Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

NEEA SUCCESS STORIES

Northwest consumers and businesses have benefited from 264 average megawatts of energy savings through NEEA initiatives and related efforts -- that’s enough electricity to power more than 182,500 homes for a year.

But this is just the beginning.

NEEA’s energy-efficiency initiatives, in collaboration with its partners, have brought lasting market change to the residential, commercial and industrial sectors in the Northwest. Energy-efficient technologies and products have moved from concept to mainstream. Once skeptic corporations now embrace and champion energy-efficient practices. Upgraded codes are locking in energy savings for many years to come.

In this section you will find just a few of NEEA's many published success stories that illustrate how NEEA has broken through market barriers to create lasting change on a regional and national level. We'll be publishing more success stories shortly.

"With all of us at the table our customers can now take a holistic view of their current energy practices and reduce their future environmental impact, which is leading to big savings for everybody."

-Javad Maadanian
Supervisor/Commercial & Industrial
Seattle City Light

"We are pleased to be the first major computer manufacturer to support the 80 PLUS program. It’s part of our commitment to offering customers a variety of affordable, energy-efficient desk-based products that help reduce their total cost of technology ownership."

- Jeff Groudan
VP of Business PC Marketing Personal Systems Group
Hewlett Packard

"The Bacgen Control And Data Display System Has Proven Reliable And Has Become Essential To Our Daily Operations. This Has Been One Of The Most Successful Projects I Have Been Involved With In My 30+ Years Of Environmental Service."

- Greg Zielinski
Wastewater Superintendent
City of St. Helens, Oregon

"When the Power Planning Council’s Fourth Power Plan included 20-year savings from CFLs equivalent to three LAMPS per household, it was greeted with considerable skepticism. Thanks in large part to the groundwork laid by NEEA and the region’s utilities, that goal was met and exceeded by a significant margin."

-Dick Watson
Former Director of the Power Planning Division
Northwest Power and Conservation Council

"NEEA’S support for energy codes throughout the region is helping to raise the bar for energy efficiency and deliver lasting savings for the region, ensuring that energy use in buildings is dramatically reduced."

- Clark Brockman
Board Chair
Cascadia Region Green Building Council

"When we talk to customers about our building techniques and the benefits, the ENERGY STAR label behind us is much more powerful than just trying to differentiate ourselves without ENERGY STAR."

- Karla Williams, Director of Design
MarKar Design and Construction

"It’s so much more valuable to have a system approach than the individual hospitals approaching energy efficiency with this or that project. The Strategic Energy Management Plan includes things we didn’t think of, like purchasing and training."