Evaluation and Success Planning

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    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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    Code and Communities: Opportunities to Incorporate Equity

    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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    Oh, You Thought Electrifying Buildings Would Be Easy?

    White Papers

    This whitepaper references research done for leading utilities across the U.S., highlighting the approaches and course corrections pioneering programs incorporated to…

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    NEUAC: ILSFA Small Residential Barriers

    Presentations

    Mallika Jayaraman, and co-presenters from Elevate and Illinois Power Agency (IPA), presented Removing Barriers to Residential Solar: Illinois Solar for All…

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    EFX24: Ramping Up Residential

    Presentations

    In this presentation given at the Efficiency Exchange 2024 (EFX24) Conference, Mallika talks about using human insights to enhance residential program…

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    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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    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). These dual-fuel…

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    Under Control: Customer Experience with 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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    Exploring Distributed Solar Disparities

    Articles

    We are living in a moment of transition as people are interacting with the grid, their utilities, and their energy use…

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    Basics for Innovation: How Evaluation Fundamentals Can Spur Innovation

    Articles

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    Show Me, Don’t Tell Me: First-Hand Experience is the Gatekeeper to Widespread EV and EVSE Adoption

    Magazine Articles

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    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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    Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing: Phase 1 Evaluation Final Report

    Reports

    In this evaluation of the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) Program for San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) ILLUME took…

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    Massachusetts EV Charging Station Program Year 1 Evaluation Report

    Reports

    In partnership with ERS and Dunsky, we share year 1 findings of National Grid’s EV Charging Station Program in MA. ILLUME…

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