Case Studies

  • Strateg.planning.decarbonized.future
    Strategic Planning for a Decarbonized Future

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    ILLUME assists clients by offering strategic planning support to identify research, program designs, and technologies that align with utility and policy…

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    The Intersection of Food Deserts and Energy Efficiency

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    The ILLUME team led a research study to support the launch of SoCalREN’s new Food Desert Energy Efficiency Equity (FDEEE) program.

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    Addressing Challenges in Heat Pump Water Heater Adoption

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    ILLUME conducted an ethnographic research study to explore the magnitude of installation challenges for heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) in cold-climate…

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  • Heat.pump.and.integrated.controls
    Heat Pump and Integrated Controls Performance Review

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    Heat pumps are on the rise in the Northeast, with Massachusetts offering incentives for electrifying home heating and reducing reliance on…

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  • Whitepaper.mockup.designs Dynamic Pricing
    Shifts in Energy Use Through Time-Varying & Dynamic Pricing Rates

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    Rolling out dynamic pricing (or real-time pricing) rates is a challenge, but new rate designs will be increasingly necessary to address…

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    A Square Peg and a Round Hole: Advancing Equity in the Energy Industry

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    Many states, agencies, and utilities are entrusted with translating equity policies and goals into actionable strategies in their policies and programs.…

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    Testing the Efficacy of Home Energy Reports

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    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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  • Whitepaper.mockup.designs Connecting W Communities
    Connecting with Communities

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    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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