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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2022

Earni, Shankar, and Philip Coleman."Better bang for your buck? Comparing savings realization from ESPCs and direct-funded projects."ACEEE Summer Study 2022 (2022). DOI

2021

Ahn, Hyeunguk, William Miller, Paul Sheaffer, Vestal Tutterow, and Vi H. Rapp."Opportunities for installed combined heat and power (CHP) to increase grid flexibility in the U.S.."Energy Policy 157 (2021) 112485. DOI

2020

Wang, Liyang, Molly Morabito, Christopher T. Payne, and Gerald Robinson."Identifying institutional barriers and policy implications for sustainable energy technology adoption among large organizations in California."Energy Policy 146 (2020) 111768. DOI

Earni, Shankar, and Peter L. Therkelsen."Non-routine adjustments – towards standardizing M&V approach for quantifying the effects of static factors."eceee Industrial Efficiency 2020 - DECARBONISE INDUSTRY! (2020). DOI

Earni, Shankar, Philip Coleman, Elizabeth Stuart, and Peter H. Larsen."eProject Builder: Promoting wider adoption of energy savings performance contracts through standardization and transparency."energise 2020 ENERGY INNOVATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY (2020) 300-308.

Coleman, Philip, Shankar Earni, Bob Slattery, and Christine Walker."M&V in ESPC: The U.S. Federal Experience and Implications for Developing ESPC Markets."energise 2020 ENERGY INNOVATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY (2020) 216-221.

Piette, Mary Ann, Richard C. Diamond, Stephen E. Selkowitz, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Tianzhen Hong, Kaiyu Sun, Paul A. Mathew, Iain S. Walker, Alan K. Meier, Erik Page, Jessica Granderson, Nan Zhou, and Peter Alstone."Chapter 2: Global Opportunities and Challenges in Energy and Environmental Issues in the Buildings Sector."World Scientific Series in Current Energy Issues (2020). DOI

Morabito, Molly, Liyang Wang, Christopher T. Payne, and Luis L. Fernandes."National Mandates Won’t Save Us!: How to Design Energy Efficiency Policies that Address Institutional Barriers to Change."ACEEE Summer Study (2020). DOI

2018

Siap, David, Christopher T. Payne, and Alex Lekov."The United States Federal Energy Management Program lighting energy efficiency 2017 update and impacts."Applied Energy 233-234 (2018) 99 - 104. DOI

Wang, Liyang, and Christopher T. Payne."Changing Institutional Procurement Behavior to Achieve Energy Savings."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018). DOI

Fuchs, Heidi, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L. Therkelsen."Using Industry’s Own Words to Evaluate ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems Adoption." (2018). DOI

2016

Earni, Shankar."Advanced Metering Installations – A Perspective from Federal Sites." (2016).

Bunch, , Saralyn, and Christopher T. Payne."Contracting for Efficiency. A Best Practices Guide for Energy -Efficient Product Procurement." (2016). DOI

2015

Scodel, Anna, and Laurèn DeMates."From Policy to Compliance: Federal Energy Efficient Product Procurement." (2015).

Chiles, Thomas, Kenneth Shutika, and Philip Coleman."Riding the Electricity Market as an Energy Management Strategy: Savings from Real-Time Pricing." (2015).

Coleman, Philip."Escalation Rates in Energy Savings Performance Contracts."Energy Engineering 112.5 (2015). DOI

Coleman, Philip."Guide to Promoting an Energy Efficient Public Sector (PePS)." (2015).

Agyeman, Yaw O., and Harley Barnes."Project Manager’s Guide to Managing Impact and Process Evaluation Studies." (2015).

Scheib, Jennifer, Philip Coleman, and Shanti Pless."Realizing High-Performance Buildings." (2015).

Agyeman, Yaw O.."Steady Hand at the Wheel: Using an Incremental, Systematic Approach to Promote an Evaluation Culture in a Federal Organization."International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (2015).

2014

Earni, Shankar."Advanced Metering Implementations - A Perspective from Federal Sector."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

Coleman, Philip, Shankar Earni, and Charles H. Williams."Could what that ESCO sales rep said really be true? Savings realization rates in ESPC versus bid-to-spec projects."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

Payne, Christopher T., H.Y. Iris Cheung, and Emily Fisher."Evolution of Energy Efficiency Programs Over Time: The Case of Standby Power."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

Mercado, Andrea C., Robin Mitchell, Shankar Earni, Richard C. Diamond, and Elena Alschuler."Enabling Interoperability through a Common Language for Building Performance Data."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

2013

Williams, Charles H., Andrew S. Green, Douglas Dahle, John Barnett, Pat Butler, and David Kerner."Potential for the Use of Energy Savings Performance Contracts to Reduce Energy Consumption and Provide Energy and Cost Savings in Non-Building Applications." (2013).