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Magazine Articles
All-Electric: Beneficial Electrification Gets a Second Shot at Ubiquity
Magazine Articles
Electrify everything?! We get to the heart of some of the key themes and tensions around beneficial electrification in our interview…
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Magazine Articles
Who are You With? What’s the Catch? Barriers to Participation
Magazine Articles
ILLUME conducted one of the largest nonparticipant studies in Massachusetts. Here’s what we learned about those who we are missing in…
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Magazine Articles
When it Rains it Pours
Magazine Articles
Rather than treating the pandemic as an outlier, states should look to the pandemic as a dry run for devastating, and…
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Magazine Articles
All Hands Design: Participation and Democracy as Innovation
Magazine Articles
Participatory design can help utilities gather input from a wide range of stakeholders before offerings hit the market. Here’s a step-by-step…
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Case Studies
From Energy Efficiency to Demand Impacts
Case Studies
As the need for demand mitigation increases, how can utilities and program administrators extend energy efficiency portfolios to increase demand impacts?
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Magazine Articles
So, You Want To Be The Amazon Of Energy?
Magazine Articles
Utility driven marketplaces show promise for expanding revenue streams. But how can utilities meet the high—and growing—customer expectations for fulfillment, communications,…
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Case Studies
Hidden in the Basement: Learnings From A Demand Response Study
Case Studies
In a crowded market of new and more efficient appliances, can heat pump water heaters deliver deeper savings and expanded opportunities…
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Reports
The Energy Equity Playbook
Reports
How do we define equity and understand the challenge in front of us? In this special issue, we shed light on…
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Case Studies
New Metrics: Assessing Energy Burden and Bill Impacts
Case Studies
Reorienting toward equity, utilities are seeking ways to remedy disparities through income eligible (IE) offerings. Learn how we helped a Midwest utility…
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Case Studies
Understanding Our Underserved Majority
Case Studies
What happens when we reject monolithic thinking, and listen to customers’ lived experiences to find out what matters most to them?…
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Webinars
Doubling Down on Climate Change
Webinars
In this webinar, we speak with government leaders in Arizona, Florida, and Wisconsin to examine resilience through clean energy investments, climate…
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Articles
Integrated Market Research Unlocks the New Tech Win-Win
Articles
How can utilities capitalize on their natural edge as a known and trusted energy provider? Learn how ILLUME used an integrated…
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Magazine Articles
What’s The Deal With BE?
Magazine Articles
The West Coast gets a lot of attention when it comes to beneficial electrification, but other parts of the country are…
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Magazine Articles
Isolated but Innovative: Learning from Islands
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Learn how Puerto Rico and other islands have deployed technologies like microgrids, solar, and storage to meet their renewable energy goals…
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Magazine Articles
Climate Change Is Here. Is Your City Ready?
Magazine Articles
Are you going to be underwater or sweating it out? We break down data from the ND-GAIN Urban Adaptation Assessment to…
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Magazine Articles
Let’s Take Off Our Rose-Colored Glasses
Magazine Articles
The article introduces two truths that we must contend with when designing the policies, programs, and interventions necessary to prepare our…
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Magazine Articles
CenterPoint Doubles Down on Data to Deliver Smarter Programs
Magazine Articles
How does a utility, operating across multiple verticals, create an intelligence platform for decision making?
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Magazine Articles
Alexa! Show Me My Smart Home.
Magazine Articles
As our homes get smarter, utilities can offer ways to meet customer expectations and provide seamless participation in DR programs. Here…
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Case Studies
Are EV-Supporting Programs Revving the Market?
Case Studies
ILLUME led research to evaluate and understand the market impact of National Grid’s EV charging incentive program in 2020.
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Articles
What’s in Store for the Energy Industry in 2021?
Articles
To jump-start the economy in 2021, the Biden administration will rededicate the federal government to fighting climate change and make unprecedented…
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Reports
Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing: Phase 1 Evaluation Final Report
Reports
In this evaluation of the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) Program for San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) ILLUME took…
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Reports
Massachusetts EV Charging Station Program: Year 1 Evaluation Report
Reports
ILLUME led the process evaluation and longitudinal market study of changes in EV awareness and adoption in National Grid’s territory and…
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Articles
Stories From My Father
Articles
My dad is a storyteller. Though, if you ask him what he is, he would say he’s an educator. After all,…
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Webinars
Virtual Focus Group with Small Businesses on the Impacts of COVID-19
Webinars
The American economy is on life-support as shelter-in-place orders and social distancing measures have devastated small businesses. What are the implications…