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NEEA Residential Furnace Fan Standard Evaluation: Final Report
On behalf of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), TRC Energy Services (TRC) conducted an evaluation of NEEA’s efforts in the development of the federal Residential Furnace Fan (RFF) standard.
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Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation Report 6
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Cadmus in November 2016 to conduct the sixth market progress evaluation report (MPER 6) for NEEA’s Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Initiative (initiative). The initiative, which NEEA launched as a pilot in 2008 and at full scale in 2010, encompasses a range of activities to accelerate the adoption of…
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Commercial Windows Attachment (SGS) Initiative SGS Phase 1 Research Summary
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Navigant Consulting, Inc. (Navigant) to undertake an introductory market assessment of a new product initiative: Window Attachments, which includes products installed in commercial and residential markets. This study focuses on secondary glazing systems (SGS), which are commercial single-pane window retrofits installed on the interior side of a building.…
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NEEA Natural Gas Portfolio Mid-Cycle Assessment
In May 2017, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)’s Natural Gas Mid-Cycle Assessment Committee (Assessment Committee) hired Opinion Dynamics to complete a Mid-Cycle Assessment of NEEA’s Natural Gas Portfolio (NGP). The NGP was developed in 2014 through a collaborative process that included NEEA staff and representatives from Avista Utilities, the Energy Trust of Oregon, NW…
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Building Commissioning 2016 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
As part of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) long-term monitoring and tracking (LTMT) efforts on commercial building commissioning, the Cadmus Group collected data on commissioning market activities and trends in the Northwest for 2016.
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2016-2017 Northwest Residential Lighting Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Study
The study tracks trends in sales shares and pricing of efficient residential lighting technologies, and key market developments, including federal legislation impacting residential lighting products. The study provides NEEA and the region’s utilities with robust data on market status, and insights that residential lighting program planners and managers will find informative in their ongoing consideration…
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Energy Efficiency Test Procedure for Residential Clothes Dryers
This document describes a clothes dryer laboratory test procedure used to calculate an accurate metric for clothes dryer energy use. The procedure describes the different cycles, settings, clothing types and equipment needed to generate the combined energy metric referred to as the Utility Combined Energy Factor (UCEF). The resulting UCEF is based on the field…
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Retail Product Portfolio Market Test Assessment
This report presents findings from the Market Test Assessment (MTA) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Retail Products Portfolio (RPP) initiative.
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Green Motor Rewinds – 2016 Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Drive Power Initiative (DPI) (via the Green Motor Initiative (GMI)1 and the Green Motors Practices Group (GMPG)2) encouraged adoption of green motor rewind practices by Northwest motor service centers between 1999 and 2004. The GMPG has continued to promote these practices actively. Green rewind practices are rigorous and include…
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Northwest Heat Pump Water Heater Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #3
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadeo and Research Into Action (the team) in October 2016 to complete the third Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of its Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Initiative. The overarching goal of the initiative is to create a federal standard for electric water heaters greater than 45 gallons…
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