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)

2013

Van Den Bergh, Sofie, Robert Hart, Bjørn Petter Jelle, and Arlid Gustavsen."Window Spacers and Edge Seals in Insulating Glass Units: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Perspectives."Energy and Buildings 58 (2013) 263–280. DOI

2012

Arasteh, Dariush K., Robert Hart, Cezary Misiopecki, Arlid Gustavsen, and Bjørn Petter Jelle."Impacts of Operating Hardware on Window Thermal Performance."BEST3 Conference (2012).

Jelle, Bjørn Petter, Andrew Hynd, Arlid Gustavsen, Dariush K. Arasteh, Howdy Goudey, and Robert Hart."Fenestration of Today and Tomorrow: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Research Opportunities."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 96 (2012) 1-28. DOI

2011

Gustavsen, Arlid, Steinar Grynning, Dariush K. Arasteh, Bjørn Petter Jelle, and Howdy Goudey."Key Elements of and Materials Performance Targets for Highly Insulating Window Frames."Energy and Buildings 43.10 (2011) 2583-2594. DOI

2010

Gustavsen, Arlid, Goce Talev, Dariush K. Arasteh, Howdy Goudey, Christian Kohler, Sivert Uvsløkk, and Bjørn Petter Jelle."Experimental and Numerical Examination of the Thermal Transmittance of High Performance Window Frames."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings XI International Conference, December 5-9, 2010 (2010).

2008

Gustavsen, Arlid, Dariush K. Arasteh, Bjørn Petter Jelle, Dragan C. Curcija, and Christian Kohler."Developing Low-Conductance Window Frames: Capabilities and Limitations of Current Window Heat Transfer Design Tools."Journal of Building Physics 32 (2008) 131-153.

2007

Gustavsen, Arlid, Christian Kohler, Arvid Dalehaug, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Two-Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics and Conduction Simulations of Heat Transfer in Horizontal Window Frames with Internal Cavities."2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting (2007).

Gustavsen, Arlid, Bjørn Petter Jelle, Dariush K. Arasteh, and Christian Kohler."State-of-the-Art Highly Insulating Window Frames - Research and Market Review."SINTEF Building and Infrastructure (2007).

2005

Gustavsen, Arlid, Dariush K. Arasteh, Christian Kohler, and Dragan C. Curcija."Two-Dimension Conduction and CFD Simulations for Heat Transfer in Horizontal Window Frame Cavities."2005 ASHRAE Winter Meeting 111 (2005).

2003

Gustavsen, Arlid, Christian Kohler, Dariush K. Arasteh, and Dragan C. Curcija."Two-Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics and Conduction Simulations of Heat Transfer in Window Frames with Internal Cavities - Part 1: Cavities Only."ASHRAE Winter Meeting (2003).

Gustavsen, Arlid, and Paul H. Berdahl."Spectral Emissivity of Anodized Aluminum and the Thermal Transmittance of Aluminum Window Frames."Nordic Journal of Building Physics 3 (2003) 1-12.

2000

Gustavsen, Arlid, Brent T. Griffith, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Natural Convection Effects in Three-Dimensional Window Frames with Internal Cavities."ASHRAE Transactions 107, Part 2 (2000).

Gustavsen, Arlid, Brent T. Griffith, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Three-Dimensional Conjugate Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Internal Window Frame Cavities Validated Using IR Thermography."ASHRAE Transactions 107.2 (2000) 538-549.