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Q3 2025 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
Several projects are sharing final results before the end of the year, including Market Progress Evaluation Reports for Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC), Efficient Rooftop Units and High-Performance HVAC programs. Several Codes and Standards projects are also reporting in the upcoming quarter. In addition, third-party model reviews are being fielded or reported for the LLLC…
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Q2 2025 Quarterly Report
This quarter, NEEA released its Cycle 6 and 2024 Annual Report, showcasing the innovations and milestones that the alliance achieved during our 2020–2024 business cycle. The region is continuing to build on this work, advancing emerging technologies and removing market barriers to energy efficiency. Highlights from NEEA’s activities in Q3 include: In mid-May, NEEA convened…
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Q3 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter
The Q3 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter showcases a range of impactful work led by NEEA’s emerging technology and product management team. Some key activities include: Future newsletters will include links to the reports and activities above as they become available on neea.org. NEEA staff scan for new emerging technologies for all sectors and end uses.…
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Q2 2025 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
This quarter, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) staff continued to champion the role of building codes and standards in helping to make homes and appliances more affordable for consumers. Drawing on recent data and analysis, the team recommended updates to building codes in Washington, Oregon, and the International Energy Code (IECC), which is the…
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Q2 2025 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
It’s starting to feel like summer here in Portland! The slightly slower pace of summer is a time when many of NEEA’s market research and evaluation studies are winding down. This newsletter highlights quite a few studies that will be finalized in the coming months, including market progress evaluations for the Luminaire Level Lighting Controls,…
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Q1 2025 Quarterly Report
A Note from the Executive Director The alliance’s new business plan is off to a strong start in this first quarter of the new 2025 – 2029 business cycle, making progress toward our mission to catalyze the most efficient use of energy for a thriving Northwest. Here are a few examples of how NEEA is…
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Q2 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter
The Q2 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter highlights several exciting developments and updates of NEEA’s emerging technology efforts. Final reports are available for commercial heat pump dyers and residential heat pump rating representativeness studies. Look for final reports soon on the residential laundry field study, low load efficient heat pump investigation, tri-mode heat pump study, skinny…
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Q1 2025 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
This newsletter provides details of all NEEA’s codes, standards and new construction activities organized by state. Beyond the code and standards development efforts, NEEA provides trainings, educational materials, tools to aid in compliance, help desks to address market questions, and state level collaboratives that organize to address opportunities and needs in each of their states.…
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Q1 2025 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
Welcome to spring and the Market Research and Evaluation (MRE) team’s first newsletter of 2025! Here in the Northwest, the days aren’t necessarily sunnier, but they are definitely longer. The MRE team is busy wrapping up several large and long-running studies, including three building code compliance studies (for the states of Idaho, Montana and Oregon)…
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Q1 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter
Welcome to 2025. This quarterly Emerging Technology update will highlight laundry products. As part of its long history with consumer products, NEEA started working on residential clothes dryers many years before ENERGY STAR® added that category. NEEA staff continue to explore innovations in laundry technology including residential and commercial heat pump dryers, all-in-one combination washers and dryers, and…
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