Impact Evaluation
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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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Articles
Sergio Joins ILLUME’s Data Scientist Team
Articles
The journey looks different for each member of the ILLUME-ination, and in this blog series, we delve into each of those…
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Case Studies
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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Reports
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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Reports
Impact Evaluation Considerations in Light of COVID-19
Reports
As we continue to think through the implications of the novel coronavirus, we need to consider how to quickly adapt our…
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Webinars
Impact Evaluation Considerations In Light of COVID-19
Webinars
Eileen Hannigan moderates a discussion on how massive shifts in energy use patterns have us rethinking everything from baselines to alternative metrics for…
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Case Studies
Bring Your Own Thermostat (BYOT) Pilot Evaluation
Case Studies
ILLUME conducted a Bring your Own Thermostat (BYOT) Pilot evaluation for Georgia Power (process, impact) to assess demand impacts and savings…
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Case Studies
Optimizing Thermostat Demand Response Program Performance Paper
Case Studies
This paper, co-presented at the 2019 IEPEC conference, explores how weather and program design factors influence DR program participant behavior, particularly…
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Presentations
Optimizing Thermostat Demand Response Program Performance
Presentations
This presentation, with additional findings on understanding how DR program participants may react to weather and program design elements, is a…
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Case Studies
Do You Ever Wonder What People Actually DO With Their Thermostats?
Case Studies
This research, co-presented with Guidehouse at the 2019 AESP Conference, includes a comprehensive analysis of customers in Worcester, MA, to better…
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Case Studies
The Role of Weather in Air Conditioning Use
Case Studies
This research for the Massachusetts Program Administrators analyzes weather effects on the timing of first and last use of AC during…
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Case Studies
Orchestrated Energy Reduced AC Run Times Daily and During Demand Response Events
Case Studies
ILLUME assisted in the experimental design and impact analysis of thermostat data for participants in four utility territories to understand how…
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Case Studies
Statewide Commercial Behavior Segmentation and Potential Study
Case Studies
ILLUME conducted a statewide Commercial Behavior Segmentation and Potential Study to measure the technical and human potential of energy-saving behavior changes…