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Q3 2025 Emerging Technology Newsletter

Products/TechnologiesElectric Motors & Pumps|Energy Efficiency Electronics|Heat Pump Water Heaters|Heat Pumps|Heating & Cooling|High-Performance Windows|Lighting & Controls
Market SectorsCommercial + Industrial|Industrial|Products|Residential|Technology

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: 

  • Launching a new project focused on investigating small (less than 120 gallon) heat pump water heaters for commercial applications. 
  • Completing a number of projects, including studies on residential laundry systems, monitors and commercial displays, commercial heat pump dryers, and variable speed heat pump test methods.
  • Wrapping up an incremental cost analysis for variable speed heat pumps, an evaluation of residential dual-fuel HVAC product options, and a tri-mode heat pump study covering water heating, space heating, and air conditioning. 
  • Conducting field studies on:
    • A gas-fired absorption heat pump in a multifamily building
    • Energy savings from power drive systems, and;
    • Exploring how line voltage thermostats can help with load flexibility. 

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. Please let us know if you have a product or research idea. We’d love to hear from you.  

NEEA has several interesting Product Councils scheduled and is always open to topic ideas. Information on upcoming Product Councils is always available on the NEEA website. Please reach out to any of NEEA’s product managers with questions or suggestions on NEEA’s emerging technology work. 

RECENT AND UPCOMING PRODUCT COUNCILS 

July 1, 2025 – Distributed Pumping Solutions

March 25, 2025 – Low Load Efficient Heat Pumps

June 24, 2025 – Empowering Meaningful Measurement & Verification with EcoDash: A standardized tool for HPWH M&V