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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).

Rapp, Vi H, Sharon S Chen, Dylan Anacleto-Black, and Noel Putaansuu."Evaluation of a Smoke Opacity Sensor for Improving Residential Wood Heater Combustion." (2026). DOI

2025

Fuchs, Heidi, Unique Karki, Arman Shehabi, Tiana Nishime, and Prakash Rao."Geographic, sectoral, and constituent characteristics of US off‐site manufacturing wastewater disposal."Journal of Industrial Ecology 29.6 (2025) 2442-2456. DOI

Therkelsen, Peter L."ISO 50100: Leveraging ISO 50001 to Safeguard U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Amid Global Emissions Regulations." (2025).

Fuchs, Heidi."Success & Lessons Learned from 3 Years of 50001 Ready Cohort Training Programs." (2025).

Fuchs, Heidi, and Patty Angus."The Role of Leadership in Implementing 50001 Ready." (2025).

Rao, Prakash, Heidi Fuchs, Amal Alsaffar, Kristina Armstrong, Sravan Chalasani, Sujit Das, Susana Garcia Gonzalez, Diane J Graziano, Unique Karki, Mini Malhotra, James McCall, Sachin Nimbalkar, Frédéric Petit, Lino Sanchez, Rob Spencer, Sarang Supekar, and Kiran Thirumaran."Advancing Manufacturing Water Resilience: Addressing Risks through New Approaches and Technologies." (2025). DOI

Fuchs, Heidi."Energy Management Policy – The Voluntary Approach U.S. Case Study." (2025).

Earni, Shankar, Alex Hubbard, Amy Pevzner, Paul Sheaffer, Prakash Rao, Sean Wynne, and Ross Charland."Field Validation of Thermoelectric Generation System at Holcim Cement Plant in Alpena, Michigan." (2025). DOI

Rapp, Vi H."Integrated Energy Management Training for Creating the Next Generation of Strategic Energy Managers." (2025).

Therkelsen, Peter L."ISO 50100: Ensuring Fairness and a Level Playing Field for U.S. Manufacturers in Global Emissions Reporting and International Trade." (2025).

Robinson, Gerald."Maturing Rational Design Methodologies and Industry Consensus Engineering Standards: Critical Fastened Joints - Solar PV Industry." (2025). DOI

Rao, Prakash, Thomas P Hendrickson, Elizabeth Wachs, Shubhankar Upasani, and Alberta Carpenter."Testing a method for developing facility-level greenhouse gas emissions intensities of U.S. traded goods." (2025).

2024

Rogers, Ethan, and Vi H Rapp."US DOE Webinar: Energy Management Systems Training Materials." (2024).

Schmick, Rory."ISO 50111: Standardizing Decarbonization with Energy Management Systems." (2024).

Fuchs, Heidi."Making Energy Management Systems Case Studies Easily Searchable and Shareable." (2024).

Rogers, Ethan, and Vi H Rapp."Update on DOE ISO 50001 Programs." (2024).

Kam, Kendall, and Vestal Tutterow."50001 Ready Program: Implementing an Energy Management System (EnMS)." (2024).

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

Lu, Hongyou, Nan Zhou, Hon LeungCurt Wong, and X Zhang."Evaluating Net-Zero Emission Pathways for China’s Cement Industry."ECEEE 2024 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency (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 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