Access Studies
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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
Measuring Broad Community Impacts In The Clean Energy Transition
White Papers
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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White Papers
Engaging with Customers in Their Preferred Language
White Papers
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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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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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
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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Presentations
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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Case Studies
The Intersection of Food Deserts and Energy Efficiency
Case Studies
The ILLUME team led a research study to support the launch of SoCalREN’s new Food Desert Energy Efficiency Equity (FDEEE) program.
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Presentations
From Policy to the Real World
Presentations
This session will present best practices on how decision-makers at the state, agency, and utility levels can translate oftentimes opaque policy…
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Articles
Balancing Your Priority Population Framework
Articles
A groundswell of energy equity and justice legislation contain guidelines for more equitable processes and outcomes. What are states considering in…
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Magazine Articles
Looking Ahead in Uncertain Times: How Evaluation Can Help Lead the Way
Magazine Articles
As market conditions and policies change, ensuring success can be a challenge. Evaluation is an often over-looked answer.
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Magazine Articles
From Community Engagement to Ownership
Magazine Articles
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Articles
Reorienting How We Approach Program Design for Communities
Articles
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Magazine Articles
Redrawing Our Mental Maps of Income-Eligible Customers
Magazine Articles
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Presentations
Inclusive Program Design With Communities At The Center
Presentations
In this presentation, given by Leigh Michael at the AESP Annual 2023 Conference, Leigh talks about how utilities can design inclusive…
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Case Studies
New York Leans Into Community-Focused Climate Goals
Case Studies
Disadvantaged communities face numerous barriers when accessing clean energy and climate adaptation services. To overcome these barriers, NYSERDA enlisted ILLUME to…
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Reports
ComEd Disadvantaged Communities (DACs) Study Report
Reports
In response to the goals outlined in Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), ComEd is developing initiatives for workforce development,…
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Magazine Articles
Supporting New York’s Disadvantaged Communities’ Goals
Magazine Articles
In New York State, ILLUME is using our ground truthing strategy to identify vulnerable communities, uncover what people in those communities…
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Articles
Translation or Transcreation?
Articles
As the energy efficiency industry continues to emphasize equitable program engagement, we’re learning what utilities can do to better serve customers…
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Articles
Community Offerings in the Era of Justice40
Articles
The Biden administration recently issued a memo to the heads of all Federal agencies centering Justice40 as part of its whole-of-government…
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Case Studies
Understanding Our Underserved Majority
Case Studies
What happens when we reject monolithic thinking, and listen to customers’ lived experiences to find out what matters most to them?…
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Webinars
Fostering Safe Spaces That Enable Change In The Energy Industry
Webinars
2020 is a watershed year for the energy industry to seize long-awaited opportunities to diversify board rooms, enable pathways for new…
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Webinars
Climate and Energy Action in a Public Health Crisis
Webinars
Amanda Dwelley and Anne Dougherty discuss the convergence of public health and energy, and how to support vulnerable populations with Lawrence…
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Presentations
Energy Efficiency Deserts
Presentations
Lisa Obear presents findings from her research with Liz Kelley and Amanda Maass exploring energy efficiency deserts in Metro Atlanta.