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Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation #8
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus to complete the 8thMarket Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for the Ductless Heat Pump (DHP) initiative. This report presents the findings of research conducted between January and July 2019. The approach to this MPER differs from previous MPERs by providing a holistic look at the program’s history and…
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Northwest Heat Pump Water Heater Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #5
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with NMR Group to complete the 5th Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for the electric Heat Pump Water Heaters (HPWH) initiative. This report presents the findings of an evaluation conducted between February and July 2019. The study emphasized research with installers to better understand barriers to installing and…
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2019 Manufactured Homes Program Assessment
Energy 350 conducted a to-date assessment of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Manufactured Homes program. Initiated in 2016, the program was designed to build on earlier regional efforts in the manufactured homes sector. The focus of the assessment was to review the program’s market transformation theory, structure and effectiveness to-date. Energy 350 found no…
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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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Commercial Code Enhancement Audience Research
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with NMR Group to conduct research in support of NEEA’s Commercial Code Enhancement (CCE) program. The objective of the research was to learn how to effectively communicate with key market actors to increase the likelihood that targeted and vetted code proposals generated by the CCE program will be…
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Results of the 2018 Northwest Residential Lighting Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Study
As part of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) of the residential lighting market, Apex Analytics and DNV GL collected and analyzed 2018 shelf survey and sales data for the Northwest. The report is comprised of a three-page executive summary describing key findings, a sixteen-page report, and appendices with further…
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Drive Power Initiative – 2018 Long Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) Report
This report, prepared by The Cadmus Group (“Cadmus”) presents the 2018 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking findings for green motor rewinds. Cadmus collected a range of data to meet three major objectives: (1) update the size of the motor rewind market in the Northwest; (2) establish the market share of green motor rewinds; and (3) calculate…
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2018 BOC Program Dataset Analysis
This memo documents Research Into Action’s analysis of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) Building Operator Certification (BOC) program dataset as of 2018. The primary goal of this analysis was to describe the 2018 new BOC certificants and update the count of active BOC certificants in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, as of January 18,…
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Retail Product Portfolio Evaluation – Final Report
This evaluation of NEEA’s Retail Product Portfolio (RPP) Initiative included an assessment of product-level strategies, a review of market and sales data underlying these strategies, and a review of baselines developed for each product. Led by Apex Analytics, the research team developed chapters that included market characterization information, regulatory history, and status of Energy Star…
Consumer Products