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

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)

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2006

Mathew, Paul A, and Tim Kehrli."Review of EPA Energy Efficiency Targets: A Case Study Analysis of Five EPA Buildings." (2006).

2005

Payne, Christopher T, and Beverly Dyer."Federal Participation in LEED in 2005."Greenbuild Expo 2005 (2005).

Tschudi, William F, David Faulkner, and Allen Hebert."Energy Efficiency Strategies for Cleanrooms without Compromising Environmental Conditions."ASHRAE Symposium 3 (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Investigating the Performance of a Minienvironment System."ESTECH 2005 Conference (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Advanced Energy-Efficient Filtration: Fan-Filter Unit." (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Best Practice for Energy Efficient Cleanrooms: Control of Chilled Water System." (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Best Practice for Energy Efficient Cleanrooms: Cooling tower and condenser water optimization." (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Best Practice for Energy Efficient Cleanrooms: Fan/Filter Units." (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Best Practice for Energy Efficient Cleanrooms: Minienvironments." (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Best Practice for Energy Efficient Cleanrooms: Variable speed pumping." (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Best Practice for Energy Efficient Cleanrooms: Variable-speed-drive chiller." (2005).

Frenze, David, Steve E Greenberg, Paul A Mathew, Michael Morehead, Dale A Sartor, and William Starr Jr."Minimizing Reheat Energy Use in Laboratories." (2005).

Xu, Tengfang T."Opportunities for Sustainable Design and Operation of Clean Spaces: A Study on Minienvironment System Performance." (2005).

Frenze, David, Steve E Greenberg, Paul A Mathew, Dale A Sartor, and William Starr Jr."Right-Sizing Laboratory Equipment Loads." (2005).

2004

Payne, Christopher T, and Beverly Dyer."Federal participation in LEED."Greenbuild 2004 (2004).

Xu, Tengfang T, and Ming-Shan Jeng."Laboratory Evaluation of Fan-Filter Units Aerodynamic and Energy Performance."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 47.1 (2004) 5. DOI

Payne, Christopher T, and Alan K Meier."Many small consumers, one growing problem: Achieving energy savings for electronic equipment operating in low power modes."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2004).

Jeng, Ming-Shan, Tengfang T Xu, and Chao-Ho Lan."Towards Green Systems for Cleanrooms: Energy-Efficient Fan Filter Units."SEMI Technology Symposium: Innovations in Semiconductor Manufacturing (2004) 73-77.

Webster, Thomas L."Alternative Air Conditioning Technologies: Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)." (2004).

Yee, Gaymond, and Thomas L Webster."Trends in Energy Management Technology - Part 3: State of Practice of Energy Management, Control, and Information Systems." (2004).

Yee, Gaymond, and Thomas L Webster."Trends in Energy Management Technology - Part 4: Review of Advanced Applications in Energy Management, Control, and Information Systems." (2004).

Coleman, Philip, and Jeffrey P Harris."Public Sector Leadership: Government Purchasing of Energy-efficient Products to Save Energy and “Pull” the Market."Kuwait ASST Workshop on Energy Conservation in Buildings (2004).

Xu, Tengfang T."Considerations for Efficient Airflow Design in Cleanrooms."Journal of the IEST 1 (2004) 24-28.

Tschudi, William F, Tengfang T Xu, Dale A Sartor, Jonathan G Koomey, Bruce Nordman, and Osman Sezgen."Energy Efficient Data Centers." (2004).

Tschudi, William F, Tengfang T Xu, Dale A Sartor, and Jay Stein."High-Performance Data Centers: A Research Roadmap." (2004).