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  • 2015 Battery Charger Standard Evaluation for NEEA’s Non-Adoptive States

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) supported the development of legislation in California and Oregon related to battery charger standards. In 2015, NEEA contracted with TRC Energy Services (TRC) to investigate the question of whether a battery charger appliance standard adopted in California and Oregon affected the battery chargers sold in NEEA’s non-adoptive states: Idaho,…

    Consumer Products|Products
  • Ductless Heat Pumps 2022 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking Report

    This is the second Long-term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) evaluation of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Ductless Heat Pumps (DHPs) Market Transformation program. NEEA actively worked to accelerate adoption of DHPs from 2008 to 2020. The objective of this LTMT study was to gauge adoption of DHPs by the Northwest’s residential HVAC market, specifically…

    Residential
  • Heat Pump Water Heater Market Research: Challenging Installations Scenarios

    In 2019, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) created a framework for understanding and investigating various scenarios associated with challenging installations of heat pump water heaters (HPWHs). To better inform the scenarios identified in the framework, NEEA contracted with Cadeo Group in the summer of 2020 to explore the different challenging installation experiences installers faced…

    Residential
  • Fan Manufacturer Regional Market Share Research

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with DNV Energy Insights, Inc. (DNV), to conduct market research on non-embedded or stand-alone fan systems in the Northwest. The study sought to assess the distribution and general characteristics of sales across manufacturers active in the market to inform program planning and support the precision of future savings…

    Agricultural|Commercial + Industrial|Industrial|Products
  • Extended Motor Products Variable Load Baseline and Constant-Load to Variable Load Savings Key Assumptions Review

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Apex Analytics LLC to review NEEA’s baseline assumptions and savings calculation approach for variable speed pumps, which are part of the Extended Motor Products (XMP) Market Transformation program. The study reviewed NEEA’s approach to estimating a natural market baseline for adoption of variable speed pumps and its…

    Commercial + Industrial|Industrial|Products
  • 2022 Review of Key Assumptions for Luminaire Level Lighting Controls

    As part of its Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) program, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadmus Group for an independent review of the program’s key assumptions for modeling co-created savings. In late 2022, Cadmus Group reviewed NEEA documents and calculations, and then provided feedback and recommendations on NEEA’s key modeling assumptions. Key…

    Commercial + Industrial
  • 2022 Luminaire Level Lighting Controls Incremental Cost Study

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Energy Solutions to estimate the additional equipment and labor cost to install Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) compared to other options. The outcome of this bi-annual study, conducted since 2017, enables NEEA to track cost trends and conduct cost-effectiveness analysis in a market with rapidly changing product…

    Commercial + Industrial
  • Q1 2023 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter

    The Market Research and Evaluation (MRE) team is pleased to bring you this quarter’s MRE newsletter. The team is looking ahead to a second quarter of lots of reports! More than half of the twenty-three studies that are currently have underway anticipate final reports to post in the next three months. These reports become key…

  • Commercial Secondary Windows Field Observations and Decision-Maker Interviews Report

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Energy 350 to observe and document the installation of commercial secondary windows (CSWs) at several commercial sites across the Northwest states of Montana, Oregon and Washington. CSWs are a window attachment product with insulative and noise abatement benefits that are designed to address existing low-performing windows in…

    Commercial + Industrial|Commercial Buildings|Industrial
  • Extended Motor Products Regional Market Share Study

    The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with ADM Associates, Inc., to assess the clean water pumps and circulators market in the Northwest. The specific research objectives were to (a) estimate the size of the clean water pumps and circulators market in the Northwest, (b) assess NEEA’s estimates of the market share held by participants…

    Commercial + Industrial|Industrial|Products

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