Building and Industrial Applications Department

Office, U.S Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization, Jibran Zuberi, Unique Karki, Prakash Rao, Peng Peng, Tae-Hwan Lim, Arman Shehabi, and Heidi Fuchs. Transformative Pathways for U.S. Industry: Unlocking American Innovation. 2025.

Robinson, Gerald, Kevin Watson, Andy Walker, Jal Desai, Otto Van Greet, James Elsworth, and Thushara Gunda. Weather impacts on solar PV operations summary of the current body of knowledge and implications for further investigation. 2021.

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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.

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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.

facility-level_emissions_method_paper_1_final.pdf

Szum, Carolyn, Mohamed Firas Jemal, Ezzedine Khalfallah, and Stephane de la Rue du Can. Clean Energy Revolving Loan Funds: International Experience. 2025.

Sawe, Nik, Hongyou Lu, Jeffrey Rissman, Zhiyu Tian, and Nan Zhou. Clean Industry in China: A Techno-Economic Comparison of Electrified Heat Technologies, Barriers, and Policy Options. 2024.

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Lu, Hongyou, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Virginie E Letschert, Hon LeungCurt Wong, Nan Zhou, Farid Wijaya, Faricha Hidayati, and Dwi Cahyo Husodo. Industry Decarbonization Roadmaps for Indonesia: Opportunities and challenges to net-zero emissions. 2024.

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

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Therkelsen, Peter L, Heidi Fuchs, William Miller, A Whitlock, and E Rightor. Strategic Energy Management Program Persistence and Cost Effectiveness An Analysis of the SEM Program Landscape. 2021.

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.

Ahn, Hyeunguk, William Miller, Paul Sheaffer, Vestal Tutterow, and Vi H Rapp. "Opportunities for installed combined heat and power (CHP) to increase grid flexibility in the U.S." Energy Policy 157 (2021) 112485.

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Piette, Mary Ann, Richard C Diamond, Stephen E Selkowitz, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Tianzhen Hong, Kaiyu Sun, Paul A Mathew, Iain S Walker, Alan K Meier, Erik Page, Jessica Granderson, Nan Zhou, and Peter Alstone. "Chapter 2: Global Opportunities and Challenges in Energy and Environmental Issues in the Buildings Sector." World Scientific Series in Current Energy Issues. World Scientific Series in Current Energy Issues, 2020.

McCall, James, Prakash Rao, Susana Garcia Gonzalez, Sachin Nimbalkar, Sujit Das, Sarang Supekar, and Joe Cresko. "U.S. Manufacturing Water Use Data and Estimates: Current State, Limitations, and Future Needs for Supporting Manufacturing Research and Development." ACS ES&T Water (2021).

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