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2014

Thompson, Peter J., Merrian Borgeson, Mark Zimring, Charles A. Goldman, and Chris Kramer."Selling an Energy Efficiency Loan Portfolio in Oregon: Resale of the Craft3 loan portfolio to Self-Help Credit Union." (2014).

Xu, Tengfang T., Nihan Karali, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Undertaking high impact strategies: The role of national efficiency measures in long-term energy and emission reduction in steel making."Applied Energy 122 (2014) 179-188. DOI

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T. Xu, and Jayant A. Sathaye."U.S Iron and Steel Sector and Potential Trading With China and India: Analysis with ISEEM Energy Model."37th IAEE International Conference Proceedings, International Association for Energy Economics (2014).

Hasanbeigi, Ali, Zeyi Jiang, and Lynn K. Price."Why the Energy Use of Chinese Steel Industry May Peak As Early As 2015?."2014 ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2014).

Hasanbeigi, Ali, Marlene Arens, and Lynn K. Price."Alternative Emerging Ironmaking Technologies for Energy-efficiency and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction: A Technical Review."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 33 (2014) 645–658. DOI

Shehabi, Arman, Benjamin Walker, and Eric R. Masanet."Energy and Greenhouse Implications of Internet Video Streaming in the United States."Environmental Research Letters 9.5 (2014). DOI

Zimring, Mark, Greg Leventis, Merrian Borgeson, Peter J. Thompson, Ian M. Hoffman, and Charles A. Goldman."Financing Energy Improvements on Utility Bills: Market Updates and Program Design Considerations for Policymakers and Administrators." (2014).

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T. Xu, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Reducing energy consumption and CO₂ emissions by energy efficiency measures and international trading: A bottom-up modeling for the U.S. iron and steel sector."Applied Energy 120 (2014) 133-146. DOI

Melody, Moya, Hannah Stratton, Alison A. Williams, and Camilla Dunham."Resources for National Water Savings for Outdoor Water Use." (2014).

Williams, Alison A., Heidi Fuchs, and Camilla Dunham."Estimates of Savings Achievable from Irrigation Controller." (2014).

Granderson, Jessica, and Phillip N. Price."Development and Application of a Statistical Methodology to Evaluate the Predictive Accuracy of Building Energy Baseline Models."Energy 66 (2014) 981-990. DOI

Sproul, Julian, Man-Pun Wan, Benjamin H. Mandel, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Economic Comparison of White, Green, and Black Flat Roofs in the United States."Energy and Buildings 71 (2014) 20-27. DOI

Todd, Annika, Michael Perry, Brian Smith, Michael J. Sullivan, Peter Cappers, and Charles A. Goldman."Insights from Smart Meters: The Potential for Peak-Hour Savings from Behavior-Based Programs." (2014).

Billingsley, Megan A., Ian M. Hoffman, Elizabeth Stuart, Steven R. Schiller, Charles A. Goldman, and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare."The Program Administrator Cost of Saved Energy for Utility Customer-Funded Energy Efficiency Programs." (2014).

Morrow, William R. III, Ali Hasanbeigi, Jayant A. Sathaye, and Tengfang T. Xu."Assessment of energy efficiency improvement and CO₂ emission reduction potentials in India's cement and iron and steel industries."Journal of Cleaner Production 65 (2014) 131 - 141. DOI

Johnson, Alissa K., Amol A. Phadke, and Stephane de la Rue du Can."Energy Savings Potential for Street Lighting in India." (2014).

Lewis, Sarah M., Stephen Gross, Axel Visel, Maggi Kelly, and William R. Morrow III."Fuzzy GIS-based multi-criteria evaluation for U.S. Agave production as a bioenergy feedstock."Global Change Biology – Bioenergy (2014). DOI

Zimring, Mark."Energy Efficiency Financing Program Implementation Primer." (2014).

Vossos, Vagelis, Karina Garbesi, and Hongxia Shen."Energy savings from direct-DC in U.S. residential buildings."Energy and Buildings Volume 68, Part A (2014) 223–231. DOI

Phadke, Amol A., Nikit Abhyankar, and Nihar Shah."Avoiding 100 New Power Plants by Increasing Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners in India: Opportunities and Challenges." (2014).

Sarraf, Saket, Shilpi Anand, Yash Shukla, Paul A. Mathew, and Reshma Singh."Building Energy Benchmarking in India: An Action Plan for Advancing the State-of-the-Art." (2014).

Hoffman, Ian M., Gregory M. Rybka, Greg Leventis, Charles A. Goldman, and Lisa C. Schwartz."The Total Cost of Saving Electricity Through Utility Customer-Funded Energy Efficiency Programs." (2014).

2013

Hasanbeigi, Ali."Alternative and Emerging Technologies for an Energy-Efficient, Water-Efficient, and Low-Pollution Textile Industry." (2013).

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Annika Todd, and Charles A. Goldman."Getting the Biggest Bang for the Buck: Exploring the Rationales and Design Options for Energy Efficiency Financing Programs." (2013).