Quarterly Updates

This quarter, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) staff continued to play a central role in shaping energy codes, standards and new construction practices across the Northwest, with significant progress at the state, regional and national levels. Multiple code development processes moved into critical review and adoption phases, while education, training and evaluation efforts expanded their…

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. Montana and Idaho stakeholders were active this quarter as they considered moving to 2024 International Energy Code (IECC). Both states’ agencies have requested comments on…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

NEEA’s codes, standards and new construction team kept up a busy pace all summer with impactful activities in water heating standards and Washington state’s energy code. A few highlights follow. Codes Standards Funding Opportunities