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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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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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