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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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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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2013-2014 Northwest Residential Lighting Long-Term Market Tracking Study
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) launched its first residential lighting market initiative in 1997 to advance awareness and use of energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and compact fluorescent light fixtures among Northwest consumers. NEEA designed the project to address CFL market barriers including high first cost; lack of product availability; lack of consumer awareness;…
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Reduced Watt Lamp Replacement Market Characterization and Baseline
As part of its Reduced Wattage Lamp Replacement (RWLR) commercial lighting initiative to transform the Northwest market, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) commissioned Cadeo Group to provide two elements necessary for the execution of a successful initiative:
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Luminaire Level Lighting Controls Market Baseline
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is currently developing an initiative to accelerate the adoption of luminaire-level lighting controls (LLLC), an integrated lighting control approach that combines multiple control schemes to potentially provide 50 to 60 percent energy savings with low installed cost, ease of retrofit in existing buildings, and performance compatible with high efficiency technology…
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Next Step Home Baseline Estimation Study
NEEA engaged the Evergreen team (Evergreen Economics, along with John Stevenson and CIC Research) in March 2014 to establish the baseline for the Next Step Home (NSH) Initiative.
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NEEA Heat Pump Water Heater Baseline Forecast Research
Prepared by Evergreen Economics for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
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