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Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Market Test Assessment: Understanding Delivery, Partnership Strategies and Program Channels
NEEA, through its Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Initiative, is seeking to drive the adoption of energy efficiency best practices. These best practices include behaviors and tools that continuously support effective implementation of energy management. The Initiative’s target market is CRE executives in firms holding portfolios of income-producing office, warehouse and big box retail in a…
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Commercial Real Estate Participant Cohorts Market Progress Report
In October 2013, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Cadmus to conduct research on the commercial real estate (CRE) market and NEEA’s CRE Initiative.1 Since 2007, NEEA has offered the initiative to encourage the Northwest’s commercial real estate market to adopt Strategic Energy Management (SEM) practices to reduce energy use. SEM is a holistic…
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Heat Pump Water Heater Model Validation Study
A substantial fraction of the electricity consumed in the residential sector is used to heat water. Indeed, it is the second-largest single end use of electricity next to space heating. Due to the sheer size of the load there is substantial opportunity for energy use reductions. Recognizing the importance, heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) have…
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BOC-Expansion Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #2
This is the second Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Building Operator Certification Expansion (BOC-E) Initiative. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC), Northwest Water and Energy Education Institute (NWEEI), and the International Building Operators Association (IBOA) have offered BOC training and certification to facility operators in the Northwest since 1997.
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Using Soil Electrical Conductivity Mapping for Precision Irrigation in the Columbia Basin
Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) and Variable Speed Irrigation (VSI) applications require accurate maps of soil water-holding capacity as inputs to the applied water prescription generation process. Thus, determining accurate soil variability information and conducting soil mapping are necessary steps toward successful implementation of precision irrigation.2 These accuracy requirements are typically not satisfied by freely-available soil…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: The Future of Agricultural Irrigation
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) launched the Agricultural Irrigation Initiative with the goal of reducing agricultural irrigation energy use by twenty percent by 2020 NEEA is an alliance funded by more than 140 utilities and energy efficiency organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington working to accelerate the innovation and adoption of energy-efficient products,…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Soil Science and the Basics of Irrigation Management
This report is designed as a companion to the other reports in the series based on the activities in the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Agricultural Irrigation Initiative. NEEA is an alliance funded by more than 140 utilities and energy efficiency organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington working to accelerate the innovation and adoption…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Precision Water Application Test
As water becomes increasingly scarce, agricultural management of this precious resource becomes ever more critical. Maximizing performance of agricultural land and minimizing the use of water and other resources, such as energy, requires optimal use of new irrigation technologies such as Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI).
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Pivot Evaluation Best Practices
Growers using center pivot irrigation delivery systems generally schedule irrigation based on the driest ten percent of a field. While this approach meets crop water requirements for most areas, it can overwater others. The challenge of uniformly meeting crop water requirements is compounded when the amount of water applied by the center pivot’s sprinklers varies…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Overview of Center Pivot Irrigation Systems
This report provides a basic introduction to and overview of center pivot systems, including key components of the system and basic interconnections among components.
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