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)

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.

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Ratnesh Sharma, Gonçalo Mendes, Maximillian Kloess, Gonçalo Cardoso, Olivier Mégel, and Afzal S. Siddiqui."Modeling Electric Vehicle Benefits Connected to Smart Grids."7th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (2011).

Nouidui, Thierry Stephane, Andrew McNeil, Christian Kohler, Brian E. Coffey, and Eleanor S. Lee."Modeling solar heat gains of complex fenestration systems using bidirectional scattering distribution functions." (2011).

Lorenzetti, David M., and Michael D. Sohn."Numerical Solution of the Polanyi-DR Isotherm in Linear Driving Force Models."Environmental Science & Technology 45.23 (2011) 10091 - 10095. DOI

Mathieu, Johanna L., Phillip N. Price, Sila Kiliccote, and Mary Ann Piette."Quantifying Changes in Building Electricity Use, with Application to Demand Response."IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2.3 (2011) 507-518. DOI

da Rosa, M. A., Miguel Heleno, V. Miranda, M. A. Matos, and R. Ferreira."Reliability impact on bulk generation system considering high penetration of electric vehicles."2011 IEEE PES PowerTech - Trondheim2011 IEEE Trondheim PowerTech (2011). DOI

Javier, Anna E., Shrayesh N. Patel, Daniel T. Hallinan, Venkat Srinivasan, and Nitash P. Balsara."Simultaneous electronic and ionic conduction in a block copolymer: application in lithium battery electrodes."Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50.42 (2011) 9848-9851. DOI

Sleiman, Mohamad, George A. Ban-Weiss, Haley E. Gilbert, David François, Paul H. Berdahl, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Hugo Destaillats, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance—Part I: Analysis of roofing product databases."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95.12 (2011) 3385-3399. DOI

Sohn, Michael D., Douglas R. Black, and William W. Delp."Support to DHS Chemical Detection Field Testing and Countermeasures Studies: Report to Sponsors." (2011).

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, Ryan H. Wiser, and Joachim Seel."Tracking the Sun IV An Historical Summary of the Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998 to 2010." (2011) 61.

Stuart, Elizabeth."The Value of Energy Performance and Green Attributes in Buildings: A Review of Existing Literature and Recommendations for Future Research."Clean Energy Program Policy Brief (2011) 10.

Ong, Shyue P., Vincent L. Chevrier, Geoffroy Hautier, Anubhav Jain, Charles J. Moore, Sangtae Kim, XiaoHui Ma, and Gerbrand Ceder."Voltage, stability and diffusion barrier differences between sodium-ion and lithium-ion intercalation materials."Energy & Environmental Science 4 (2011) 3680-3688. DOI

Lutz, James D., and Energy Analysis Department."Water and Energy Wasted During Residential Shower Events: Findings from a Pilot Field Study of Hot Water Distribution Systems." (2011) 18.

Goli, Sasank, Daniel Olsen, Aimee T. McKane, and Mary Ann Piette."2008-2010 Research Summary: Analysis of Demand Response Opportunities in California Industry." (2011).

Fridley, David, Michael A. McNeil, Nina Zheng, Virginie E. Letschert, Jing Ke, Yamina Saheb, and Nina Khanna."Analysis of Potential Energy Saving and CO₂ Emission Reduction of Home Appliances and Commercial Equipments in China."Energy Policy 39.8 (2011) 4541-4550. DOI

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter H. Larsen, and Charles A. Goldman."Combining Energy Efficiency Building Retrofits and Onsite Generation: An Emerging Business Model from the ESCO Industry."2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2011).

Billingsley, Megan A., and Elizabeth Stuart."Contractor Sales Training: Providing the Skills Necessary to Sell Comprehensive Home Energy Upgrades."Clean Energy Program Policy Brief (2011) 5.

Klug, Victoria L., Agnes B. Lobscheid, and Brett C. Singer."Cooking Appliance Use in California Homes – Data Collected from a Web-Based Survey." (2011).

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Country Review of Energy-Efficiency Financial Incentives in the Residential Sector." (2011).

Goli, Sasank, Aimee T. McKane, and Daniel Olsen."Demand Response Opportunities in Industrial Refrigerated Warehouses in California."2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2011).

Xiao, Jie, Xiaojian Wang, Xiao-Qing Yang, Shidi Xun, Gao Liu, Phillip K. Koech, Jun Liu, and John P. Lemmon."Electrochemically Induced High Capacity Displacement Reaction of PEO/MoS₂/Graphene Nanocomposites with Lithium."Advanced Functional Materials 21 (2011) 2840-2846. DOI

Masanet, Eric R., Richard E. Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers." (2011).

Masanet, Eric R., Richard E. Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers." (2011).

Mao, Xianglei, Alexander A. Bol'shakov, Dale L. Perry, Osman Sorkhabi, and Richard E. Russo."Laser ablation molecular isotopic spectrometry: parameter influence on boron isotope measurements."Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 66.8 (2011) 604-609. DOI

Russo, Richard E., Timothy W. Suen, Alexander A. Bol'shakov, Jong-Hyun Yoo, Osman Sorkhabi, Xianglei Mao, Jhanis J. Gonzalez, Dayana D. Oropeza, and Vassilia Zorba."Laser plasma spectrochemistry."Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 26.8 (2011) 1596-1603. DOI