Demand Response
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Articles
Integrating New Technologies Into the Ecosystem of Demand Response
Articles
As new technologies and devices are rapidly introduced to the market, a demand response ecosystem is emerging that provides utilities and…
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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
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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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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Webinars
Demanding More: Scaling Demand Response to Meet the Needs of a Changing Climate and Grid
Webinars
Demand response (DR) is continuing to grow in importance as a tool to guard against intermittency and as a strategy to…
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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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Articles
Keeping Smart Thermostat Customers Engaged
Articles
From the Pacific Northwest to the Southwest, June was a harbinger of climate extremes. In Texas, last month proved challenging for…
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Articles
Heat Pump Water Heaters Could Make A Comeback
Articles
The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and the subsequent shift to working from home may forever change how we use electricity. During the…
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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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Articles
Are you Blockbuster in the Age of Netflix?
Articles
In this article, we take a closer look at how utilities can best position themselves to define their value to stay…
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Reports
Water Heater Demand Response: Pilot Evaluation
Reports
ILLUME consulted with Georgia Power to provide evaluation, measurement, and verification of a water heater demand response pilot to quantify demand…
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Case Studies
Bring Your Own Thermostat (BYOT) Pilot Evaluation
Case Studies
ILLUME conducted a Bring your Own Thermostat (BYOT) Pilot evaluation for Georgia Power (process, impact) to assess demand impacts and savings…
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Case Studies
Optimizing Thermostat Demand Response Program Performance Paper
Case Studies
This paper, co-presented at the 2019 IEPEC conference, explores how weather and program design factors influence DR program participant behavior, particularly…
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Presentations
Optimizing Thermostat Demand Response Program Performance
Presentations
This presentation, with additional findings on understanding how DR program participants may react to weather and program design elements, is a…
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Case Studies
Do You Ever Wonder What People Actually DO With Their Thermostats?
Case Studies
This research, co-presented with Guidehouse at the 2019 AESP Conference, includes a comprehensive analysis of customers in Worcester, MA, to better…
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Case Studies
The Role of Weather in Air Conditioning Use
Case Studies
This research for the Massachusetts Program Administrators analyzes weather effects on the timing of first and last use of AC during…
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Case Studies
Orchestrated Energy Reduced AC Run Times Daily and During Demand Response Events
Case Studies
ILLUME assisted in the experimental design and impact analysis of thermostat data for participants in four utility territories to understand how…