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2026
Ness, Jon, and Gerald Robinson."Fundamentals of Solar PV Bolted Joint Loosening and Prevention."
(2026).
Ness, Jon, and Mary Beth Wigginton."Improving Bolted Joint Reliability in Utility- Scale PV: Gaps and Improvements in Tightening Methods, Tools, and Fasteners."
(2026).
Ness, Jon, and Gerald Robinson."Proposed Guidelines for Clearance Holes, Slots, and Washers."
(2026).
2025
Marnay, Chris, Tao Xu, Yuko Hirase, Patricio Mendoza-Araya, Nikos Hatziargyriou, and Shuai Lu."Microgrids 2025 editorial."Applied Energy
381 (2025) 125348. DOI
Robinson, Gerald."Maturing Rational Design Methodologies and Industry Consensus Engineering Standards: Critical Fastened Joints - Solar PV Industry."
(2025). DOI
2023
Shackelford, Jordan, Alastair Robinson, Cynthia Regnier, and Sang Hoon Lee."Getting Beyond Widgets: Performance of Efficient Indoor Air Quality System Retrofit Packages for Schools."
(2023). DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M, Edward A Arens, Emmanuel Bozonnet, Vincenzo Corrado, Haley E Gilbert, Peter Holzer, Pierre Jaboyedoff, Amanda Krelling, Anaïs Machard, Wendy Miller, Mamak P.Tootkaboni, Stephen E Selkowitz, and Hui Zhang."Policy Recommendations from IEA EBC Annex 80: Resilient Cooling of Buildings."
(2023). DOI
Coleman, Philip, and Christine Walker."Recommended vs. Actual Escalation Rates For ESPCs: Is the Guidance Good?."International Journal of Energy Management
5.1 (2023).
Levinson, Ronnen M, Mansour Alhazmi, Jackson Becce, Andre Desjarlais, Haley E Gilbert, Greg Kats, Jacob Miller, Emily Morin, David J Sailor, and Sarah Schneider."United States Cool Surfaces Deployment Plan."
(2023). DOI
2020
Earni, Shankar, Philip Coleman, Elizabeth Stuart, and Peter H Larsen."eProject Builder: Promoting wider adoption of energy savings performance contracts through standardization and transparency."energise 2020 ENERGY INNOVATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
(2020) 300-308.
Coleman, Philip, Shankar Earni, Bob Slattery, and Christine Walker."M&V in ESPC: The U.S. Federal Experience and Implications for Developing ESPC Markets."energise 2020 ENERGY INNOVATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
(2020) 216-221.
Méndez, Juana Isabel, Pedro Ponce, Omar Mata, Alan K Meier, Therese Peffer, Arturo Molina, and Marlene Aguilar."Empower saving energy into smart homes using a gamification structure by social products."2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)
(2020). DOI
Gehbauer, Christoph, David Blum, Taoning Wang, and Eleanor S Lee."Integrated Dynamic Facade Control with an Agent-based Architecture for Commercial Buildings."
(2020).
Issler, Paulo, Paul A Mathew, and Nancy Wallace."The Pricing Risk of Energy Use Intensity for Office and Multifamily Mortgages."
(2020). DOI
2019
Taylor, Margaret, K Sydny Fujita, Jingjing Zhang, Mustapha Harb, James Tamerius, Michelle Jones, and Sarah K Price."Explaining jurisdictional compliance with California’s top-down streamlined solar permitting law (AB 2188)."
(2019). DOI
Mathew, Paul A, Philip Coleman, Janie Page, Cynthia Regnier, Jordan Shackelford, Greg Hopkins, Matt Jungclaus, and Victor Olgyay."Energy Efficiency and the Real Estate Lifecycle: Stakeholder Perspectives."
(2019).
Levinson, Ronnen M, George A Ban-Weiss, Paul H Berdahl, Sharon S Chen, Hugo Destaillats, Nathalie Dumas, Haley E Gilbert, Howdy Goudey, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Jan Kleissl, Benjamin Kurtz, Yun Li, Yan Long, Arash Mohegh, Negin Nazarian, Matteo Pizzicotti, Pablo J Rosado, Marion L Russell, Jonathan L Slack, Xiaochen Tang, Jiachen Zhang, and Weilong Zhang."Solar-Reflective “Cool” Walls: Benefits, Technologies, and Implementation."
(2019). DOI
2018
Mathew, Paul A, Nancy Wallace, Paulo Issler, Baptiste Ravache, Philip Coleman, and Cindy Zhu."Do energy costs really affect commercial mortgage default risk? New results and implications for energy efficiency investments."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2018). DOI
Zhu, Cindy, Andrew White, Paul A Mathew, Jeff Deason, and Philip Coleman."Raising the Rent Premium: Moving Green Building Research Beyond Certifications and Rent."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2018). DOI
Mathew, Paul A, Cynthia Regnier, Travis Walter, and Jordan Shackelford."ComEd – LBNL ‘Beyond Widgets’ Project Automated Shading Integrated with Lighting and HVAC Controls System Program Manual."
(2018).
2017
Robinson, Alastair, Paul A Mathew, Cynthia Regnier, Peter Schwartz, Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter."California Publicly‐Owned Utilities (POUs) – LBNL ‘Beyond Widgets’ Project Task‐ambient lighting and occupancy‐based plug load control System Program Manual ."
(2017).