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  • 2019 Residential Lighting Market Analysis

    This 2019 report, conducted by Apex Analytics with subcontractor DNV GL, presents results of the 15th Northwest Residential Lighting Market Analysis. As in previous studies, store shelf and point-of-sale data was collected and analyzed to update market parameters including lamp sales mix and post-incentive per lamp cost. Key findings of the 2019 study include:

    Consumer Products|Residential
  • Building Commissioning — 2019 Long Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) Report

    This Long Term Monitoring & Tracking (LTMT) report, prepared by The Cadmus Group, presents the 2019 findings for NEEA’s Building Commissioning Initiative which promoted commissioning from 1999 to 2004, and entered LTMT in 2005. The 2019 LTMT report: (1) Updates the number of Northwest commissioning firms; (2) Estimates the total floor area of new and…

    Commercial + Industrial|Industrial
  • Drive Power Initiative — 2019 Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report

    As part of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) of the Drive Power Initiative (DPI), which actively promoted green motor rewinds from 1999 to 2004, NEEA contracted with The Cadmus Group to present this latest report of the 2019 findings for the DPI. As the eighth LTMT report for the…

    Agricultural|Industrial
  • HVAC/Very High Efficiency Dedicated Outside Air Systems Specifier Interview Report

    As part of the High-Performance HVAC initiative, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadeo Group to conduct qualitative market research on Very High Efficiency Dedicated Outside Air Systems (VHE DOAS). The objectives of the study were to 1) Better understand how decisions regarding HVAC systems are carried out from initial conception to installation…

    Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings|Heating and Cooling|Natural Gas
  • 2019 BOC Program Dataset Analysis

    This memo documents BrightLine Group’s analysis of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) Building Operator Certification (BOC) program dataset as of January 2020. The primary goal of this analysis was to describe the 2019 new BOC certificants and update the count of active BOC certificants in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, as of January 13,…

    Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings
  • Commercial Window Attachments: Secondary Window Market Characterization

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Evergreen Economics to conduct a market characterization of the commercial market for secondary windows in the Northwest. This work was conducted between August 2019 and January 2020. Secondary windows are retrofit products which use a frame to add one or more additional layers of glazing to an…

    Commercial + Industrial
  • Gas Tankless Water Heater Combined Research Report

    In 2019, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ILLUME Advising to examine the successes and challenges of the tankless gas water heater market in the Northwest. The study was conducted in two phases; Phase 1 occurred in early 2019 and focused on an extensive secondary literature review, while Phase 2 began in late…

    Natural Gas|Products
  • New Homes Rater Focus Groups Research Report

    In the fall of 2019, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ILLUME Advising to conduct focus groups with residential new construction raters. These sessions occurred during the Home Efficiency Forum in Portland, Ore. In support of NEEA’s Next Step Homes program, the research intended to increase understanding of the business practices of raters in the…

    New Construction|Residential|Residential Buildings
  • Extended Motor Products Market Characterization

    In support of its Extended Motor Products (XMP) program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus Group to prepare a characterization of the pump market between Q3 and Q4 of 2019. The study considered small horsepower energy efficient pumps, with a focus on “smart pumps,” which are defined as packaged systems consisting of a…

    Commercial + Industrial|Industrial|Products
  • 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…

    Residential|Residential Buildings

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