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Single Family Residential New Construction Characteristics and Practices Study
This document is the final report for the Residential New Construction Baseline Study. The study was sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, with additional sample points contributed by the Energy Trust of Oregon, Eugene Water and Electric Board, Tacoma Power, and Idaho Power. The study was conducted by RLW and Ecos Consulting. This is the second…
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BetterBricks Grocery Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #2
The BetterBricks Grocery Initiative (Grocery Initiative) was approved by the NEEA Board of Directors in July 2005; it works directly with regional grocery wholesalers and larger chain operators (greater than five and less than 35 locations) to change energy-related business practices. Efforts with national chains are also planned, but have not yet been fully identified.…
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BetterBricks Hospitals and Healthcare Initiative Market Progress Evaluation Report #2
This second Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER #2) documents the results of an ongoing evaluation to assess the activities and accomplishments of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) BetterBricks Hospitals and Healthcare Initiative (Hospitals Initiative), which is currently funded through 2008. BetterBricks is the umbrella initiative that covers all of NEEA’s commercial activities. The evaluation…
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ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program Report #3
ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest promotes the construction and sale of new homes built to the ENERGY STAR® Homes Northwest specification, which was designed specifically for the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Homes built to this specification are at least 15 percent more energy efficient than Washington and Oregon State energy codes. These ENERGY…
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Residential Lighting Program Report No. 3
This report is the final market progress evaluation report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s ENERGY STAR® Residential Lighting Program (Lighting Program). The Lighting Program promotes residential lighting products that meet ENERGY STAR technical lighting specifications and are labeled with the ENERGY STAR logo. Targeted lighting technologies include screw-based compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), indoor…
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Industrial Efficiency Alliance Evaluation Report 2
This report is the second Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA’s) Industrial Efficiency Alliance (IEA). MPER#1 presented an overview of the Initiative, its background, strategy, and evaluation methodology.
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Interim Evaluation of The Utility Distribution System Efficiency Initiative – Phase 1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) currently funds the Distribution Efficiency Initiative, a multi-year phased initiative, aimed at improving the efficiency of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) electric utility distribution systems. The overall Initiative, which started in January 2003, is to be conducted in three phases, over a five-year period.
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Commercial Buildings Operations and Maintenance Market Assessment
This section provides a synopsis of the Commercial Buildings Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Market Assessment Study (Study) background, objectives, key findings and resulting program implications.
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Market Progress and Evaluation Report One: 80 PLUS Personal Computer Power Supplies
The 80 PLUS program has created a unique forum that is uniting electric utilities, the computer industry, and consumers in an effort to bring energy efficient power supplies to desktop computers and servers. The 80 PLUS performance specification requires power supplies in computers and servers to be 80% or greater energy efficient at 20%, 50%…
Consumer Products|Technology