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Instrumentation and Hardware Best Practices in Precision Agriculture
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance funded by more than 140 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington working to accelerate the innovation and adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices in the Northwest.
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Grower Experience
Market adoption of precision irrigation practices and technologies requires acceptance and use by growers within the contexts of their farm operations and agronomic practices. While these technologies offer the promise of improved yield and corresponding savings in energy and water costs, they also come with the burden of time and effort for the growers to…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Data Exchange Standards
Lack of integration remains a key barrier to the use of precision agricultural technologies. Precision irrigation relies upon the capture and analysis of multiple sets of data from various sensors and databases. As a foundational element of its Agricultural Irrigation Initiative, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) brought together industry stakeholders to develop an agreed-upon…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Business Case, Economic Modeling, and Market Channel Improvements
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance funded by more than 140 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington working to accelerate the innovation and adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices in the Northwest. This business case report articulates the case for adoption of the NEEA’s Agricultural…
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Agricultural Irrigation Initiative: Overview
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance funded by more than 140 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington working to accelerate the innovation and adoption of energy-efficient products, services, and practices in the Northwest. In 2011, NEEA launched the Agricultural Irrigation Initiative with the goal of reducing…
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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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Consumer Messaging for Ductless Heat Pumps and Heat Pump Water Heaters
This report summarizes the findings from the Ductless Heat Pump (DHP) and Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) message testing study conducted by ILLUME Advising LLC on behalf of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). NEEA is a nonprofit alliance of more than 100 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations working on behalf of more than…
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