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  • Opportunity in disruption
    ACEEE Summer Study 2024

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    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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  • Measuring.equitable.impacts
    Measuring Broad Community Impacts In The Clean Energy Transition

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    In this paper, written for ACEEE Summer Study 2024, we share promising practices around how jurisdictions can approach measuring equitable processes…

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    Engaging with Customers in Their Preferred Language

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    This paper, written for ACEEE Summer Study 2024, will share the results of an expansive study focused on language-focused barriers and…

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    Code and Communities

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    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?

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    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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  • Unlocking.just.elect.
    Unlocking Just Transportation Electrification

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    Unlocking Just Transportation Electrification: Addressing Barriers and Promoting Access

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  • Paper Airplane
    Beyond Awareness

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    Engaging nonparticipants can be challenging, and in some cases can seem nearly impossible. Yet doing so is increasingly important as we…

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  • Light
    Commercial Lighting: Market Actor Insights on a Dynamic Market

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    In this paper presented at the 2022 IEPEC Conference, we describe a broad market research study completed in 2020, intended to…

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  • Hidden Basement 3
    Water Heater Demand Response: Comparing Full Replacement and After-Market Controllers

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    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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    Addressing Multifamily Hesitance to Participation in Energy Efficiency Programs

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    This paper will build from the research and experience in three northeastern states to identify barriers to participation related to housing…

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  • Tunnel.vision
    Tunnel Vision

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    The Impact of Ignoring Behavior in Technological Innovation. In this white paper presented at the ACEEE Summer Study 2022 Conference, the…

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  • workforce programs
    Evaluating Workforce Programs

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    In this white paper, we share research conducted for the state of Connecticut. This study reviewed programs in place within Connecticut…

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    Translation Is Not Enough

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    This white paper draws on four studies conducted across the nation where the ILLUME team has conducted research in languages other…

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  • Addressing The Human Side Of The Great Deployment 1
    Behavioral Programs Come of Age

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    In this white paper presented at the ACEEE Summer Study in Buildings 2022 Conference, Tabitha Munson and Matt Galport, along with…

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  • Local Business Color
    Finding Big Potential in Small Businesses

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    Eileen Hannigan’s white paper shares how small businesses, which may have limited capital for large investments, are good candidates for low-cost…

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