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)

2014

Meyers, Stephen, Alison A. Williams, Peter T. Chan, Gregory J. Rosenquist, Helcio Blum, Barbara A. Atkinson, Sanaee Iyama, Jie Gu, Maithili Iyer, and Sarah K. Price."Energy and Economic Impacts of U.S. Federal Energy and Water Conservation Standards Adopted from 1987 through 2013." (2014).

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

Williams, Alison A., Barbara A. Atkinson, Karina Garbesi, and Francis M. Rubinstein."Quantifying National Energy Savings Potential of Lighting Controls in Commercial Buildings." (2012) 14.

Williams, Alison A., Barbara A. Atkinson, Karina Garbesi, Erik Page, and Francis M. Rubinstein."Lighting Controls in Commercial Buildings."Leukos: The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 8.3 (2012) 19. DOI

2011

Williams, Alison A., Barbara A. Atkinson, Karina Garbesi, Francis M. Rubinstein, and Erik Page."A Meta-Analysis of Energy Savings from Lighting Controls in Commercial Buildings." (2011) 25.

Blum, Helcio, Barbara A. Atkinson, and Alexander B. Lekov."A Framework for Comparative Assessments of Energy Efficiency Policy Measures." (2011) 35.

2009

Lewis, Glen, Ivin Rhyne, and Barbara A. Atkinson."California Food Processing Industry Wastewater Demonstration Project: Phase I Final Report." (2009).

2008

Meyers, Stephen, James E. McMahon, and Barbara A. Atkinson."Realized and Projected Impacts of U.S. Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Commercial Appliances." (2008) 29.

2007

2000

Busch, Christopher B., Barbara A. Atkinson, Joseph H Eto, Isaac Turiel, and James E. McMahon."Utility DSM Rebates For Electronic Ballasts: National Estimates and Market Impact (1992 - 1997)." (2000).

1998

Turiel, Isaac, Barbara A. Atkinson, Andrea Denver, Chris Marnay, Diane C. Fisher, and Sajid Hakim."Draft Report on Potential Impact of Alternative Efficiency Levels for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts." (1998).

1997

Vorsatz, Diana, Leslie J. Shown, Jonathan G. Koomey, Mithra M. Moezzi, Andrea Denver, and Barbara A. Atkinson."Lighting Market Sourcebook for the U.S.." (1997) 160.

Vorsatz, Diana, Leslie J. Shown, Jonathan G. Koomey, Mithra M. Moezzi, Andrea Denver, and Barbara A. Atkinson."Lighting Market Sourcebook for the U.S.." (1997). DOI

1994

Sezgen, Osman, Yu Joe Huang, Joseph H Eto, Barbara A. Atkinson, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Technology data characterizing lighting in commercial buildings: Application to end-use forecasting with COMMEND 4.0." (1994).

1992

Sezgen, Osman, Matthew E. Lecar, Joseph H Eto, Barbara A. Atkinson, and James E. McMahon."Lighting Policy Modeling in the Commercial Sector."ACEEE 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1992).

Atkinson, Barbara A., James E. McMahon, Evan Mills, Peter T. Chan, Terry W. Chan, Joseph H Eto, Judy D. Jennings, Jonathan G. Koomey, Kwok-Wai Ken Lo, Matthew E. Lecar, Lynn K. Price, Francis M. Rubinstein, Osman Sezgen, and Thomas P. Wenzel."Analysis of Federal Policy Options for Improving U.S. Lighting Energy Efficiency: Commercial and Residential Buildings." (1992).

1991

Koomey, Jonathan G., Celina S. Atkinson, Alan K. Meier, James E. McMahon, Stan Boghosian, Barbara A. Atkinson, Isaac Turiel, Mark D. Levine, Bruce Nordman, and Peter T. Chan."The Potential for Electricity Efficiency Improvements in the U.S. Residential Sector." (1991).