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

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2021

Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Chun Chun Ni, and Hung-Chia Yang."A Retrospective Analysis of the 2011 Direct Final Rule for Room Air Conditioners." (2021).

2017

Stratton, Hannah, Heidi Fuchs, Yuting Chen, Camilla Dunham, Chun Chun Ni, and Alison A. Williams."Keeping Pace with Water and Wastewater Rates."American Water Works Association (2017).

2014

Burke, Thomas A., Henry Willem, Chun Chun Ni, Hannah Stratton, Yuting Chen, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Maithili Iyer, Sarah K. Price, and Camilla Dunham."Using Field-Metered Data to Quantify Annual Energy Use of Portable Air Conditioners." (2014).

Yang, Hung-Chia, Chun Chun Ni, Stacy Pratt, Sarah K. Price, Hannah Stratton, Henry Willem, and Camilla Dunham."Dehumidifier Use in the U.S. Residential Sector: Results from an Amazon Mechanical Turk Survey." (2014).

Zhao, Yue, Jing Ke, Chun Chun Ni, Michael A. McNeil, Nina Khanna, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Qiqiang Li."A Comparative Study of Energy Consumption and Efficiency of Japanese and Chinese Manufacturing Industry."Energy Policy 70 (2014) 45-56. DOI

2013

Willem, Henry, Camilla Dunham, Chun Chun Ni, Venessa Tavares, Thomas A. Burke, Moya Melody, and Sarah K. Price."Field-Monitoring of Whole-Home Dehumidifiers: Initial Results of a Pilot Study." (2013).

Willem, Henry, Thomas A. Burke, Camilla Dunham, Bereket Beraki, James D. Lutz, Moya Melody, Mythri Nagaraju, Chun Chun Ni, Stacy Pratt, Sarah K. Price, and Venessa Tavares."Using Field-Metered Data to Quantify Annual Energy Use of Residential Portable Unit Dehumidifiers." (2013).

Ni, Chun Chun."Potential Energy Savings and Reduction of CO₂ Emissions Through Higher Efficiency Standards for Polyphase Electric Motors in Japan."Energy Policy Volume 52 (2013) 737–747. DOI

2012

Williams, Alison A., Hung-Chia Yang, Bereket Beraki, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Scott J. Young, Chun Chun Ni, Henry Willem, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Camilla Dunham, and Sally M. Donovan."Surveys of Microwave Ovens in U.S. Homes." (2012).

Wikler, Greg, Phil Martin, Bo Shen, Girish Ghatikar, Chun Chun Ni, and Junqiao Han Dudley."Addressing Energy Demand through Demand Response: International Experiences and Practices." (2012).

Shen, Bo, Chun Chun Ni, Girish Ghatikar, and Lynn K. Price."What China Can Learn from International Experiences in Developing a Demand Response Program."ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2012).

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