NEEA Helps Maximize Energy Efficiency
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is a non-profit organization working to maximize
energy efficiency to meet our future energy needs. NEEA is supported by, and works in collaboration
with, the Bonneville Power Administration, Energy Trust of Oregon and more than 100 Northwest
utilities on behalf of more than 12 million energy consumers.
12 MILLION
ENERGY CONSUMERS
NEEA Fills The Energy
Efficiency Pipeline
NEEA scans the market for
potential energy efficiency
opportunities and champions
promising emerging technologies
NEEA Accelerates
Market Adoption
NEEA intervenes to remove
barriers to market adoption
of energy-efficient products,
services and practices
NEEA Leverages the
Power of the Region
NEEA identifies and
pursues opportunities
that can only be achieved
working regionally
COST
NEEA delivers long-term savings at low cost
NEEA initiatives deliver savings long after the investment stops.
The region has saved 707 aMW since 1997 at only 1.7¢ per KWh.
VALUE
TIME
Why Does Energy Efficiency Matter?
Energy efficiency is the most cost effective and sustainable way to meet our future energy needs.
Efficiency can meet 85 percent of new demand for electricity over the next 20 years, saving us
money, making us more competitive, and keeping the Northwest a healthy and vibrant place to live.
What is NEEA Doing in Emerging Technology?
NEEA’s Emerging Technology efforts fill the Northwest’s energy efficiency pipeline with new products,
services and practices to meet our future energy needs. NEEA leverages the region’s knowledge and
resources to scan and assess new technologies, and to drive availability and acceptance of energyefficient products appropriate for the unique needs of the Northwest. For more information, please
visit NEEA.org.
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
What’s in the pipeline?
NEEA is on track to move initiatives with more than 300 aMW potential savings
into full implementation by the end of 2014.
Heat Pump Water Heaters
Engaging manufacturers to produce HPWHs that meet the
Northern Climate Specification with the long-term goal of
impacting a federal standard.
Industrial Refrigeration Operator Certification
Introducing an ANSI-accredited, energy-efficient certification to Refrigeration System Operators in the industrial
refrigeration market.
High Performance Windows
Developing a new strategic market intervention strategy for
the next generation of high performance windows.
Green Pumps
Standardizing emerging techniques for refurbishing large
industrial pumps back to their original state and integrating
this as a standard business practice in the market.
Agriculture-Irrigation
Accelerating regional energy efficiency through more profitable agricultural irrigation tools and practices.
NEEA also operates a number of scanning projects
for evaluating and testing new technologies.
Residential Test Bed
Creating a proving ground for new energy-efficient products,
services and practices, allowing researchers to conduct
experiments under typical real-world operating conditions.
Residential Economizers
Assessing technology performance and delivery of residential economizers, which save energy at night by circulating
outdoor air to cool homes rather than turning on the air
conditioning system.
Solid State Street Lighting
Solid state streetlights use up to 50
percent less energy than traditional street
lighting technologies. Adding control
systems to these public lighting sources
can add another 25 percent of energy savings potential, creating an energy savings
of up to 115 average megawatts (aMW)
each year for the Northwest. NEEA will
be leveraging existing data to test visual
acuity and cost-effectiveness of combining LED lighting with network control
systems in a few pilot locations across the
Northwest. In March, 2012, NEEA and
a number of partners will conduct visual
performance tests in Seattle. These tests
will aid in evaluating the safety and efficacy of energy-saving LED streetlights,
as well as helping determine acceptable
standards for outdoor lighting illumination
nationwide.
Maximizing energy efficiency in partnership with:
Maximizing energy efficiency in partnership with:
Eugene Water & Electric Board
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
421 SW Sixth Ave, Suite 600, Portland, Oregon 97204 800.411.0834 503.688.5400
fax 503.688.5447 neea.org info@neea.org