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Marginal Impact of Electric Heat Pumps on Home Sale Price
In November 2008, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged ECONorthwest to estimate the effect that electric heat pumps have on the sale price of homes in the Northwest. In this memorandum, we describe the analytical methods followed and the results of the analysis. A summary of our findings is as follows:
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NEEA Industrial Initiatives- Market Progress Evaluation Report #8
This is the eighth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) on the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Industrial Initiative (the Initiative) with specific focus on its energy management efforts in the food processing sector. The goal of the Initiative and related industrial efforts is to transform the market for industrial energy management services and to promote…
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Evaluation of Key ACE Model Assumptions for Motor Rewinds
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Cadmus in November 2013 to conduct research to update the key Alliance Cost Effectiveness (ACE) model assumptions for motor rewinds in the Northwest states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
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Small to Medium Industrial SEM Energy Savings Validation
To determine whether Strategic Energy Management (SEM) can be effectively delivered within small to medium business facilities and whether energy savings from this effort can be measured, NEEA contracted with EnerNOC to implement a pilot with two cohorts of small (1-999 thousand kWh/yr) to medium (1-100 million kWh/yr) sized industrial facilities in Montana in SEM…
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2013 Energy Savings Results for the Commercial Real Estate Cohorts
NEEA’s Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Initiative, offered since 2007, engages the Northwest’s commercial office real estate market to reduce energy use by adopting Strategic Energy Management (SEM) practices. SEM is a holistic approach that includes both efficient equipment and behavioral activities and requires engagement from organizational staff at all levels. NEEA provides technical advice and…
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Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation Report #3
This report is the third Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Northwest Ductless Heat Pump (DHP) Initiative. This report presents evaluation findings based on telephone surveys of households that purchased DHPs through the Initiative, other general population households without DHPs and Northwest installation contractors.
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Hospital & Healthcare Initiative 2013 Energy Savings Validation
This memorandum describes SBW Consulting’s (SBW’s) validation of the electrical energy savings from the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Hospital and Healthcare (H&H) Initiative for the year 2013. Table 1 summarizes the validated savings for the nine facilities included.
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BOC-Expansion Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #1
This is the first Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Building Operator Certification Expansion (BOC-E) Initiative. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) and the International Building Operators Association (IBOA) have offered BOC training and certification to facility operators in the Northwest since 1997. In 2012, NEEA established BOCE to accelerate adoption of BOC and…
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Oregon Residential Energy Code Compliance
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus to conduct a study of residential energy code compliance in Oregon. This effort to measure compliance has its roots in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); funding to states was contingent upon a commitment to adopt the latest model energy codes, as of 2009,…
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Northwest Commercial Lighting Retrofit Market Characterization
As part of the evaluation activities for the Comprehensive Commercial Lighting Initiative (CCLI), the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) funded a commercial lighting retrofit market characterization study to identify and understand the market actors and product flows of the commercial lighting retrofit market in the Northwest region (Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington).
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