Energy Technologies Area

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 by Research Area

Buildings

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Energy Storage

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Transportation

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

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1985

Clear, Robert D, and Sam M Berman."Target Size, Visibility, and Roadway Performance."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 15 (1985) 167-180.

Feustel, Helmut E, C.H Zuercher, Richard C Diamond, J. J Bruce Dickinson, David T Grimsrud, and Ronnie D Lipschutz."Temperature- and wind-induced air flow patterns in a staircase. Computer modelling and experimental verification."Energy and Buildings 8.2 (1985) 105-122. DOI

Arasteh, Dariush K, Russell Johnson, and Stephen E Selkowitz."The Effects of Skylight Parameters on Daylighting Energy Savings." (1985).

Sullivan, Robert, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Window Performance Analysis in a Single-Family Residence."ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Conference (1985).

1984

Verderber, Rudolph R, Oliver C Morse, and C Dumm."Quality Assurance Assessment of New Efficient Lighting Systems for Naval Ships: Final Report." (1984).

Cleary, Peter, and Max H Sherman."Seasonal Storage of Moisture in Roof Sheathing."Moisture and Humidity - 1985, April 15-18, 1985 (1984).

Selkowitz, Stephen E, Arlon J Hunt, Carl M Lampert, and Michael D Rubin."Advanced Optical and Thermal Technologies for Aperture Control."9th Passive and Hybrid Solar Energy Update (1984).

Selkowitz, Stephen E, and Robert Sullivan."Analysis of Window Performance in a Single-Family Residence."9th National Passive Solar Conference (1984) 63-68.

Navvab, Mojtaba, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Daylighting Data for Atrium Design."9th National Passive Solar Conference (1984).

Wang, Zhien, Donald D Hollister, and Sam M Berman."Development of Novel Lamps for Study of Enhanced Production of Resonance Radiation by Low-Density Mercury Discharges."1984 IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting (1984).

Harms, Michael G, Leon P Leung, and Rudolph R Verderber."Electromagnetic Interference from Fluorescent Lighting Operated with Solid-State Ballasts in Various Sites."IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting (1984).

Mazur, Jerzy H, and Carl M Lampert."High-Resolution Electron Microscopy Study of Silica Aerogel Transparent Insulation."28th SPIE Annual International Technical Symposium, August 19-24, 1984 502 (1984).

Selkowitz, Stephen E."Influence of Windows on Building Energy Use."Windows in Building Design and Maintenance Conference (1984).

Rubinstein, Francis M, and Gregory J Ward."The Control of Daylight-Linked Lighting Systems."IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting (1984).

Eto, Joseph H."Commercial Building Cogeneration Opportuntities."ACEEE Summer Study in Energy Efficient Buildings (1984).

Diamond, Richard C."Energy use among the low-income elderly—A closer look."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy vol F (1984) pp 53-66.

Kessel, Jeffrey, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Integrating Sphere Measurements of Directional-Hemispherical Transmittances of Window Systems."Illuminating Engineering Society Annual Technical Conference (1984).

Verderber, Rudolph R, and Francis M Rubinstein."New Lighting Technologies, Their Status and Impacts on Power Densities."1984 ACEES Summer Study (1984).

Selkowitz, Stephen E, Dariush K Arasteh, and Russell Johnson."Peak Demand Savings from Daylighting in Commercial Buildings."1984 ACEEE Summer Study (1984).

Spitzglas, Mark."Defining Daylighting From Windows in Terms of Candlepower Distribution Curves."IEEE/IAS 1984 Annual Meeting (1984).

Verderber, Rudolph R, and Francis M Rubinstein."Lighting Controls: The Role of Advanced Technology--Past, Present, and Future."National Research Council of Canadas Lighting Control Symposium (1984).

Klems, Joseph H."Measurement of Fenestration Performance Under Realistic Conditions."Windows in Building Design and Maintenance Conference (1984).

Sweitzer, Glenn, and Russell Johnson."Obstacles to the Use of Exterior Fenestration and Daylighting Control Systems in the U.S.."Windows in Building Design & Maintenance (1984).

Arasteh, Dariush K, Russell Johnson, and Robert Sullivan."Skylight Energy Performance and Design Optimization."Windows in Building Design and Maintanence (1984).

Verderber, Rudolph R."Fluorescent Lamp Fixtures and Ballasts."EPRI Lighting and Utility Seminar (1984).