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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…
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2019 Reduced Wattage Lamp Replacement Transition Progress Market Evaluation Report
NEEA contracted with Cadeo Group to complete the Transition Market Progress Evaluation Report (Transition MPER) for Reduced Wattage Lamp Replacement (RWLR) in preparation for transition to Long Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT). This Transition MPER documents the initiative’s progress towards transforming the non-residential lighting maintenance market, evaluates its initial LTMT plan, and identifies opportunities to…
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Commercial High-Performance HVAC Market Characterization
NEEA contracted with Opinion Dynamics to conduct the Commercial High-Performance Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HP HVAC) Market Characterization. This study was designed to provide the program team and internal decision-makers insights into how to refine the size and nature of this transformation opportunity. The research team created a system replacement decision-making model based on…
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Building Commissioning – 2018 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
As part of the Northwest Efficiency Alliance’s long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) efforts on new and existing commercial building commissioning, Cadmus collected and analyzed data on 2018 commissioning activity in the Northwest.
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Desktop Power Supplies ENERGY STAR Version 6 Baseline Methodology and Specification Influence Review
In late 2018, NEEA contracted with Apex Analytics, LLC, to evaluate NEEA’s influence on the ENERGY STAR computers market and to review NEEA’s baseline approach for ENERGY STAR Version 6 commercial desktop computers. NEEA’s work in the market included early support of the 80 PLUS certification program as well as providing stand-alone and collaborative comments…
Commercial