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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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Q4 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
STANDARDS: 2024 saw some of the largest federal standards updates in the history of the program. Between 2021 and the end of 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) updated more than 30 federal standards; U.S. DOE reviewed another nine and deemed them not ready for updates. Standards updates typically take more than two years from start to finish, so…
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Q3 2024 Codes, Standards and New Construction Newsletter
While Q3 2024 was slow for federal standards, it was busy for codes. After two prolific quarters, the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) slowed the number of dockets for standards, but this lull is not expected to last. More than 10 final rules are expected before the end of the year, and U.S. DOE staff are working hard to…
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Q3 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter
The third quarter of 2024 brought exciting progress on several projects and kicked off several new research efforts. The second Residential Laundry Field Study is nearing completion, with the final report to be published by Q4 of this year, along with data analysis underway on commercial heat pump dryers and efficient rooftop units. A regional cold climate room…
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Q4 2024 Market Research and Evaluation Newsletter
Greetings to all of you! Welcome to the Q4 2024 Market Research & Evaluation (MRE) newsletter. Inside are all the details about what NEEA’s MRE team has been up to the past few months, as well as what’s planned for the start of the new year. It’s been an eventful year. Nearly 40 studies were…
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Q4 2024 Emerging Technology Newsletter
NEEA’s Emerging Technology team is concluding a successful 2024 with the completion of several key projects, including: The launch of a long-awaited field study on Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) combined with HVAC control in a commercial building constitute a highlight of the year. Led by Senior Product Manager Chris Wolgamott, this study, delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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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…