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Q3 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
Welcome to another issue of NEEA’s Market Research and Evaluation quarterly newsletter! Thank you for taking time to read over the team’s plans for the fourth quarter. The end of the year is busy, with at least 15 studies in the field. Seven others are wrapping up and anticipating final reports. Evaluations are being fielded…
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Q2 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
Q2 2024 was notable for final rules for Federal standards with 11 final rules completed in this quarter alone. The completion of the consumer water heater rule constituted the single largest energy-saving Federal standard in the history of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (U.S. DOE’s) program; it holds the potential for more than 300 aMW of…
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Q2 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
The slightly slower pace and sunny days of summer are almost here. While NEEA’s Market Research and Evaluation (MRE) team has a lot of work to carry out through the warm months, things are slowing just a bit. This is evidenced by the slightly shorter than typical list of projects highlighted in this quarter’s newsletter.…
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Q2 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter
Our Emerging Technology efforts are well underway this year. The U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) announced two major initiatives in early April 2024. As part of its new Better Building Initiatives, the U.S. DOE announced the Better Buildings Commercial Building Heat Pump Accelerator to improve the efficiency and availability of commercial heat pump rooftop units. U.S. DOE’s…
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Q1 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
The past three years have seen historic levels of Federal standards activities, and 2024 will be a busy year as many of the standards that started years ago come to completion. We expect as many as 21 final rules in 2024, including water heating, which is on track to bet the largest appliance rule in the history of DOE’s Appliance…
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Q1 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Market Research & Evaluation (MRE) team jumped headfirst into the new year by kicking off several new studies in the first quarter. These include the first Market Progress and Evaluation Report (MPER) for the Extended Motor Products Market Transformation program, a market research effort to assess consumers’ use and…
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Q1 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter
2024 is off to a strong start for the Emerging Technology team. In addition to the progress on existing efforts, several new projects got underway including testing of commercial heat pump dryers, a commercial secondary window field study in collaboration with the California Energy Commission, participation in the development of vacuum insulated panels for easy exterior building retrofits,…
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Q4 2023 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
The final quarter of 2023 proved to be as exciting as the rest of the year. State codes achieved significant milestones and standards continued to progress for several important products including water heaters and motors. A few highlights are listed below, and details are included in the rest of this newsletter. Looking forward, 2024 should see new codes going into effect in…
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Q4 2023 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
Happy greetings, everyone! NEEA’s Market Research and Evaluation (MRE) team is pleased to share with you the latest research and evaluation project news. Enclosed are important details related to current studies, as well as those that will commence in the first quarter of 2024. There will be a host of studies in the field between…
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Q4 2023 Emerging Technology Newsletter
As we prepare for the upcoming year, the Product Summary and Readiness Level table with additional electric and gas savings details has been updated. The alliance is well-positioned with ongoing and new projects in 2024, including dual fuel residential HVAC systems; work on the integration of hydronic systems with the very high efficiency DOAS HVAC system design process; improving…
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