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)

2023

Hart, Robert, Stephen Fisher, and Stephen Morse."Guidelines for Determining the Load Resistance of Thin-Glass Triple-Pane Insulating Glass Unit Configurations." (2023). DOI

2020

Lee, Eleanor S., Anothai Thanachareonkit, D. Charlie Curcija, Gregory J. Ward, Taoning Wang, David Geisler-Moroder, Christoph Gehbauer, John Breshears, Luis L. Fernandes, Stephen E. Selkowitz, Robert Hart, Christian Kohler, David Blum, Jinqing Peng, and Howdy Goudey."High-Performance Integrated Window and Façade Solutions for California." (2020).

2019

Hart, Robert, Stephen E. Selkowitz, and D. Charlie Curcija."Thermal performance and potential annual energy impact of retrofit thin-glass triple-pane glazing in US residential buildings."Building Simulation 12.1 (2019) 79 - 86. DOI

2018

Selkowitz, Stephen E., Robert Hart, and D. Charlie Curcija."Breaking the 20 Year Logjam to Better Insulating Windows."2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018). DOI

Hart, Robert."Numerical and experimental validation for the thermal transmittance of windows with cellular shades."Energy and Buildings 166 (2018) 358 - 371. DOI

Hart, Robert, Howdy Goudey, and D. Charlie Curcija."Experimental validation for thermal transmittances of window shading systems with perimeter gaps."Journal of Building Performance Simulation (2018) 1 - 13. DOI

2017

Hart, Robert, Howdy Goudey, and D. Charlie Curcija."Experimental validation and model development for thermal transmittances of porous window screens and horizontal louvred blind systems."Journal of Building Performance Simulation 11.2 (2017) 190 - 204. DOI

2015

Yazdanian, Mehry, D. Charlie Curcija, Christian Kohler, Dragan Vidanovic, Robert Hart, and Stephen Czarnecki."Control algorithms for dynamic windows for residential buildings."Energy and Buildings 109 (2015). DOI

2013

Van Den Bergh, Sofie, Robert Hart, Bjørn Petter Jelle, and Arlid Gustavsen."Window Spacers and Edge Seals in Insulating Glass Units: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Perspectives."Energy and Buildings 58 (2013) 263–280. DOI

2012

Hart, Robert, Howdy Goudey, Dariush K. Arasteh, and Dragan C. Curcija."Thermal Performance Impacts of Center-of-Glass Deflections in Installed Insulating Glazing Units."Energy and Buildings 54.November 2012 (2012) 453-460. DOI

Arasteh, Dariush K., Robert Hart, Cezary Misiopecki, Arlid Gustavsen, and Bjørn Petter Jelle."Impacts of Operating Hardware on Window Thermal Performance."BEST3 Conference (2012).

Jelle, Bjørn Petter, Andrew Hynd, Arlid Gustavsen, Dariush K. Arasteh, Howdy Goudey, and Robert Hart."Fenestration of Today and Tomorrow: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Research Opportunities."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 96 (2012) 1-28. DOI

2011

Hart, Robert, Dragan C. Curcija, Dariush K. Arasteh, Howdy Goudey, Christian Kohler, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Research Needs: Glass Solar Reflectance and Vinyl Siding." (2011).