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Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing scientific challenges across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-integrated building systems; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide.
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The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and increasing reliability are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by techno-economic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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2024

Fuchs, Heidi, and William Miller."DOE 50001 Ready Update." (2024).

Earni, Shankar, Amy Pevzner, Paul Sheaffer, Prakash Rao, Jeff Davis, Josh Weissert, Mike Christianson, and Katie Roessler."FIELD VALIDATION OF A Pilot-Scale Black Liquor Membrane for Water Removal at a Paper Mill." (2024). DOI

Earni, Shankar, Amy Pevzner, Paul Sheaffer, Prakash Rao, Jeff Davis, Josh Weissert, Mike Christianson, and Katie Roessler."Field Validation of a Pilot-scale Black Liquor Membrane for Water Removal at Ahlstrom-Munksjö Paper Mill in Mosinee, WI." (2024).

Earni, Shankar, Amy Pevzner, Unique Karki, Prakash Rao, Ross Charland, and Josh Weissert."FIELD VALIDATION OF Electrochemical Water Filtration System on an Open Loop Cooling Tower at Automotive Plants." (2024). DOI

Earni, Shankar, Amy Pevzner, Paul Sheaffer, Prakash Rao, Ross Charland, and Josh Weissert."Field Validation of Electrochemical Water Filtration System on an Open Loop Cooling Tower at Nissan Manufacturing Plant in Canton, Mississippi." (2024). DOI

Earni, Shankar, Amy Pevzner, Unique Karki, Prakash Rao, Ross Charland, and Josh Weissert."Field Validation of Electrochemical Water Filtration System on an Open Loop Cooling Tower at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Plant in Blue Springs,Mississippi." (2024).

Earni, Shankar, Amy Pevzner, Unique Karki, Paul Sheaffer, Prakash Rao, CD Nayak, and Amit Kanungo."FIELD VALIDATION OF Electrocoagulation Treatment for Oily Wastewater at a Steel Mill." (2024). DOI

Earni, Shankar, Amy Pevzner, Unique Karki, Paul Sheaffer, Prakash Rao, CD Nayak, and Amit Kanungo."Field Validation of Electrocoagulation Treatment for Oily Wastewater at Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Mill in Cleveland, Ohio." (2024).

Therkelsen, Peter L, and Alison Ward."Performance Pro - Continual Improvement with 50001 Ready: Implementation of 50001 Ready at Boise School District." (2024).

2023

Karki, Unique, and Prakash Rao."Techno-economic analysis of the water, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions impacts from the adoption of water efficiency practices in the U.S. manufacturing sector."Resources, Conservation and Recycling 196 (2023) 107054. DOI

Das, Sujit, Heidi Fuchs, Ritu Philip, and Prakash Rao."A review of water valuation metrics: Supporting sustainable water use in manufacturing."Water Resources and Industry 29 (2023) 100199. DOI

Fitzgerald, Patrick, Peter L Therkelsen, Paul Sheaffer, and Prakash Rao."Deeper and persistent energy savings and carbon dioxide reductions achieved through ISO 50001 in the manufacturing sector."Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 57 (2023) 103280. DOI

Lu, Hongyou, Tianqi Zhou, and Nan Zhou."Industrial Energy Intensity Benchmarking and Energy Transition in Inner Mongolia." (2023).

Miller, William, and Heidi Fuchs."50001 Ready: A Proven Platform for Decarbonization." (2023).

Therkelsen, Peter L."Driving Decarbonization with 50001 Ready." (2023).

Fuchs, Heidi, Peter L Therkelsen, William Miller, Graziella Siciliano, and Paul Sheaffer."ISO 50001-Based Energy Management Systems as a Practical Path for Decarbonization: Initial Findings from a Survey of Technical Assistance Cohort Participants."Energies 16.14 (2023) 5441. DOI

Therkelsen, Peter L."ISO 50001: A Cross-sectoral Proven Platform for Decarbonization." (2023).

Schmick, Rory, and Heidi Fuchs."Pathway to Decarbonization: 50001 Ready and GHG Emissions Reduction Planning Framework." (2023).

Schmick, Rory, Vi H Rapp, Paul Sheaffer, Peter L Therkelsen, Kara McCluskey, and Kevin Martin."Preparing the Next Generation of Strategic Energy Managers." (2023).

2022

Moudio, Marie Pelagie Elimbi, Richard Bolin, Alberta Carpenter, Samantha Bench Reese, Arman Shehabi, and Prakash Rao."Characterizing manufacturing sector disruptions with targeted mitigation strategiesAbstract."Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability 2.4 (2022) 042001. DOI

Earni, Shankar, and Philip Coleman."Better bang for your buck? Comparing savings realization from ESPCs and direct-funded projects."ACEEE Summer Study 2022 (2022). DOI

Tutterow, Vestal, Michael Socks, and Bunmi Adesola."No Reservations – Hotels See the Benefits of Energy Management Systems." (2022).

Abdul-Khabir, Fatima, Billie Holecek, Christopher T Payne, and Gerald Robinson."The Policy Mullet: Good Intentions in Front, Bad Policy in Back."ACEEE Summer Study (2022). DOI

Rao, Prakash, Paul Sheaffer, Yuting Chen, Unique Karki, and Patrick Fitzgerald."U.S. Industrial and Commercial Motor System Market Assessment Report Volume 3: Energy Saving Opportunity." (2022). DOI

Zhou, Nan, Nina Khanna, Jingjing Zhang, Hongyou Lu, Lynn K Price, David Fridley, Jing Ke, Wei Feng, Bo Shen, Jiang Lin, and Mark D Levine."China Energy Outlook 2022." (2022).