potentially impacting, current or future Activities and Deliverables…
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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, experiences with, and willingness to purchase connected consumer products. Additionally, this research ventured to describe predictors of consumer interest and uptake, in order to inform NEEA’s Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) Market Transformation program’s…
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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 research will inform NEEA’s understanding of a whole-buildings approach to energy efficiency and identify opportunities to leverage new building performance standards to support energy-efficient renovations in commercial buildings. ETHNO conducted secondary research and…
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Style Guide for Public Research Reports
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is a data-driven organization that requires high-quality technical report writing. This document provides guidance to authors submitting all types of documents to NEEA, with special emphasis on market research and evaluation reports that are ultimately posted to NEEA’s website. This guide can also serve as a general template, although…