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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 better understand gas and electric water heating systems across a selection of commercial buildings in the Northwest, with particular focus on the gas market. These buildings included restaurants, lodging facilities and non-mixed use…
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Q4 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
STANDARDS: 2024 saw some of the largest federal standards updates in the history of the program. Between 2021 and the end of 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) updated more than 30 federal standards; U.S. DOE reviewed another nine and deemed them not ready for updates. Standards updates typically take more than two years from start to finish, so…
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Q4 2024 Market Progress Report
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Q3 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
While Q3 2024 was slow for federal standards, it was busy for codes. After two prolific quarters, the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) slowed the number of dockets for standards, but this lull is not expected to last. More than 10 final rules are expected before the end of the year, and U.S. DOE staff are working hard to…
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Q3 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter
The third quarter of 2024 brought exciting progress on several projects and kicked off several new research efforts. The second Residential Laundry Field Study is nearing completion, with the final report to be published by Q4 of this year, along with data analysis underway on commercial heat pump dryers and efficient rooftop units. A regional cold climate room…
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Montana 2018 Commercial New Construction Code Compliance Evaluation
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Michaels Energy to conduct the Montana 2018 Commercial New Construction Code Compliance Evaluation to assess the paths and degree by which code compliance is achieved with the amended 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The study focused on newly constructed commercial buildings in Montana under its version…
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Extended Motor Products Market Progress Evaluation Report #1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ADM Associates Inc. (ADM) to conduct the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for NEEA’s Extended Motor Products (XMP) pump and circulator program. Through this study, ADM reviewed and assessed the clarity and alignment of the program’s guiding documentation, including the Program Logic Model, Market Transformation Theory,…
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Home Energy Raters Market Research
Through its market transformation work, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) works to increase the adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices. As part of this overall goal, NEEA participates in public code update processes and works with state code bodies to support code implementation. To refine its strategy for supporting code implementation, NEEA contracted…
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Q4 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
Greetings to all of you! Welcome to the Q4 2024 Market Research & Evaluation (MRE) newsletter. Inside are all the details about what NEEA’s MRE team has been up to the past few months, as well as what’s planned for the start of the new year. It’s been an eventful year. Nearly 40 studies were…
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Selected Provisions From BPA Grant 95565
Some of NEEA’s contracts are partially funded by Bonneville Power Administration Grant No. 95565, the relevant portions of which are provided here for reference.