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Real-world field studies
Actual homes and buildings across cold climates, instrumented and monitored around the clock, season after season.
Partner
Partner · Nonprofit
Cold Climate Energy Alliance
Independent · Nonprofit · Volunteer-led · Field-verified
CCEA builds confidence in cold-climate HVAC through real-world data. It collects, analyzes and publishes objective performance data from actual installations, so every stakeholder can make better decisions.
- Type
- Independent nonprofit
- Run by
- Volunteers
- Focus
- Cold-climate HVAC field data
- Website
- ccenergyalliance.org
The gap
Heat pumps have advanced rapidly. The information about them has not kept up.
Homeowners, contractors, engineers, utilities and building officials still make decisions from manufacturer specifications or limited lab testing.
Real installations behave differently: different climates, buildings, install practices and occupants. CCEA exists to close that gap with transparent, independent field data anyone can rely on.
In the field
Six things measured where they happen.
- Energy consumption
- Heating capacity
- Efficiency (COP)
- Comfort
- Reliability
- Long-term performance
What CCEA does
Four ways of raising the standard.
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Educational resources
Plain-spoken, technically rigorous material for contractors, engineers and building officials.
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Installation best practices
Field-verified guidance on what makes a cold-climate heat pump install deliver its rated performance.
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Industry collaboration
Working alongside engineers, educators, distributors, manufacturers, utilities and public agencies.
Who it serves
Independent data for everyone in the building.
- Homeowners
- Contractors
- Engineers
- Utilities
- Building officials
- Policy makers
- Manufacturers
- Educators
Our role. CCEA is an independent nonprofit. It is not owned or operated by SMARTNOVA SOLUTIONS LLC. We are partners of the alliance and support its mission.
Better information, better decisions.
Case studies, the member Hub and ways to get involved are on the alliance’s own site.