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Podcasts
Sustainability, Resiliency, and Reenivisoning
Podcasts
Bahareh recently joined ILLUME and brings a depth and breadth of energy efficiency work to our Team – from architecture to…
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Presentations
Advancing Energy Efficiency Behaviors Findings
Presentations
As part of this webinar, Liz Kelley shared the study’s findings about how homeowners make decisions connected to home energy use…
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Presentations
Water Heater Demand Response: Full Replacement vs After-Market Controllers
Presentations
This presentation, presented at the 2022 IEPEC conference, discusses two approaches to water heater demand response; full unit replacement and after-market…
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Case Studies
New York Leans Into Community-Focused Climate Goals
Case Studies
Disadvantaged communities face numerous barriers when accessing clean energy and climate adaptation services. To overcome these barriers, NYSERDA enlisted ILLUME to…
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Reports
ComEd Disadvantaged Communities (DACs) Study Report
Reports
In response to the goals outlined in Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), ComEd is developing initiatives for workforce development,…
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White Papers
Beyond Awareness
White Papers
Engaging nonparticipants can be challenging, and in some cases can seem nearly impossible. Yet doing so is increasingly important as we…
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Case Studies
Testing the Efficacy of Home Energy Reports
Case Studies
Drawing on statistical methods from biomedical research, ILLUME applied meta-analysis techniques to measure savings from home energy report (HER) programs to…
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Case Studies
Connecting with Communities
Case Studies
Expanding engagement to create more inclusive programs. With a novel and engaging research approach, ILLUME identified strategies for an electric utility…
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White Papers
Commercial Lighting: Market Actor Insights on a Dynamic Market
White Papers
In this paper presented at the 2022 IEPEC Conference, we describe a broad market research study completed in 2020, intended to…
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White Papers
Water Heater Demand Response: Comparing Full Replacement and After-Market Controllers
White Papers
In this white paper presented at IEPEC in 2022, ILLUME shares the results from Phase 1 (of 2) for a water…
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Podcasts
ILLUME Turns 9
Podcasts
In celebration of ILLUME’s ninth anniversary, Co-Founders, Anne Dougherty and Sara Conzemius, reflect on nearly a decade of work in energy…
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White Papers
Addressing Multifamily Hesitance to Participation in Energy Efficiency Programs
White Papers
This paper will build from the research and experience in three northeastern states to identify barriers to participation related to housing…
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White Papers
Tunnel Vision
White Papers
The Impact of Ignoring Behavior in Technological Innovation. In this white paper presented at the ACEEE Summer Study 2022 Conference, the…
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White Papers
Evaluating Workforce Programs
White Papers
In this white paper, we share research conducted for the state of Connecticut. This study reviewed programs in place within Connecticut…
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Privacy Policy
Last updated October 25, 2024 This privacy notice for ILLUME Advising LLC (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our“), describes how and why…
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White Papers
Translation Is Not Enough
White Papers
This white paper draws on four studies conducted across the nation where the ILLUME team has conducted research in languages other…
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White Papers
Behavioral Programs Come of Age
White Papers
In this white paper presented at the ACEEE Summer Study in Buildings 2022 Conference, Tabitha Munson and Matt Galport, along with…
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Reports
Behavioral Programs Come of Age: A Final Report
Reports
This report first describes the research methods used, then summarizes the results, and finally concludes with a brief discussion of reporting…
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Magazine Articles
Basics for Innovation
Magazine Articles
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Magazine Articles
Supporting New York’s Disadvantaged Communities’ Goals
Magazine Articles
In New York State, ILLUME is using our ground truthing strategy to identify vulnerable communities, uncover what people in those communities…
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Case Studies
Understanding Customer Motivations to Reshape Solar Programs
Case Studies
In 2021, ILLUME conducted research to help a southeastern utility understand customers’ experiences with under-subscribed solar offers and to understand how…
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Articles
Time Well Spent: Empowering Contractors As Trusted Messengers Of Innovation
Articles
At ILLUME, we are researchers and experts on how to save energy through programs. We are also homeowners and utility customers,…
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Case Studies
Holistic Customer Segmentation
Case Studies
ILLUME was contracted by a regional utility to conduct a customer segmentation study that coupled demographic data with satisfaction and engagement…
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Case Studies
Integrated HVAC Controls: Learning From Early Adopters
Case Studies
To reach our industry’s ambitious carbon reduction goals, technology has to work for the environment and for people. In this case…