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)

2009

Arasteh, Dariush K, Christian Kohler, and Brent T Griffith."Modeling Windows in Energy Plus with Simple Performance Indices." (2009).

2006

Griffith, Brent T."A Model for Naturally Ventilated Cavities on the Exteriors of Opaque Building Thermal Envelopes."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Griffith, Brent T, Paul A Torcellini, and John Ryan."Assessment of the Technical Potential for Achieving Zero-Energy Commercial Buildings."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

Ellis, Peter G, Brent T Griffith, Nicholas Long, and Paul A Torcellini."Automated Multivariate Optimization Tool for Energy Analysis."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Griffith, Brent T, and Drury B Crawley."Methodology for Analyzing the Technical Potential for Energy Performance in the U.S. Commercial Buildings Sector With Detailed Energy Modeling."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Weber, Andreas, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Brent T Griffith, Teemu Vesanen, and Sébastien Lerson."A Case Study Demonstrating the Utility of Inter-Program Comparative Testing for Diagnosing Errors in Building Simulation Programs."eSim 2006 (2006).

2005

Crawley, Drury B, Jon W Hand, Michael Kummert, and Brent T Griffith."Contrasting the Capabilities of Building Energy Performance Simulation Programs."IBPSA Building Simulation 2005 (2005).

2004

Griffith, Brent T, and Peter G Ellis."Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Modeling with the EnergyPlus Calculation Engine."World Renewable Energy Congress VIII and Expo (2004).

Crawley, Drury B, Linda K Lawrie, Curtis O Pedersen, Frederick C Winkelmann, Michael J Witte, Richard K Strand, Richard J Liesen, Walter F Buhl, Yu Joe Huang, Robert H Henninger, Jason Glazer, Daniel E Fisher, Don B Shirley, Brent T Griffith, Peter G Ellis, and Lixing Gu."EnergyPlus: An Update."SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation (2004).

Griffith, Brent T, and Qingyan Chen."Framework for Coupling Room Air Models to Heat Balance Model Load and Energy Calculations (RP-1222)."HVAC&R Research (ASHRAE) 10.2 (2004).

2001

Griffith, Brent T, Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K Arasteh."Infrared Thermography Measurements of Window Thermal Test Specimen: Surface Temperatures."ASHRAE Seminar (2001).

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.

Griffith, Brent T, Daniel Turler, and Howdy Goudey."Infrared Thermography Systems."The Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology (2000).

1999

Huizenga, Charlie, Dariush K Arasteh, Elizabeth U Finlayson, Robin Mitchell, Brent T Griffith, and Dragan C Curcija."THERM 2.0: A Building Component Model for Steady-State Two-Dimensional Heat Transfer."Building Simulation 99, International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) (1999).

Griffith, Brent T, and Dariush K Arasteh."Buildings Research using Infrared Imaging Radiometers with Laboratory Thermal Chambers."Proceedings of the SPIE 3700 (1999).

1998

Huizenga, Charlie, Dariush K Arasteh, Elizabeth U Finlayson, Robin Mitchell, and Brent T Griffith."Teaching Students about Two-Dimensional Heat Transfer Effects in Buildings, Building Components, Equipment, and Appliances Using THERM 2.0."ASHRAE Transactions 105, Part 1 (1998).

Griffith, Brent T, Daniel Turler, Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K Arasteh."Experimental Techniques for Measuring Temperature and Velocity Fields to Improve the Use and Validation of Building Heat Transfer Models."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VII (1998).

Griffith, Brent T, Christian Kohler, Howdy Goudey, Daniel Turler, and Dariush K Arasteh."Rapid field testing of low-emittance coated glazings for product verification."ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Conference, Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VII (1998).

1997

Griffith, Brent T, Elizabeth U Finlayson, Mehry Yazdanian, and Dariush K Arasteh."The Significance of Bolts in the Thermal Performance of Curtain-Wall Frames for Glazed Façades."ASHRAE Transactions 104, Part 1 (1997).

Griffith, Brent T, Dragan C Curcija, Daniel Turler, and Dariush K Arasteh."Improving Computer Simulations of Heat Transfer for Projecting Fenestration products: Using Radiation View-Factor Models."ASHRAE Transactions 104, Part 1 (1997).

1996

Turler, Daniel, Brent T Griffith, and Dariush K Arasteh."Laboratory Procedures for Using Infrared Thermography to Validate Heat Transfer Models."ASTM Third Symposium on Insulation Materials: Testing and Applications 3 (1996).

1995

Griffith, Brent T, Fredric A Beck, Dariush K Arasteh, and Daniel Turler."Issues Associated with the Use of Infrared Thermography for Experimental Testing of Insulated Systems."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI Conference (1995).

Griffith, Brent T, Daniel Turler, and Dariush K Arasteh."Surface Temperatures of Insulated Glazing Units: Infrared Thermography Laboratory Measurements."ASHRAE Transactions 102.2 (1995).

Griffith, Brent T, Dariush K Arasteh, and Daniel Turler."Gas Filled Panels: An Update on Applications in the Building Thermal Envelope."BETEC Fall Symposium, Superinsulations and the Building Envelope (1995).