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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2007

Xu, Tengfang T."Standard Methods of Characterizing Performance of Fan Filter Units, Version 3.x." (2007).

2006

Tschudi, William F, and Stephen Fok."Best Practices for Energy Efficient Data Centers Identified Through Case Studies and Demonstration Projects."2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting (2006).

Xu, Tengfang T."An Innovative Method for Dynamic Characterization of Fan Filter Unit Operation."Journal of the IEST 50 (2006).

Xu, Tengfang T."Development of a Fan-Filter Unit Test Standard, Laboratory Validations, and its Applications across Industries."CleanRooms Magazine (2006).

Kozminski, Kenneth, Stuart Lewis, and Paul A Mathew."Efficient Electrical Lighting for Laboratories." (2006).

Mathew, Paul A, and Kath Williams."LEED for Labs: Review and Outlook." (2006).

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

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

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

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.

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).

Xu, Tengfang T."Introducing a Standard Testing Method for Fan-Filter Units."Advancing Application in Contamination Control 7 (2004) 23-25.