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

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)

2004

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).

2002

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, Michael K Ting, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.."Energy 27.3 (2002) 255-269. DOI

Bertoldi, Paolo, Bernard Aebischer, Charles Edlington, Craig Hershberg, Benoit Lebot, Jiang Lin, Tony Marker, Alan K Meier, Hidetoshi Nakagami, Yoshiaki Shibata, Hans Paul Siderius, and Carrie A Webber."Standby power consumption in Chinese households."ACEEE Summer Study 2002 (2002).

2001

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Michael K Ting, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.: Detailed Report and Appendices." (2001).

Piette, Mary Ann, Joseph H Eto, Iain S Walker, Stephen E Selkowitz, Craig P Wray, Bruce Nordman, Alan K Meier, Philip Haves, Richard C Diamond, Jeffrey P Harris, Mithra M Moezzi, Christopher T Payne, and Jonathan G Koomey."Demand-Responsive and Efficient Building Systems as a Resource for Electricity Reliability." (2001).

2000

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).

Lebot, Benoit, Alan K Meier, and Alain Anglade."Global Implications of Standby Power Use." (2000).

Rosen, Karen, Alan K Meier, and Stefan Zandelin."National Energy Use of Consumer Electronics in 1999." (2000).

Ross, J.P, and Alan K Meier."Whole-House Measurements of Standby Power Consumption." (2000).

Taha, Haider, Alan K Meier, Weijun Gao, and Toshio Ojima."Mitigation of urban heat islands: meteorology, energy, and airquality impacts."Journal of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Engineering 529 (2000) 69-76.

1998

Sanchez, Marla C, Jonathan G Koomey, Mithra M Moezzi, Alan K Meier, and Wolfgang Huber."Miscellaneous Electricity Use in the U.S. Residential Sector." (1998).

Sanchez, Marla C, Jonathan G Koomey, Mithra M Moezzi, Alan K Meier, and Wolfgang Huber."Miscellaneous Electricity Use in U.S. Homes."ACEEE 1998 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1998) 11.

1996

Rainer, Leo I, Steve E Greenberg, and Alan K Meier."You Won't Find These Leaks with a Blower Door: The Latest in "Leaking Electricity" in Homes." (1996).

1994

Schrock, Derek W, John L Stoops, Alan K Meier, Edward L Vine, and Barry D Solomon."Developing Energy and Environmental Reporting Protocols." (1994).

Litt, Barbara R, and Alan K Meier."What is a Low-Energy House?."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study 1994 (1994).

1991

Koomey, Jonathan G, Celina S Atkinson, Alan K Meier, James E McMahon, Stan Boghosian, Barbara A Atkinson, Isaac Turiel, Mark D Levine, Bruce Nordman, and Peter T Chan."The Potential for Electricity Efficiency Improvements in the U.S. Residential Sector." (1991).

Meier, Alan K, and Richard Jansky."Field Performance of Residential Refrigerators: A Comparison with the Laboratory Test." (1991) 14.

1989

Anderson, Karen, Linda Berry, Joseph H Eto, Howard S Geller, Jeffrey P Harris, Mark D Levine, Alan K Meier, Arthur H Rosenfeld, Carol Sabo, Edward L Vine, Stephen Wiel, Cheryl Wodley, Charles A Goldman, Eric Hirst, and Florentin Krause."Least Cost Planning in the Utility Sector: Progress and Challenges." (1989) 24.

1988

Meier, Alan K, Charles A Goldman, Kathleen M Greely, and Jeffrey P Harris."Estimating Conservation Potential Using BECA Data." (1988).