By David Lis |
Stunning views of Mount Saint Helens provided daily inspiration during my stay in Portland, Oregon while attending ACEEE’s Hot Water and Hot Air Forums. This is the third year ACEEE has gathered stakeholders from these two markets to come together to “discuss strategies for transforming the two biggest uses of energy in buildings”. I attended in early March with a few colleagues who each…
By David Lis |
A collaborative of energy efficiency organizations and HVAC manufacturer representatives, convened by NEEP, recently completed new research on the “representativeness” of energy efficiency ratings for air-source heat pumps. In other words, how well do the ratings and test procedures we use to measure product efficiency in the lab match with performance in the field. The research found that a…
By David Lis |
The Northeast has long been a leader in several areas of clean energy. So, it’s no surprise that partners at the US Department of Energy (DOE) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) identified the Northeast as one of the most well-positioned regions to lead renewed efforts to transform the residential HVAC markets to heat pumps. To help facilitate this effort, DOE and PNNL identified…
By David Lis |
The landscape around heat pump performance specifications and data has evolved in recent years and in the process has raised new questions as to where specifications and performance reporting for heat pumps should go in the future. Let’s break down where we’ve been and look at where and how we can forge new frontiers.
NEEP’s regional market transformation initiative for heat pumps was launched…
By David Lis |
You know that heat pumps have officially arrived into the public consciousness when they come up in friendly conversations between “what’s your favorite Netflix show” and Wordle wins and losses. We are happy to share some heat pump news that you can talk about at your next BBQ.
NEEP works collaboratively with stakeholders across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region and beyond to accelerate…
By David Lis |
Last winter, staff from NEEP’s Heating Electrification Initiative and staff from NYSERDA’s Clean Heating and Cooling teams realized we shared similar ideas about how we could enable better practices related to sizing and selecting air source heat pumps. With NYSERDA’s direct support, NEEP began working to realize these visions.
After about a year of conceptualizing, designing, and iterating,…
By David Lis |
Last month in Woburn, Massachusetts, 135 air source heat pump (ASHP) stakeholders gathered to discuss market transformation strategies for ASHPs. NEEP has been hosting this annual in-person workshop since 2014 and this represented our largest event yet. The workshop is a critical opportunity for regional stakeholders to focus on collaborating towards market transformation. Not unlike past years…
By David Lis |
Do you remember where you were on June 2, 2014?
Some of you may have been in Newport, Rhode Island at NEEP’s first in-person Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) Market Transformation Workshop: Air Source Heat Pump Workshop – Warming Up the Market. Months before the workshop, NEEP had published a market transformation strategies report that had established a roadmap for regional stakeholder collaboration…
