Research Themes +
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 climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
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 battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2012

Wang, Yungang, Philip K. Hopke, Xiaoyan Xia, Oliver V. Rattigan, David C. Chalupa, and Mark J. Utell."Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulate Matter using Inorganic and Organic Species as Tracers."Atmospheric Environment 55 (2012) 525-532. DOI

Bennett, Deborah H., William J. Fisk, Michael G. Apte, X. Wu, Amber L. Trout, David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Ventilation, temperature, and HVAC characteristics in small and medium commercial buildings in California."Indoor Air 22.4 (2012) 309-320. DOI

Sahai, Rashmi, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Addressing Water Consumption of Evaporative Coolers with Greywater." (2012).

Hasanbeigi, Ali, William R. Morrow III, Eric R. Masanet, Jayant A. Sathaye, and Tengfang T. Xu."Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement and CO₂ Emission Reduction Potentials in the Cement Industry in China." (2012).

Ingle, Aaron, Mithra M. Moezzi, Loren Lutzenhiser, Zac Hathaway, Susan Lutzenhiser, Joe Van Clock, Jane S. Peters, Rebecca Smith, David Heslam, and Richard C. Diamond."Behavioral Perspectives on Home Energy Audits: The Role of Auditors, Labels, Reports, and Audit Tools on Homeowner Decision-‐Making." (2012).

McNeil, Michael A., Virginie E. Letschert, Stephane de la Rue du Can, and Jing Ke."Bottom-Up Energy Analysis System - Methodology and Results." (2012).

Mills, Evan."The Carbon Footprint of Indoor Cannabis Production."Energy Policy 46 (2012) 58-67. DOI

Zhou, Nan, Gang He, and Christopher J. Williams."China’s Development of Low- Carbon Eco-Cities and Associated Indicator Systems." (2012).

Turner, William J. N., Jennifer M. Logue, and Craig P. Wray."Commissioning Residential Ventilation Systems: A Combined Assessment of Energy and Air Quality Potential Values." (2012).

Price, Lynn K., Ali Hasanbeigi, Nathaniel T. Aden, Zhang Chunxia, Li Xiuping, and Shangguan Fangqin."A Comparison of Iron and Steel Production Energy Intensity in China and the U.S.."ACEEE Industrial Summer Study (2012).

Letschert, Virginie E., Louis-Benoit Desroches, Jing Ke, and Michael A. McNeil."Estimate of Technical Potential for Minimum Efficiency Performance Standards in 13 Major World Economies." (2012).

Larsen, Peter H., Charles A. Goldman, and Andrew Satchwell."Evolution of the U.S. Energy Service Company Industry: Market Size and Project Performance from 1990-2008." (2012).

Rapp, Vi H., Anthony DeFilippo, Samveg Saxena, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Robert W. Dibble, Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, and Yuji Ikeda."Extending Lean Operating Limit and Reducing Emissions of Methane Spark-Ignited Engines Using a Microwave-Assisted Spark Plug." Journal of Combustion 2012 (2012). DOI

Odom, , Brent A, Jonathan A. Sherbeck, Ravi S. Prasher, and Patrick E. Phelan."Heat Sink Effect on System Pressure and Mass Flow Rate in a Pumped Refrigerant Loop."J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl 4 (2012) 031009. DOI

Scott, Doug, Ryan Hoest, Fei Yang, Sasank Goli, and Daniel Olsen."The Impact of Control Technology on the Demand Response Potential of California Industrial Refrigerated Facilities Final Report." (2012).

Offermann, Francis J., Randy L. Maddalena, Francis J. Offermann, Brett C. Singer, and Henry Willem."The impact of ventilation rate on the emission rates of volatile organic compounds in residences."Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference (2012).

Norberg, Nick S., and Robert Kostecki."Interfacial phenomena at a composite LiMnPO₄ cathode."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159.7 (2012) A1091-A1094. DOI

Hasanbeigi, Ali, Hongyou Lu, Christopher J. Williams, and Lynn K. Price."International Best Practices for Pre- Processing and Co-Processing Municipal Solid Waste and Sewage Sludge in the Cement Industry." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, Brandon Belford, John Cross, Tom Blair, Adam Agalloco, and Molly Lunn."Making it Easier to Complete Clean Energy Projects with QECBs." (2012).

Maile, Tobias, Mangesh Basarkar, James O'Donnell, Philip Haves, and Kevin Settlemyre."Mapping Hvac Systems for Simulation In EnergyPlus."SimBuild 2012 IBPSA Conference (2012).

Blum, Helcio, Barbara A. Atkinson, and Alexander B. Lekov."A methodological framework for comparative assessments of equipment energy efficiency policy measures."Energy Efficiency 6.1 (2012) 65-90. DOI

Odom, , Brent A, Mark J Miner, Carlos A Ortiz, Jonathan A. Sherbeck, Ravi S. Prasher, and Patrick E. Phelan."Microchannel Two-Phase Flow Oscillation Control With an Adjustable Inlet Orifice."J. Heat Transfer 134 (2012) 122901. DOI

Robinson, Alastair, Cynthia Regnier, and Kevin Settlemyre."MIT - Mighty Steps for Energy Sustainability." (2012).

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, Wanyu R. Chan, William J. Fisk, and Thomas E. McKone."Modeling indoor exposures to VOCs and SVOCs as ventilation rates vary."Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference (2012).

Mendes, Gonçalo, Paulo Ferrão, Christos Ioakimidis, Michael Stadler, and Chris Marnay."Multi-building microgrids for a distributed energy future in Portugal."International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2012 (2012).