Emerging Opportunities
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Case Studies
Installation is the Innovation: Unlocking Heat Pump Performance
Case Studies
By integrating customer insights and system performance data, ILLUME helped Georgia Power uncover how installation practices determine whether inverter-driven heat pumps…
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Podcasts
From Ideas to Impact: Real-World Energy Innovation in the Midwest
Podcasts
In this episode, ILLUME’s Pace Goodman talks with Mark Milby of Elevate and Steven LaBarge of ComEd about what it really…
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Podcasts
More Than Megawatts: Human Stories in Energy Consulting
Podcasts
In this candid and thoughtful conversation, Anne Dougherty sits down with two of ILLUME’s newest consultants, Maggie Roma and Xijun Zhang,…
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Conferences
ACEEE Summer Study 2024
Conferences
Let’s Connect at ACEEE in Pacific Grove, CA, August 4-9, 2024. ILLUME will have multiple team members attending and presenting at…
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White Papers
Code and Communities
White Papers
This paper summarizes the work the authors undertook to identify strategies and best practices to consider as part of an equitable…
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White Papers
Oh, You Thought Electrifying Buildings Would Be Easy?
White Papers
This white paper references research done for leading utilities across the U.S., highlighting the approaches and course corrections pioneering programs incorporated…
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Case Studies
Strategic Planning for a Decarbonized Future
Case Studies
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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Presentations
NECC: Inclusive Energy Codes
Presentations
In this talk given at the National Energy Codes Conference (NECC) 2024, Bahareh van Boekhold talks about Inclusive Energy Codes: Bridging…
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Presentations
Building Energy Codes: A Framework for Access and Resilience
Presentations
Bahareh van Boekhold presented this framework for building energy codes at NBI’s Getting to Zero Forum 2024.
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Case Studies
Addressing Challenges in Heat Pump Water Heater Adoption
Case Studies
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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Articles
Rethinking Energy Efficiency Programs for Cooking Electrification
Articles
ILLUME’s recent participation at the 2023 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) conference showcased Director Dr. Liz Kelley’s presentation on induction…
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Reports
Cold Climate Installation & Water Heater Installers
Reports
NEEA hired ILLUME Advising to pursue two concurrent studies around water heater installers. The first was intended to focus on observational…
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Case Studies
Heat Pump and Integrated Controls Performance Review
Case Studies
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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Articles
Understanding Home Decision-Making
Articles
Residential buildings account for approximately 20% of energy consumption in the U.S. To achieve local, state, and federal decarbonization and electrification…
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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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Webinars
Why Good Ideas Fail
Webinars
Tune in to to see the Arizona Technology Council’s webinar featuring ILLUME Executive Vice President, Jes Rivas. Watch the webinar on-demand…
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Webinars
Maximizing Impact with Innovative Policy Strategies
Webinars
Crack the code to transform federal, state, and local policies into tangible impact during this webinar with ILLUME Directors, Dr. Alex…
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Reports
Heat Pump Integrated Control Performance Review
Reports
This report presents findings from follow-up research conducted on integrated controls (ICs) used with ductless mini-split heat pumps (HPs) installed through…
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Presentations
Now We Are Cooking! Consumer Adoption of Induction Cooktops
Presentations
This presentation shows that despite having advantages, induction cooking has only a small share of the residential cooking market.
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Presentations
Under Control: Integrated Controls to Manage Heat Pumps
Presentations
This presentation, presented at BECC 2023, will focus on the role of integrated controls in enabling residential customers to adopt heat…
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Magazine Articles
From The Lab Into Our Lives
Magazine Articles
Technology will be central to the Great Decarbonization. But technologies as we know them now? Perhaps and perhaps not.
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Magazine Articles
Heat Pumps Take Center Stage
Magazine Articles
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Magazine Articles
The Theory of Everything: A ‘Broader’ and ‘Deeper’ Approach
Magazine Articles
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Magazine Articles
Big Data and Small Business
Magazine Articles
Using Data-Driven Models to Reveal Energy Savings Opportunities in an Underserved Customer Segment