Explore
-
Scoping Study for Daylight Metrics from Luminance Maps
This report investigates whether it’s possible to use luminance maps of a space as the basis for calculating metrics that describe either the quality or quantity of daylight. The report covers both the suitability of the luminance maps as a way of recording data, and the suitability of the metrics as a means of describing…
Commercial + Industrial -
Commercial Windows Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #2
The Commercial Windows Initiative (CWI), a project developed and implemented by the West Wall Group (WWG), worked with fenestration market participants from virtually every facet of the market. They worked with manufacturers of commercial windows and window components. CWI reached architects, specifiers, designers and developers to boost demand and market share for energy-efficient, factory-built commercial…
Residential -
BetterBricks Grocery Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation Report #3
This third Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER #3) documents the progress of the BetterBricks Grocery Initiative (formerly Smart Markets Program) between October 2006 and October 2007. The Grocery Initiative is targeted to regional grocery stores and is currently funded through 2008 as part of BetterBricks.
Commercial + Industrial -
Sidelighting Photocontrols Field Study
In further analysis of the relationship of window head height to control zone depth we concluded that the proper unit of analysis for this relationship should be [control zone depth]/[window head height], rather than the inverse used in the report.
Commercial + Industrial -
Analysis of Heat Pump Installation Practices and Performance
In 2004, a consortium of entities active in the conservation of energy in the Pacific Northwest, including the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance), the Energy Trust of Oregon (Trust), the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NPCC), Idaho Power and other regional utilities funded an indepth study of heat pump performance…
Residential -
Microelectronics Evaluation Report No. 3
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) is a non-profit corporation supported by Bonneville Power Administration, electric utilities, public benefits administrators, state governments, public interest groups and energy efficiency industry representatives. These entities work together to make affordable, energyefficient products and services available in the marketplace.
Commercial + Industrial -
MagnaDrive Adjustable Speed Drive Status Report
MagnaDrive Corporation is located in Bellevue, Washington, and develops and commercializes patented torque transfer technology with applications in industry, public works, transportation, and consumer products domestically and internationally. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) and MagnaDrive formed a public/private partnership to help commercialize the MagnaDrive adjustable speed drive (ASD), an innovative speed-control device that…
Commercial + Industrial -
ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report No. 2
This report is the second of three market progress evaluation reports (MPERs) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s ENERGY STAR® Homes Northwest program. This project is one of two major projects within the Alliance’s Residential Sector Initiative and works in close coordination with the Alliance’s ENERGY STAR Consumer Products program – the other project included…
Residential -
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance 2004 Multifamily Building Stock Survey
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s Distribution Efficiency Initiative Project performed site visits for a sample of 500 representative single-family homes in the Pacific Northwest. This project will provide a baseline of Northwest residential building stock characteristics for single family homes. One residential sub-sector that is not represented in this effort is multifamily dwellings. This multifamily building…
Residential