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Are you passionate about solving complex human or energy-related problems through data? Then ILLUME is the company for you. We are hiring a data scientist to join our team and work on some of the energy industry’s most compelling projects. Check out our job posting today!

In our new podcast episode, Anne Dougherty talks to Paul Francis, CEO and Co-Founder of KIGT, an EVSE manufacturing company. Paul shares KIGT’s origin story and the barriers and successes he’s faced along the way.

In this co-authored blog post with Paul Francis, KIGT, we argue that community-first, rather than technology-first, infrastructure investment models will be critical as federal funding is poised to transform the energy industry. We argue that the starting point for our collective success is to reframe all we do with a Community-First mindset, from regulatory frameworks to evaluations.

When it comes to upgrades and new technologies in the home, homeowners regularly rely on the knowledge of contractors to help them make decisions when it comes to installing new equipment in their homes. In this blog from last year, we share our findings on how to empower contractors to be trusted messengers.

Calling all Data Scientists! ILLUME is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to blend data wrangling and modeling with team building, improving internal systems, and identifying new opportunities for our data work. Click here to see the job description.

In this podcast episode from last year, ILLUME evaluation experts, Lisa LeBeau Obear and Pace Goodman, talk about the major changes in the energy industry and world, and how evaluation tools can help us to navigate through uncertain times while continuing to equitably serve customers.

Happy Mother’s Day!

In this blog, Amanda Gasse recognizes her mom and how she instilled in her the importance of giving back to the community, and how she has passed this ideal along on to her boys.

In our next episode of Current, an Energy Podcast, Anne Dougherty sits down with Senior Managing Consultant, Leigh Michael, to talk about her background in the energy industry, the projects she’s passionate about, and what fills her happiness bucket.

In a moment when innovation is imperative, leveraging evaluation requires out-of-the-box thinking, proactive planning, and early engagement. In this article from our 2022 Magazine, we provide key considerations to help encourage the integration of evaluation for research and development and emerging technologies teams.

Emerging technologies are the mechanism by which utilities create customer engagement, ensure savings, and future proof their portfolios. In this case study, ILLUME found valuable learnings about the customer experience in our evaluation of a pilot to assess the magnitude of demand impacts and energy savings from water heater-based demand response (DR).

Community solar and green pricing programs show continued growth since 2010. Despite this growth, current participants don’t reflect the population and this presents an opportunity for program administrators to expand their reach to aim to include a more equitable cross-section of their customer population. Read our findings in the article from our 2022 Magazine.

ILLUME is growing and we are continuing to hire! Are you looking for something new? Click here to see our positions open.

Today we revisit a white paper presented at the ACEEE Summer Study 2022 Conference. Read how Jes Rivas and co-authors present an R&D framework that creates a parallel path to technological investigation, one that focuses understanding on the social and behavioral aspects of a technology, and identifies the interventions needed to overcome barriers introduced by them.

Equity goals are increasingly embedded into decarbonization legislation as states build policies and best practices to ensure that historically disadvantaged communities receive equal and restorative benefits from the energy transition. Read ILLUME’s research and thought work in our Energy Equity Playbook.

ILLUME is looking for Consultants or Senior Consultants with experience in impact evaluations, research, development, and strategic consulting on building technologies, emerging technologies, data science tools, and decarbonization in buildings and transportation. If this is you, apply today.

To celebrate Earth Day this year, we highlight a blog written by ILLUME Managing Consultant, Maass. In this blog, Maass shares how her civic engagement is making impactful and meaningful change in her community and why we all should prioritize social engagement in our sustainable practices.

In order to help federal, state, and local action plans reach their decarbonization goals, ILLUME looked into ways to promote the adoption of new technologies and all-electric home construction through market transformation programs. Read our findings in our new case study.

In our industry, we continue to identify ways for utilities, regulators, and program administrators to consider equity and environmental justice when writing legislation and program offerings. In this webinar ILLUME hosted in 2020, our panel of experts discuss this and other important considerations.

Are you attending the AABE National Conference next month? If so, we would love to connect. We will see you in Houston!

ILLUME will be attending Efficiency Exchange 2023 (EFX23) this year. Are you attending? Come find us! We will see you in Portland.

As our clean energy industry recovers from the pandemic, we have an opportunity to re-envision our workforce to better address structural and historic inequities in access, wealth, and opportunity. In this article from last year’s Magazine, ILLUME offers our recommendations to ensure the green recovery is accessible to a broader swath of the U.S. population.

As part of a water heater demand response pilot, ILLUME used hourly AMI data to evaluate event impacts on peak load in summer and winter. In this 2021 blog written by Eileen Hannigan, we talk about how ILLUME combined customer surveys and staff interviews with impact analyses, to inform how this demand response program can shed light on customer control, a key component for program retention.

Do you have a background in Data Science, Building Science, or Engineering? Are you looking for a new challenge or career? ILLUME is hiring, apply today to join our team.

How do renewable programs become fully subscribed and succeed? Read our case study from 2021 sharing how ILLUME helped a utility understand customer motivations and explore additional strategies to increase renewables and solar program adoption for residential and small and medium business customers.

In this 2021 blog written by Liz Kelley, we look back at recent smart thermostat research to demonstrate how utilities can re-engage customers around the benefits and pain points of demand response (DR) as climate change demands longer and more frequent DR events.

ILLUME is hiring consultants with a background in data science, engineering, building science, or other quantitative research methods. If this sounds like you then we would love to chat. Apply to join our team today.

In the next episode of our podcast series, Current, Anne speaks with each member of the Executive Team about their new roles, and what it means for the future of ILLUME and our clients. Listen to Growing to Meet the Change: Episode 2 on your favorite podcast app today.

In the third installment in this series written by Yasmeen Chanes, read about how new ILLUME Graphic Designer, Dorsey Kaufmann, joined the ILLUME-iverse. In this inspiring blog, you’ll learn about Dorsey’s background, her passions, and her journey to become part of the ILLUME team.

ILLUME is hiring data scientists, building scientists, and engineers! We are hiring folks interested in measuring and creating impact through their work. Apply today!

In Episode 1 of this two-part podcast series, ILLUME Founders, Anne Dougherty, and Sara Conzemius discuss how ILLUME is prepared to meet the changes facing the energy industry.

ILLUME investigated the market actors that have the power to influence electrifying the residential sector to better understand the barriers that exist for market transformation and the intervention opportunities available. Read our findings in this case study.

This ILLUME white paper will build from the research and experience in three northeastern states to identify barriers to participation in energy efficiency programs for multifamily homes.

In this article from our last Magazine, we talk about how heat pumps are writing their own electrification playbooks that have the power to drive the industry toward a more equitable and scalable decarbonization strategy.

In this article from Volume IV of our Magazine, Anne Dougherty sits down with ILLUME evaluation experts Lisa LeBeau Obear and Pace Goodman to reflect on major changes in the energy industry and in our world and how analytics and evaluation tools can help us navigate these uncertain and challenging times, with customers at the forefront.

In this blog, ILLUME Co-Founder, Sara Conzemius shares how she became an induction cooktop convert after being a gas stove lover for pretty much her whole life.

Are you an experienced data analyst or consultant that is looking for a change? ILLUME flexible hours, unlimited PTO, and great benefits and we’re looking for new people to join our Team. Apply today.

To reach our industry’s ambitious carbon reduction goals, technology has to work for the environment and for people. In this case study posted last year, ILLUME explores how integrated controls foster beneficial electrification and what contractors and residents need to adopt these technologies.

As the need for demand management and reliability increases, how can we extend energy efficiency (EE) portfolios to increase demand impacts and improve reliability? In this Magazine article, learn more about how ILLUME helps our customers navigate the challenge of current and emerging grid constraints, the regulatory environment, and the EE portfolio mix intersection with a staged approach.

ILLUME is continuing to grow and we are accepting applications for consultants with expertise in research and data analysis. Check out our Join Us page to see the positions we are hiring for!

In the spirit of International Energy Efficiency Day, we share this 2019 blog written by ILLUME Vice President, Eileen Hannigan, about tapping into the culture of energy efficiency in small businesses.

The sheer audacity of a moonshot challenge inspires motivation and passion in a way that a smaller goal never could. Are IIJA and IRA presenting the energy industry with a moonshot moment? Revisit this 2022 ILLUME Magazine article where we explore what’s possible when communities are given the resources needed to achieve what once seemed impossible.

Amanda Maass is attending the ACEEE Hot Water Forum next week! If you are interested in learning more about ILLUME, Maass would love to meet you and your colleagues.

ILLUME is looking to hire a Consultant or Senior Consultant with advanced expertise in using methodologies such as statistical modeling, engineering analysis, and other qualitative and quantitative research methods. If this sounds like your set of skills, apply today.

ILLUME was commissioned by a utility client to conduct research on their customers, with a particular focus on renters, that are not participating in their programs to understand the barriers to participation. In this case study, read ILLUME’s recommendations for how the utility might extend its reach and engage those customers more.

ILLUME Director, Alex Dunn will be participating in a webinar sponsored by the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute in two weeks. Listen in as she joins other presenters to discuss Affordability and the Energy Burden. Register today.

Are you attending AESP next week? Be sure to catch Anne Dougherty, Lisa LeBeau Obear, and Leigh Michael as they present on meaningful and important topics. See you in New Orleans!

If you are interested in becoming a part of a highly collaborative and creative problem-solving team, look no further. ILLUME is hiring and you should apply today.

Are you attending AESP Annual 2023 in New Orleans this year? We hope to see you there and would love to connect.

Do you enjoy nerding out on data, statistics, and analytics? Then you might be just the person we are looking for to join our team. ILLUME is hiring Consultants and/or Senior Consultants with advanced research experience in data science, building science, and/or engineering. Apply today.

ILLUME is using our ground-truthing strategy to identify disadvantaged and vulnerable communities and understand what those communities care about to help alleviate energy burdens and build climate resiliency. Read this article from our 2022 Magazine to learn how ILLUME is helping the State of New York discern how billions of dollars of annual investments will be allocated to disadvantaged communities and how those benefits will be measured.

Are you attending AESP this year? ILLUME is the proud sponsor of the Emerging Professionals Reception and we invite you to join us there Monday afternoon. We hope to see you in New Orleans in a few weeks!

If you are interested in working for a company that places a high value on creating an equitable environment and allows individuals to pursue their professional interests, apply to join our team today.

Bahareh recently joined ILLUME and brings a depth and breadth of energy efficiency work to our Team – from architecture to buildings to government to implementation and evaluation. Listen to this podcast episode to hear more about Bahareh’s journey to ILLUME as she begins the next chapter of her career.

In our newest blog post, ILLUME Senior Managing Consultant, Gita Subramony, writes about Groundhog Day and how climate change is altering the seasons in her hometown of New York City.

Bahareh will be attending the NASEO Energy Policy Outlook Conference next week and is looking forward to connecting with NASEO members.

ILLUME is hiring Consultants and Senior Consultants with expertise or experience in policy, energy efficiency, market research analytics, and/or energy program design and planning. If you are passionate about the intersection of data, energy, and the human experience, please apply today.

I’ll be attending the MEEA Conference this year and would love to chat. Message me on LinkedIn or by email to connect!

In tomorrow’s webinar, hear presentations that address a DOE-funded study by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and ILLUME Advising. Liz Kelley will share the study’s findings about how homeowners make decisions connected to home energy use and how this will inform future electrification opportunities and barriers for decarbonization across a variety of communities.

Are you looking for the best job you’ve ever had? ILLUME is hiring, apply today.

Disadvantaged communities face numerous barriers when accessing clean energy and climate adaptation services. To overcome these barriers, NYSERDA enlisted ILLUME to understand these barriers and transform them into opportunities. Read about our findings and recommendations in this case study.

We’ll be at MEEA’s Midwest Energy Solutions Conference later this month. If you are interested in a potential partnership, job, or just want to say hello, we would love to chat with you.

ILLUME is hiring Consultants or Senior Consultants with a focus on Data Science, Building Science, or Engineering. If this is the position for you or someone you know, click the link to apply today.

Today we reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. He was a man of action that believed revolution is possible when we march hand-in-hand together.

At ILLUME, we do not lean on expertise alone; we ground everything we do in knowledge generated within and outside ILLUME and our clients’ organizations. We share our process for this ground truthing strategy in this article from Volume IV of our Magazine.

In response to the goals outlined in Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), ComEd is developing initiatives for workforce development, electrification, resiliency, and the renewable energy transition – and seeks to do so in a way that equitably addresses and works to correct historic environmental injustice. ComEd enlisted ILLUME to perform a study to inform both its implementation strategy of CEJA’s goals. This report summarizes the analysis, findings, and recommendations from the study.

ILLUME is a small business that is highly collaborative and that places high value on allowing team members to pursue their professional growth while maintaining a work-life harmony. If this sounds interesting to you, please apply for one of our open positions.

ILLUME is looking to hire a Proposal & Content Coordinator to be responsible for upholding the company’s best-in-class marketing and business development activities, and to elevate ILLUME’s work in alignment with our brand, Mission, Vision, and Values. If this sounds like you, apply today!

In 2023 we are looking forward to 12 new chapters, and 365 new opportunities to grow. Let the learning begin. Happy New Year!

As we prepare to ring in 2023, ILLUME offers the gift of vulnerability in hopes that we can all find the courage to embark on new adventures, connect with new people, and spark new passions in the new year. We share our recent blog post to encourage you to try something new in 2023!

Are you looking for a change? Well, look no further, so are we! Apply for one of our available positions today. Let’s make changes together. Apply today.

ILLUME’s offices are closed during this time to allow team members to spend this time with their loved ones. Our team is still busy completing important work for clients and can be reached by email if needed. Offices will be open again on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. We look forward to connecting with you then. Happy Holidays!

Do you want to join the best team in the energy industry? Look no further, you have found us! #ILLUME is hiring for multiple positions. See if any of them are a good fit for you, #apply today.

In this #blog, written by ILLUME Senior Analyst, Tabitha Munson, you can read about research ILLUME conducted to determine if Home Energy Reports (HERs) are still a useful behavioral energy efficiency program. We calculated the average energy savings for HER programs across recent evaluations, and compared energy savings across different factors such as fuel type, HER vendor, and the mode of report distribution (printed, emailed, or both) to explore if #HERs may be more effective under different circumstances.

ILLUME is looking to fill a position for a Contracts and Procurement Manager who will be responsible for the implementation and compliance with all requirements of structuring, bidding, and processing legally binding documents between ILLUME and partners, subcontractors, and vendors. If this sounds like the role for you, apply today.

There were two major obstacles that affected the outcome of the 2020 U.S Census; the COVID-19 pandemic and politics. In 2020 the Census estimates the Hispanic/Latinx, Black/African American, and Indigenous/Native American populations were undercounted at much higher rates than previous years. What does that mean for the energy industry? In our latest blog, Lisa LeBeau Obear shares her thoughts.

We are looking to #hire someone to manage our proposal and content management processes. If you or someone you know might be interested in this position, we would love to chat. Click on the link to view the position and #apply today.

As we consider how to engage nonparticipants in energy efficiency programming through the lens of equity, doing so is becoming more crucial. Barriers discovered across the following groups—renters, owners, property managers, and income-qualified customers—will be discussed in this white paper, which was presented at the 2022 IEPEC Conference.

Do you thrive on structure, organization, and compliance? If you answered yes, the Contracts and Procurement position we are #hiring for might be just the #job for you! Let’s talk and see if it’s a good fit for both of us. #Apply today.

Technology will be central to the Great Decarbonization. But technologies as we know them now? Perhaps and perhaps not. In this article from our newest Magazine we explore the not-so-common but promising technologies that may help us reach our climate change mitigation goals.

Are you a Consultant that has experience in data science, building science, and/or engineering? If this is you, we would love to talk about you joining ILLUME. Please read the posting and apply today.

Are Home Energy Reports (HERs) still an effective source of energy savings for residential customers? Drawing on statistical methods from biomedical research, ILLUME applied meta-analysis techniques to measure savings from HER programs to answer this question. Read about our findings in this case study.

ILLUME is hiring a Contracts and Procurement Manager. If you want to join one of the best teams around and be part of our mission to equitable transform the energy industry this is your chance. Apply today!

In this article from Volume IV of our Magazine, ILLUME Founder, Sara Conzemius, and Eric Arnold, Georgia Power’s Residential Energy Efficiency Program Implementation Manager, sat down to discuss their novel Home Energy Efficiency Assistance Program (HEEAP). Learn how one utility is amplifying the goodwill of community members to help neighbors in need.

ILLUME Vice President, Eileen Hannigan, presented this white paper at the 2022 IEPEC conference this year. It will discuss two different approaches to water heater demand response. Read the white paper to see results from events conducted in both winter and summer.

Utilities have a competitive advantage in offering new technologies to customers. In this ILLUME case study, we share tips to identify new technology value propositions and share a systematic approach to understand the market.

Our team is growing! Do you want to come grow with us? ILLUME is hiring for multiple positions. Check here to see if there is something that would be a good fit for you.

How can we help businesses in the Southeast realize the benefits of energy efficient lighting, and take advantage of the remaining potential even as lighting markets are changing? Read our recommendations in this white paper presented by ILLUME Director, Lisa LeBeau Obear at the 2022 IEPEC conference.

Today we are so grateful for a team that continues to grow. We are excited to introduce you to our new team members. Please join us in giving them a warm welcome. If you’re interested in joining our growing team, click here to see our open positions.

We are looking for a Proposal and Content Coordinator to join ILLUME’s Business Development Team. If technical writing and organization is your passion, this could be a great partnership! Apply today.

In this article from our newest Magazine, join ILLUME’s Co-Founder, Anne Dougherty, in a conversation with Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) customer experience team to learn how they are using the Forrester Research definition of customer experience to put some discipline around the art of customer satisfaction.

Determined to find better ways to connect with underserved customers in the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Latine communities, a utility company hired ILLUME to help them understand the best approaches towards understanding customer attitudes towards energy efficiency equipment, programs, and offers. Read the case study to find out how.

Are you someone who would like to pursue your professional interests while having work-life harmony? If your answer is yes, we would like to talk with you about joining the ILLUME Team. Check our website to see what positions we are looking to fill.

Are you attending BECC this week? We are excited to share our team’s presentations with everyone and hope to connect with you during the conference. If you’re interested in learning more about ILLUME, what we’re hiring for, or our portfolio of work, we would love to meet you. See you in Washington, DC.

A groundswell of energy equity and justice legislation contain guidelines for more equitable processes and outcomes. What are states considering in their equity frameworks? Read this article from ILLUME’s newest magazine to find out.

ILLUME is looking to hire a Contracts and Procurement Manager. Do you love nerding out on contracts, agreements, and legally binding documents? Then this might be the job for you and we would love to talk! Apply here today.

🗳️✅ ILLUME offices are closed today so team members have an opportunity to vote, we know every vote counts! Click here to make a plan and research your ballot before you stop by the polls today.

As regulators demand more benefits from clean energy investments go to disadvantaged and low-to-moderate income communities, program administrators need to increasingly rely on different analyses and metrics to determine how to alleviate energy burden. Here’s how ILLUME used data to model energy burden in different scenarios to support our clients in strategy and planning.

In celebration of ILLUME’s ninth anniversary, Co-Founders, Anne Dougherty and Sara Conzemius, reflect on nearly a decade of work in energy in this episode of Current. They share lessons learned and hint at what’s next for ILLUME.

ILLUME is looking for a Proposal and Content Coordinator to join the Marketing and Business Development team. Are you interested in learning more? Apply today!

Are you attending IEPEC this week? We are excited to share our team’s presentations with everyone and hope to connect with you during the conference. We invite you to stop by our table to learn more about ILLUME and our portfolio of work. See you in San Diego!

As U.S. automobile manufacturers prepare for an all-electric future, we can’t help but ask the question: are domestic battery companies positioned to meet our needs? In this article from our second magazine, we interview EnerDel to help us answer these questions.

ILLUME is looking for a Managing Consultant or Senior Managing Consultant to join our team. This person will lead projects with an emphasis on impact evaluations, research, development, and strategic consulting on building technologies, emerging technologies, data science tools, and decarbonization in buildings and transportation. If this is you, apply today.

Deidre Sanders and Allison Carlson from ILLUME will be joining MEEA and other thought leaders for a webinar this Thursday. They will discuss how we understand energy equity, how we measure it, and how to incorporate it into our planning and decision making going forward. Please click the link to register.

We’re proud to announce the digital launch of “The Great Decarbonization.” Volume IV of the ILLUME Magazine is an inspirational collection of articles, interviews, and ideas that we believe have the power to shift our industry from a resiliency-building mindset to a capacity-building one. We invite you to explore the articles within this edition and be inspired to decarbonize our future. Download your copy now.

The West Coast gets a lot of attention when it comes to beneficial electrification, but other parts of the country are making important strides to move away from carbon-generated electricity.

In this white paper presented at the ACEEE Summer Study 2022 Conference, the authors explore three case studies conducted with three utilities and organizations testing emerging commercial equipment. Read more here.

Are you a leader or manager who likes to be innovative and think outside of the box? Do you feel passionate about energy efficiency, climate change, and environmental justice? If you answered yes, we would love to talk to you about your future! ILLUME is hiring, apply today.

What barriers and opportunities exist for teams working in R&D, emerging technology, and pilot programs? Read our newest blog to see our recommendations and considerations for enabling emerging technology efforts.

In the spirit of Indigenous Peoples’ Day we share this webinar from 2020, Tribal Energy Resilience. In this webinar we speak with Dr. Suzanne Singer and Dr. Len Necefer to discuss the state of energy resources on tribal lands.

Rooting out bias requires intention. In this article from last year’s magazine, Energy Citizenship, we explore a framework to shift commonly-used phrases from harmful framing to more dignifying language. #ILLUMEMagazine #EnergyCitizenship

We’re excited to share this white paper that was presented at the 2022 ACEEE Summer Study Conference by ILLUME Director, Liz Kelley. In this paper we talk about how important it is to conduct research in languages other than English.

ILLUME places a high value on creating an equitable environment that allows individuals to pursue their professional interests and have work-life harmony. If this sounds like a team you want to join, we would love to talk with you. We are hiring for multiple positions. Apply today.

As the digital world continues to transform and shape our daily lives, it’s critical for leaders in energy, education, and human services to be aware that not everyone can stay connected when it’s most needed. In our 2020 webinar series, ILLUME featured speakers from across these industries to explore connectivity solutions and what is needed to build equity.

Don’t let your anxiety about rate reform cause you to act in a heavy-handed way – take time to make a strategy and test it. We are revisiting an article from ILLUME’s first magazine to re-share insights learned from advising utility clients on rate communications strategy, design, and evaluation efforts.

ILLUME team members Anne Dougherty, Deidre Sanders, and Amanda Maass teamed up with KIGT CEO & Co-Founder, Paul Francis for this article written for AESP’s Energy Intel Magazine. Read it here.

Are you passionate about research and an exceptional project manager familiar with navigating the energy industry? If you answered yes, then there’s an opportunity for you to pursue your interests and boost your career as our Managing Consultant of Equity Metrics. Join ILLUME and support our growing equity in energy research portfolio of work.

Employee wellness continues to be top of mind when on the hunt for a new job. We revisit this podcast with ILLUME’s Founder and People Champion. They take on the huge subject of “Taking Good Care.” This is one example of why you should come join our team.

If you missed the ACEEE Summer Study Conference last month you missed some good stuff! We’re happy to share this white paper in which ILLUME Senior Analyst, Tabitha Munson and her co-authors explore behavioral programs coming of age.

In this article from our very first magazine, we explore go-to research approaches to help utilities uncover new markets and expand program offerings. Whether it’s DERs, AMI, the Internet of Things, or smart home devices, the energy industry is being forced to adapt and find ways to innovate within increasingly outdated frameworks.

Are you ILLUME’s newest graphic designer? We are currently looking to hire a part-time graphic designer and production assistant. If this is for you let’s chat!

We revisit this webinar from last year when we discuss EV adoption with emerging technology experts and members of the ILLUME team. We ask important questions around communicating the benefits of EVs, laying the groundwork for EV charging, and finding ways to partner with cities and stakeholders to meet aggressive climate goals.

Join the ILLUME-iverse! ILLUME is now hiring for Analysts, Senior Analysts, Consultants, and Senior Consultants. Apply today!

ILLUME is a proud sponsor of Switch 2022 put on by the AESP Wisconsin Chapter. There are still sponsor opportunities so join the smarties today!

Distributed energy resources (DERs) are putting customers back in the driver’s seat. In this article from our very first magazine, we show five ways we can meet customer needs while balancing the needs of the grid.

As conversations about beneficial continue, we look back on this interview with Kathy Kuntz from ILLUME’s second magazine. We get to the heart of some of the key themes that still resonate today.

The ILLUME team is growing and we want you to grow with us! If you are looking for a position with a flexible schedule, rewarding work, and an amazing team apply today. We are looking to fill multiple positions.

When thinking about EVs, range anxiety continues to be one of the main concerns for adoption. Is adding more chargers the solution? ILLUME led research to evaluate and understand the market impact of National Grid’s EV charging incentive program in 2020. Read our findings in this case study from last year.

When it comes to energy efficiency, context is everything. In this article from our first magazine, learn how ILLUME used in-home and in-business ethnographic research to help Georgia Power explore how social and local culture impacts residents’ perceptions of light, home, and comfort.

ILLUME is looking to hire a part-time graphic designer and production assistant. If you are creative and looking for a new opportunity, apply today!

As folks continue to consider heat pump water heater adoption as a source of energy efficiency and savings, we look back on this case study from last year. Read how ILLUME found valuable learnings about the customer experience in our evaluation of a pilot to assess the magnitude of demand impacts and energy savings from water heater-based demand response (DR).

As our homes get smarter and the conversations about DR program participation continues, we revisit this article from our second magazine. We show how utilities can offer ways to meet customer expectations and provide seamless participation in DR programs. Here are some technologies offering load management opportunities. 

ILLUME is looking to hire a Managing Consultant or Senior Managing Consultant will be responsible for leading projects end-to-end with an emphasis on ILLUME’s equity research and impacts studies and consulting. If this is you, we would love to talk with you. If you know of someone that would be perfect for this role, please feel free to share.

If you are attending ACEEE Summer Study this year, don’t forget to catch Jes Rivas on Wednesday as she speaks about the impact of ignoring behavior in technological innovation. You can also catch her informal session on Thursday, 8/25. You do not want to miss it.

ILLUME Director, Dr. Elizabeth Kelley will be presenting this Tuesday and Friday at the ACEEE Summer Study Conference. We hope to see you there!

Join ILLUME’s own Laura Schauer and Dr. Elizabeth Kelley as they present for AESP. They’ll discuss how to identify key program design and implementation strategies to equitably reach and serve ALL communities and customers.

If you are attending the ACEEE Summer Study Conference this week make sure to catch ILLUME’s Tabitha Munson as she speaks about behavioral programs coming of age. We hope to see you there.

If you’re attending ACEEE Summer Study this week make sure to see Riana Johnson as she talks about designing more effective and creative interventions for evaluating workforce programs.

As the scorching temperatures of summer take their toll on all of us, we reflect back on this blog from last year. How can utilities and cities work together to make their communities and customers more comfortable as we live through extreme weather conditions?

What go-to-market models are needed to drive adoption of DERs and maximize their grid benefits? Read this article from V2of our magazine to see how smart thermostats are providing important learnings for scaling DER adoption and increasing program participation.

At ILLUME Advising, LLC we strive to create forward-looking benefits that are equitable across titles, gender, and seniority.

In this podcast Founder Anne Dougherty, talks with Vice President, Laura Schauer, to discuss ways in which utilities are becoming more customer-centric as they seek to add value to the customer experience. This conversation is a follow up to Laura’s blog, Why the Future of Utilities Is All About Adding Value to Customer Experience, published in collaboration with Salesforce. You can find the link to the blog in the comments.

ILLUME is proud to support KIGT by conducting a case study of opportunities and barriers to equitable infrastructure investment through the lens of KIGT’ s experience building and installing electric vehicle charging equipment.

ILLUME is looking to hire a part-time Graphic Design and Production Assistant who can work within established brand guidelines while still being innovative and pushing the boundaries across different platforms. If this is you, apply to join our team today!

In volume two of this blog series, People Champion, Yasmeen Chánes sits down with Senior Managing Consultant, Allison Carlson to talk about her second journey with ILLUME and her professional advice for navigating your career.

We cannot reach ambitious climate goals without greater customer participation, but customers who need energy efficiency programs are often the least likely to participate. How do we identify the needs of customers who are not engaging with energy efficiency programs? ILLUME interviewed customers to help Massachusetts Program Administrators answer that question. Click the link to find out what we learned.

Climate change leads to more frequent and destructive extreme weather events that nearly always result in the same outcome: power failures. How do utilities stand up and restore value and customer confidence in a time of persistent climate shocks? Read our 2021 case study that still remains relevant today.

Salary is one part of a compensation package, but money can’t buy you time and engagement.

To help us move forward, energy program evaluation has to continue to evolve along with everything else — in a way that is productive and valuable, not limiting or punitive. But for emerging pilot initiatives, evaluation can also play a strong research and information support role. We talk about how in this magazine article from ILLUME’s very first magazine that still remains as relevant today as when we first published it.

As our team prepares to speak at the BECC Conference again this November, we look back at this blog written by Managing Consultant, Riana Johnson. She shares her 2018 BECC presentation on how machine learning and ethnography can work together to find deeper, more contextual connections in the data.

ILLUME is looking to hire an Evaluation and Research Managing Consultant/Senior Managing Consultant. Are you a passionate and seasoned project manager of program evaluations and desire to work for an organization that is boldly leading the industry forward to decarbonization? Apply today and help us with the Great Decarbonization!

ILLUME Senior Managing Director, Dr. Deidre Sanders will be participating in the first ever Blacks in Green (BIG) Black Energy Justice Retreat. The event will bring together renowned energy justice experts with 100 Black community-based organizations from within Illinois with the goal to end energy poverty. Apply today and join Deidre at the Black Energy Justice Retreat.

How can utilities bring new technologies to customers and create a more positive customer experience? Read one of our 2021 case studies to learn how ILLUME provided a client visibility into the customer’s journey – from the initial point of interest to the adoption – to create an improved and integrated new technology adoption experience.

📣 Calling all community-based organizations and individuals in New York State’s disadvantaged communities! Do you want to play an active role in helping NYSERDA advance the transition to a just, clean energy future? Get paid to help NYSERDA shape a clean energy future. Last date to apply is August 17th!

ILLUME is looking for a Managing Consultant or Senior Managing Consultant that will be responsible for leading ILLUME’s projects end-to-end with an emphasis on ILLUME’s equity research and impacts studies and consulting. If this is you we would love to talk to you about joining our team. Apply here today.

We will be speaking at the BECC conference this year! Will you be attending BECC this November? We would love to connect with you, register today! See you in DC this November. #ILLUMEatBECC #BECC2022

Stable, reliable access to power is taken for granted on the mainland U.S., but island life tells a very different story. In this article from our 2020 magazine, we invite you to take a tour of three U.S. islands that have deployed technologies to create resiliency in the face of catastrophe.

Join ILLUME’s own Laura Schauer and Dr. Elizabeth Kelley at AESP Institute as they discuss the importance and policy objectives of focusing programs and initiatives on underserved customers.

ILLUME continues to grow and we are looking for an Engineering/Building Science Managing Consultant or Senior Managing Consultant. Are you a passionate and strong project manager with a desire to work for an organization that is boldly leading the clean energy industry forward towards decarbonization? Apply today and help us reduce our carbon impact together.

Congrats to ILLUME Principal, Jes Rivas who has recently been added to the IEPEC Planning Committee! This is such a great opportunity for you and we know you’ll do great things.

As the need for demand mitigation continues to increase, we look back on this case study where we show how we helped Focus on Energy discover energy efficiency measures that expand demand response benefits to support utility partner efforts.

ILLUME Founder, Anne Dougherty, sits down with ILLUME evaluation experts Lisa LeBeau Obear and Pace Goodman to reflect on major changes in the energy industry and in our world, and how the definition of resiliency is continuously changing and is now taking on an expanded meaning.

ILLUME is currently looking for a Managing Consultant or Senior Managing Consultant to lead our program evaluations. If this sounds like you, send us a message, we would love to talk to you. You can apply here today. #evaluation #evaluationprograms #energy

ILLUME has been leading research and analytics to understand disparities, define equity, and translate policy into measurable outcomes. We revisit this webinar from last year as ILLUME’s researchers talk about how we go about this important work.

Looking back on our 2020 magazine, we talked about how smart thermostats are providing important learnings for scaling DER adoption and increasing program participation.

ILLUME is looking to hire Managing Consultants that specialize in Equity Research and Impact Studies, and Engineering and Building Science. If this is you, we would love to talk with you! Apply here.

What makes people tick and how do we influence behavior change? In our newest blog post, ILLUME Founder, Anne Dougherty talks to Director, Dr. Alex Dunn, about how her expertise in cognitive science and linguistics are critical to understanding people and how to motivate behavior change in a way that saves energy.

ILLUME is proud to partner with ComEd to explore the barriers that disadvantaged and environmental justice communities face in equitably receiving services in the state of Illinois.

We reflect back on this great podcast about company culture and why company’s should not only allow, but encourage and enable employees to bring their full selves to the workplace. Such a great conversation between University of Arizona Professors, Dr. Stephanie Troutman Robbins and Dr. Eric Plemons.

Our team is constantly learning and expanding. Come grow with us! Apply for one of our open positions today.

In this podcast, ILLUME Senior Consultant, Riana Johnson has a conversation with sociologist Dr. Erin Heinz about her research on urban planning and climate policies. She paints an optimistic picture for meeting our climate goals through encouraging public participation and shifting our metrics to measure what matters to society.

Please help us congratulate ILLUME Director, Lisa LeBeau Obear on being newly appointed as a board member for the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA).

ILLUME is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested in joining our team of forward-thinking consultants interested in co-creating a sustainable world through social science-informed research and evaluation? Click here to join the ILLUMIVERSE!!!

In last year’s magazine we talk about how rallying around aggressive carbon reduction goals means big changes. In this piece we share how to let go of the familiar and embrace change.

In the spirit of Pride Month we highlight this podcast where ILLUME-ies talk about their experience as members of the LGBTQ+ community in the workplace.

How do states define environmental justice, climate justice, and disadvantaged or vulnerable communities? We’ve compiled a list here and you can help us keep it up-to-date.

Today we highlight a podcast with ILLUME Analyst, Arianna Zrzavy. In this podcast she talks about how environmental justice screening tools can be used to better support historically disadvantaged communities.

Join the ILLUME-IVERSE! We are looking for Analysts, Consultants, and Managing Consultants with a focus on Impact and Equity. Apply today, spread the word.

In 2021, ILLUME conducted research to help a southeastern utility understand customers’ experiences with under-subscribed solar offers and to understand how best to serve customers through renewables. Read this case study to find out what we learned.

Looking back on Volume I of ILLUME’s magazine, here are six things you should know about Generation Z. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

Are beneficial electrification efforts being designed to serve everyone equally? You can read our findings in this article from ILLUME’s 2019 magazine.

As we look back at our interview with Kathy Kuntz from Volume II of our magazine, we get to the heart of some of the key themes and tensions around beneficial electrification.

We expect contractors to be the experts when it comes to adoption of new equipment and programs, but are we providing the tools for contractors to be successful? In our latest blog we explain why contractor support and training is more important now than ever.

How does a utility, operating across multiple verticals, create an intelligence platform for decision making? ILLUME wrangled program, Census, demographic, and tax assessor data and appended it to CenterPoint’s consumption data to create a customized and nimble dashboard for its team to answer their program and strategy questions with interactive data visualizations.

As we reflect back on our 2019 magazine, the work to understand customers with limited English proficiency continues. This article will show how our data-viz team uncovers patterns and clusters of information using GIS tools to inform program participation and reduce adoption barriers.

What actions are required to ready our most vulnerable communities for climate change and it’s health impacts? We provide answers in this article.

In this episode of Current, Mike Li speaks with the Steve Cowell, President of E4TheFuture about the Infrastructure Bill, and its impact on helping the country transition to a clean energy economy.

Do you feel like running a full-scale pilot is too much (too soon), and yet you’re still not sure which research method is best suited for the task? This article can help.

In our most recent blog post, Analyst, Tabitha Munson and Managing Consultant, Kimberly Jaeger Johnson, talk about the work ILLUME is doing to learn how we can better serve customers that speak limited English.

Are you going to be underwater or sweating it out? We break down data from the ND-GAIN Urban Adaptation Assessment to map how five U.S. cities are preparing for climate change.

Electric vehicles made their debut during the era of the horse and buggy! In honor of more than a century of EVs, we dug into automobile archives in search of forgotten history.

ILLUME was contracted by a regional utility to conduct a customer segmentation study that coupled demographic data with satisfaction and engagement behaviors across multiple programs and business functions. Read the case study to find out what we did and what we found.

As EV sales increase over the years, reach anxiety continues to be a barrier for those considering an EV purchase. In this article, we talk about EV affordability as cities and states pursue aggressive climate mandates.

A throw-back to how we kicked off our 2020 magazine, Ingenuity and Resilience. We frame two truths that we must contend with to design the policies, programs, and interventions necessary to ready our communities for climate change.

In this episode of Current, Senior Managing Director of Energy Equity, Research, and Impacts, Dr. Deidre Sanders talks to Paula Glover, President of the Alliance to Save Energy about her role in energy efficiency and what we have done and need to continue to do to work towards a more equitable energy future.

In this new blog, Yasmeen Chanes, ILLUME’s People Champion explains how she came to join ILLUME and what she hopes to accomplish while she’s here. This is the first blog in a new series that will look at some of our team members at ILLUME to learn how they got here, what impact they hope to leave, and what they would tell their younger selves if they had to do the journey all over.

Addressing inequality requires that we test our own assumptions. Our data-viz team uncovers patterns and clusters of information using GIS tools to inform program participation and reduce adoption barriers.

Do you want to join the ILLUME team? We are hiring!

The voice of the customer is front and center in this illustrated piece as we accompany customers and retailers (virtually) on a shopping trip to understand one simple task: How to purchase a light bulb. Illustrations by ILLUME Senior Consultant, Riana Johnson.

In this article from our first magazine, we take a closer look at how utilities can best position themselves to define their value to stay on course with customers. Keep an eye out for Volume 4, coming soon.