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Evaluation of the Industrial Efficiency Alliance Report #5
This is the fifth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) on the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Industrial Initiative (Initiative) with specific focus on its energy management efforts known as Continuous Energy Improvement (CEI). The conclusions and recommendations presented in this report are based on evaluation data collected from site visits, interviews with industrial end users,…
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Home Buyers Focus Groups Report
For the last five years, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) has promoted energyefficient homes through its Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes program. As NEEA develops its plans for the next few years, it is evaluating whether the ENERGY STAR brand is still the best approach for marketing energy-efficient homes, or if using a broader, “green”…
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Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report on 2007
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) tracks the market progress of its projects during their implementation phase through periodic Market Progress Assessment Reports (MPERs). However, since market diffusion often occurs after NEEA funding has ceased, NEEA also needs a mechanism for tracking ongoing market progress in the post-funding period so that it can verify key…
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ENERGY STAR Consumer Products Lighting Project Report #4
NEEA’s launched its first residential lighting market initiatives in 1997 to accelerate the awareness and use of high-efficiency compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and fluorescent light fixtures among residential customers. The program was designed to address market barriers including high first cost; lack of product availability; lack of consumer awareness; incompatibility of CFLs with existing fixtures,…
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ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report #5
This is the fifth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest program. This report presents evaluation findings based on in-depth interviews with participating builders, verifiers, state energy officers, realtors, utility representatives, and representatives of other “green” homebuilding programs. The report also includes current data on the new home market in the…
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Second Market Progress and Evaluation Report: 80 PLUS Personal Computer Power Supplies
This is the second and final Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) on the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) 80 PLUS initiative. It reports the initiative’s activities and progress from November 2006 through January 2008. The findings and conclusions of this MPER are based on research of secondary sources and interviews with the initiative’s management and…
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Utility Distribution System Efficiency Initiative (Phase I) Final Market Progress and Evaluation Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is currently funding the first of three phases of the Utility Distribution System Efficiency Initiative, a multiyear project aimed at demonstrating the potential to improve electric distribution system efficiency in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) through voltage regulation. This market transformation project proposes to achieve significant energy savings through utility…
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Ductless Heat Pump Market Research and Analysis
The U.S. DHP market differs significantly from overseas markets. Almost all residential HVAC systems in Asia and a vast majority of systems in Europe are ductless, while only a small percentage of homes in the U.S. utilize DHP technology. Slower U.S. adoption rates can be explained partly by cultural differences and partly by differences in…
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Baseline Characteristics of the 2002-2004 Nonresidential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington Technical Memorandum
The purpose of this technical memo is to describe the characteristics of two commercial new construction building type categories, “Assembly” and “Other” (A&O), that were not included in NEEA’s 2002-04 Non-Residential Baseline Study. NEEA decided to remove them from the study to increase the sampling efficiency of building types of specific interest to both regional…
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Baseline Energy Use Index Of The 2002-2004 Non-Residential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
The energy uses analyzed in this report were constructed from billing records collected during development of the Baseline Characteristics of the 2002-2004 Nonresidential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington (2002-04 Baseline Study) (Baylon et al. 2008). The primary purpose of that study was to characterize buildings built in the Pacific Northwest between 2002 and 2004. …
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