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Maybe #WomenInEnergy Isn’t Enough
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A few weeks ago, during the ACEEE Summer Study on Efficiency in Residential Buildings, the ILLUME team hosted a picnic on…
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Unintentional Anti-Efficiency
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I have a close friend who works for a small custom home builder. The company stakes its reputation on the quality…
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#ILookLike…
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In this day and age, we know we should be able to look beyond the stereotypes. Despite this, more often than…
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What I Learned About Starting A Business From Roller Derby
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Before I started ILLUME, I started roller derby. I am convinced that if I did not go out on a limb…
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Gizella’s Cookies
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Every Christmas, my family makes our own version of Hungarian Christmas cookies that have been passed down from my great-grandmother, Gizella…
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What I Have Learned As AESP Board Chair
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This week, I wrote my last official letter as Chair of the AESP Board of Directors. I felt deeply compelled to…
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WAP is all the fuss about?
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In 2001, I found a passion: low-income program evaluations. It was the year PA Consulting (now Tetra Tech) kicked off a…
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Messages and Messengers at BECC 2015
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I have had the pleasure of supporting the Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference (BECC) for the past seven years. The…
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Putting GIVE back into Thanksgiving: Year-End Charitable Giving
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While most Americans spend Black Friday lining up for “Doorbuster” sales and heading to the shopping malls for their holiday gifts,…
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Energy-Saving Tips From Spain
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A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of taking a two-week vacation to Spain. The trip was wonderful and included…
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Giving It The Boot: Insulation Or Guilty Pleasure?
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I’m returning the boots. I’ve been looking at them in their box for a few days, feeling vaguely uneasy about purchasing…
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The Brave: Kat Gordon, Founder, The 3% Conference
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This post kicks off ILLUME’s first ongoing blog series, which interviews risk-taking women and men working to support women in business,…
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The Path of Least Resistance
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A water heater. Seems like a simple purchase, no? A boring purchase, even. Who knew it was possible that so much…
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Selling Out aka Being Human aka Sometimes You Have To Wait
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We have a house! Well, sort of. We have a house in need of a ton of work. When I first…
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Forget Attitudes, Beliefs, and Norms
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Women won the right to vote and run for office in Saudi Arabia today. In a country where women cannot drive…
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Still Fierce – Reflections On Two Years
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August 16, 2015, represented the two-year anniversary of the day Anne and I quit our jobs and officially became ILLUME. As…
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Clean Power for a Better World
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Yesterday, the Obama Administration released the final Clean Power Plan. This plan represents a historic step in our nation’s response to…
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Use Less Pay More: Fixed Charges and Energy Efficiency
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Late last year, the Wisconsin PSC approved large increases in fixed charges coupled with decreases in kilowatt-hour rates for residential customers…
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This One is for the Moms
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Mother’s Day is upon us, and it felt important to me to make note of it. While my own mother and…
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Making Research Matter! A Talk At The 2015 Efficiency Exchange
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This is a video recording from the 2015 Efficiency Exchange conference held in Portland, OR at the Oregon Convention Center April…
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Locational Emissions Estimation Methodology (LEEM) Webinar
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In this webinar by Anne Dougherty and Wayne State University, you’ll learn how to connect energy consumption to real-time emissions impacts…
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Am I Smarter Than A Seventh Grader?
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Saturday morning was exciting for me. I convinced my husband (who is a custom home builder) to purchase LED lights from…
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The Move Part 2 (aka “Stuff Stare Down”)
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As I continue to prepare for my move and assess my values, I stare my stuff down for ILLUME’s first ever…
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Thinking Outside The Ice Box
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In 1806, daring entrepreneur Frederic Tudor set sail from Boston bound for the West Indies with a cargo of 80 tons…