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  • All.Electric
    All-Electric: Beneficial Electrification Gets a Second Shot at Ubiquity

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    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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  • Who.Are.You.With
    Who are You With? What’s the Catch? Barriers to Participation

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    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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  • Rainy.Day.Fund
    When it Rains it Pours

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    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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  • All.hands graphic
    All Hands Design: Participation and Democracy as Innovation

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    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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  • Amazon.of.Energy
    So, You Want To Be The Amazon Of Energy?

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    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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  • Whats the Deal with BE
    What’s The Deal With BE?

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    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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  • Island.Innovation
    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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  • Climate Change is Here
    Climate Change Is Here. Is Your City Ready?

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    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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  • Rose colored glasses
    Let’s Take Off Our Rose-Colored Glasses

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    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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  • CenterPoint
    CenterPoint Doubles Down on Data to Deliver Smarter Programs

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    How does a utility, operating across multiple verticals, create an intelligence platform for decision making?

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  • Alexa
    Alexa! Show Me My Smart Home.

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    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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  • Ingenuity.and.Resilience
    Volume 2: Ingenuity and Resilience

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    We are proud to share the second volume of ILLUME’s annual publication, Ingenuity and Resilience, as we take on the most…

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  • Hand Drawn Light Bulbs
    Using Art to Personalize Data

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    ILLUME provided primary research on the customer and retailer shopping experience when buying a light bulb to inform a detailed and…

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  • ILLUME MAGAZINE
    Volume 1: Opportunity in Disruption

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    More than five years ago, Anne and Sara were strategizing, visioning, and planning for what their yet-to-be-named dream would be. They…

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