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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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Baseline Characteristics of the 2002-2004 Nonresidential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington
This report describes the results of a two-year, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) study intended to improve understanding of the new commercial building stock in the Pacific Northwest region. The study provides a new regional baseline for current practices in commercial buildings constructed between 2002 and 2004 and compares those practices with previous baseline and…
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Baseline Characteristics of the 2002-2004 Nonresidential Sector: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington Appendices
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BetterBricks Hospitals and Healthcare Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #3
This third Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER #3) documents the progress of the BetterBricks Hospitals & Healthcare Initiative (formerly the High Performance Hospitals Program) between October 2006 and November 2007. The Hospitals & Healthcare Initiative is targeted to hospital and hospital systems that have their headquarters in the region served by the Northwest Energy Efficiency…
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BetterBricks Energy Savings Protocol Progress Report
This is the first report on the development of savings estimates for NEEA’s BetterBricks Initiative. While planning estimates were developed as part of the BetterBricks Boardapproval process, this project represents the first attempt to use actual Initiative data as the source for savings estimates that are directly linked to Initiative activities.
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BetterBricks Design and Construction Initiative – Market Progress Evaluation Report #2
In 2007, the BetterBricks Design and Construction (D&C) initiative made significant advances in promoting changes in practice that lead to low-energy, integrated design solutions. The network of five integrated design labs (IDLs) and the BetterBricks Business Advisor assisted architecture firms throughout the region on dozens of projects in the target markets, began promoting a uniform…
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BetterBricks Building Operations Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #2
This second Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER #2) documents the progress of the BetterBricks Building Operations Initiative between January and December 2007. The Building Operations Initiative focuses on improving regional building performance by facilitating market adoption of improved operations and maintenance strategies by market actors on both the demand and supply sides of the market.…
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Evaluation of the Industrial Efficiency Alliance (IEA) Report #4
This is the fourth Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) on the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Industrial Efficiency Alliance (IEA). The conclusions and recommendations presented in this report are based on evaluation data collected from site visits, interviews with industrial end users, market partners, and training participants.
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