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2008-09 CFL Tracking Study
NEEA began its consumer lighting market initiatives in 1997 to advance consumer awareness and use of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and fluorescent light fixtures throughout the region. Its earliest projects addressed such market barriers as high first cost; lack of product availability; lack of consumer awareness; incompatibility of CFLs with existing fixtures, dimmers, timers and…
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2008 BetterBricks Overall Market Progress Evaluation Report
This Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) documents the progress of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) commercial sector Market Transformation initiative, known as BetterBricks. This report details the evaluation findings for the activities within each of BetterBricks’ three target markets and two cross-cutting markets. It focuses on the period from approximately October 2007 to November…
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Long Term Monitoring and Tracking Report on 2008 Activities
Market transformation initiatives are long-term in nature. The development and launching of new products and services can be visualized as an “S”-shaped diffusion curve with relatively little market impact in the initial years and the major market effects occurring several years after an initiative is launched. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) tracks the progress…
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BetterBricks Energy Savings Evaluation Report
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) retained the Cadmus Group (Cadmus) to complete an initial evaluation of the projects and energy savings associated with BetterBricks, NEEA’s commercial initiative. BetterBricks is a comprehensive commercial sector energy efficiency initiative designed to stimulate demand for energy efficiency within three vertical markets (Hospitals, Real Estate, and Grocery) and supply…
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Non-Residential Energy Savings From Northwest Energy Code Changes 2005-2008
This report provides estimates of energy savings associated with regional commercial building code changes adopted between July 2005 and July 2008 and projects savings from the date of their implementation through 2028.
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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…
Residential|Residential Buildings