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

Diamond, Richard C., Charles A. Goldman, Mark P. Modera, Michael H. Rothkopf, Max H. Sherman, and Edward L. Vine."Building Energy Retrofit Research: Multifamily Sector." (1985).

Sherman, Max H., Mark P. Modera, and Dariush Hekmat."Energy Impacts of Efficient Refrigerators in the Pacific Northwest." (1985).

Sherman, Max H., and J. Bruce Dickinson."Fan Pressurization Techniques for the Estimation of Air Infiltration."Proceedings ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Conference, Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings III, (1985).

Modera, Mark P., J.T. Brunsell, and Richard C. Diamond."Improving Diagnostics and Energy Analysis for Multifamily Buildings: A Case Study."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings (1985).

Sherman, Max H.."Multizone Modeling and Air Leakage Analysis."Proceedings, 6th Air Infiltration Centre Conference (1985).

Sherman, Max H.."Simplified Model of Thermal Comfort."Energy and Buildings 8 (1985) 37-50.

Feustel, Helmut E., C.H. Zuercher, Richard C. Diamond, 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

1984

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

Diamond, Richard C., and David T. Grimsrud."R.C. Diamond and D.T. Grimsrud, Manual on Indoor Air Quality,." (1984) 114.

Sherman, Max H., and S. Ashley."The Calculation of Natural Ventilation and Comfort."ASHRAE Transactions 90.1B (1984).

Diamond, Richard C.."Comfort and Control: Energy and Housing for the Elderly." (1984).

Modera, Mark P., Max H. Sherman, and Robert C. Sonderegger."Heat-Flow Measurements in Buildings." (1984).

Diamond, Richard C., and David T. Grimsrud."Manual on Indoor Air Quality."University Press of the Pacific [A reprint of the publication done for the Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI EM-3469, Palo Alto, California, February, 1984. 114 pp.] (1984).

1983

Diamond, Richard C.."Energy and Housing for the Elderly: Preliminary Observations."Working Conference on Families and Energy--Coping with Uncertainty, Michigan State University (1983).

Lipschutz, Ronnie D., Richard C. Diamond, and Robert C. Sonderegger."Some Technical and Behavioral Aspects of Energy Use in a High-Rise Apartment Building." (1983).

Lipschutz, Ronnie D., Richard C. Diamond, and Robert C. Sonderegger."Energy Use in a High-Rise Apartment Building." (1983).

Sherman, Max H.."Air Infiltration Research at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory."Air Infiltration Review 4.4 (1983) 4-5.

Grimsrud, David T., Max H. Sherman, and Robert C. Sonderegger."Calculating Infiltration: Implications for a Construction Quality Standard." (1983).

Modera, Mark P., Max H. Sherman, and P.A. Levin."A Detailed Examination of the LBL Infiltration Model with the Mobile Infiltration Test Unit."ASHRAE Transactions 89 (1983).

Sherman, Max H., Darryl J. Dickerhoff, and David T. Grimsrud."Field Testing of Wind Cooling Effects on Navy Buildings." (1983).

Sherman, Max H., J.W. Adams, Robert C. Sonderegger, Francis A. Govan, David M. Greason, and John D. McAllister."Simplified Thermal Parameters: A Model of the Dynamic Performance of Walls."Thermal Insulation, Materials, and Systems for Energy Conservation in the '80s: A Conference ASTM STP 789 (1983) 355-372.

1982

Sherman, Max H., and David T. Grimsrud."Wind and Infiltration Interaction for Small Buildings."Proceedings ASCE Annual Meeting (1982).

Sherman, Max H., and David T. Grimsrud."A Comparison of Alternate Ventilation Strategies."Proceedings Third AIC Conference (1982).

Lipschutz, Ronnie D., J. Bruce Dickinson, and Richard C. Diamond."Infiltration and Leakage Measurements in New Houses Incorporating Energy Efficient Features." (1982).