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2017 Oregon Residential Specialty Code Energy Efficiency Impact Assessment
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. to quantify the energy use, energy savings and incremental costs for residential codes in Oregon. Ecotope compared the 2017 and 2014 residential energy code for single-family (including townhomes) and low-rise multifamily units, defined as 3-stories or less. Study objectives include: The study analysis estimated incremental…
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2019 Oregon Commercial Energy Code – Energy Savings Analysis
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted Mike D. Kennedy, Inc to conduct the 2019 Oregon Commercial Energy Code Savings analysis (OCEC 2019). The OCEC 2019 replaces the previous 2014 Oregon Energy Efficiency Specialty Code (OEESC 2014) and was developed by the Oregon Building Codes Division. It has been adopted statewide for construction permitted as…
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Washington State Commercial Energy Code Technical Roadmap Report
In 2020, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and the Washington State Department of Commerce developed a Washington State Energy Code (WSEC) Technical Roadmap (the Roadmap). The Roadmap is intended to assist Washington State in the achievement of its legislative goal to reduce annual net site energy consumption for commercial buildings by 70% relative to…
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EXP07:19 Load-Based and Climate-Specific Testing and Rating Procedures for Heat Pumps and Air Conditioners
This report contains the results and analysis from initial testing done using the 2019 “technical review” version of CSA EXP07 load based test procedure and rating of heat pumps on. This test procedure and rating was designed to better characterize variable capacity heat pumps with capacity not larger than = 65,000 BTUh. These preliminary results…
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2019-2020 Washington Residential New Construction Code Study
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with CLEAResult to conduct research to better understand how the 2015 Washington State Energy Code (Residential Provisions) has affected new home construction and energy performance. The research team visited building code offices and single-family residences between September 2019 and January 2020. In the end, 184 houses were visited…
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Energy Modeling of Commercial Gas Rooftop Units in Support of CSA P.8 Standard
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) has been working as part of a bi-national, cross-industry committee to revise the CSA Group’s P.8 standard for Thermal Efficiencies of Industrial and Commercial Gas-Fired Package Furnaces. The CSA P.8 revision is meant to more accurately represent the overall energy consumption of the entire commercial gas-fired packaged unit. To…
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Oregon Residential Specialty Code: Energy Efficiency Analysis
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. to conduct the 2017 Oregon Residential Specialty Code (ORSC) Energy Efficiency Analysis. The study was designed to evaluate energy performance for newly constructed homes to inform the future Oregon residential energy code and support the Governor of Oregon’s Executive Order in achieving the U.S. Department of…
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Ceiling Fan Standard Evaluation Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) collaborated with other energy efficiency organizations to participate in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) process to establish an energy consumption standard for ceiling fans. NEEA, together with other efficiency organizations reviewed and made comments on the 2016 test procedure. This work changed the analysis used by DOE and affected…
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2019 Oregon New Commercial Construction Code Evaluation Study
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Ecotope, Inc. to conduct the Oregon Commercial Code Evaluation (OCCE). The study was designed to provide a broad understanding of how well new commercial buildings are being built in terms of energy performance capabilities. Ecotope looked at new commercial construction to assess current building characteristics, the degree…
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Beverage Vending Machines Standard Evaluation
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) participated in the U.S. Department of Energy process to establish a standard regulating the consumption of energy in beverage vending machines (BVM). The standard was published in 2016 and compliance was required in January 2019. NEEA contracted with TRC Engineers to conduct an evaluation of efforts undertaken by NEEA and…
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