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)

2024

Paul, Lazlo, Marco Pritoni, Cynthia Regnier, Jason S MacDonald, Richard E Brown, and Cecilia Johnson."Architecting the Future: Exploring Coordinated Control Frameworks for Connected Communities."ACEEE Summer Study (2024).

Pereira, Guillermo, Cynthia Regnier, Lazlo Paul, Marco Pritoni, and Cecilia Johnson."Bringing demand flexibility to market: Insight on emerging business models from U.S. projects." (2024).

Shackelford, Jordan, Spencer M Dutton, Cynthia Regnier, Wanyu R Chan, and Alastair Robinson."Modeled Retrofit Package Performance for Schools." (2024). DOI

Fernandes, Luis L, and Cynthia Regnier."Zero Net Energy Retrofits for Small Commercial Offices: Zero Net Energy Package and Tubular Daylighting Device FLEXLAB Test Results Report." (2024).

2023

Shackelford, Jordan, Alastair Robinson, Cynthia Regnier, and Sang Hoon Lee."Getting Beyond Widgets: Performance of Efficient Indoor Air Quality System Retrofit Packages for Schools." (2023). DOI

Shackelford, Jordan, Alastair Robinson, Cynthia Regnier, and Sang Hoon Lee."Getting Beyond Widgets: Performance of Efficient Indoor Air Quality System Retrofit Packages for Schools." (2023).

Regnier, Cynthia, Luis L Fernandes, Kaiyu Sun, Pia Engel-Moss, Tom Abram, Luke McGuire, and Ruju Rathod."Integrated Whole-Building Zero Net Energy Retrofits for Small Commercial Offices." (2023).

2022

Mathew, Paul A, Jordan Shackelford, Cynthia Regnier, Sang Hoon Lee, and Travis Walter."Energy efficiency package for rooftop unit replacement: laboratory testing and validation of energy savings."Science and Technology for the Built Environment (2022). DOI

Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A Mathew, Jordan Shackelford, Sang Hoon Lee, Alastair Robinson, and Travis Walter."Multi-technology building system retrofits for utility incentive programs: Savings, costs and baseline considerations."Energy and Buildings (2022). DOI

Nemtzow, David, Cynthia Regnier, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Natalie Mims Frick, and Jason S MacDonald."If One GEB is Good, a Community of GEBs is Better."2022 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2022).

Regnier, Cynthia, and Alastair Robinson."BEYOND WIDGETS SYSTEM PACKAGES Deployment Strategies." (2022).

Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A Mathew, Leo Rainer, and Christopher CaraDonna."Systems Packages for Washington State Building Performance Standard Incentive Program: Phase 1 Analysis." (2022).

Meyers, Stephen, Rongxin Yin, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Jennifer Stokes-Draut, Cynthia Regnier, and Purabi Thakre."Innovative Technologies for a Low Carbon Electricity System." (2022).

2020

Mathew, Paul A, Cynthia Regnier, Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter."Energy Efficiency Package for Tenant Fit-Out:Laboratory Testing and Validation of Energy Savingsand Indoor Environmental Quality."Energies (2020). DOI

Shackelford, Jordan, Paul A Mathew, Cynthia Regnier, and Travis Walter."Laboratory Validation of Integrated Lighting Systems Retrofit Performance and Energy Savings."Energies (2020). DOI

Mathew, Paul A, Cynthia Regnier, Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter."Leading in Los Angeles: Demonstrating scalable emerging energy efficient technologies for integrated façade, lighting, and plug loads INTER System FLEXLAB Test Report." (2020). DOI

Mathew, Paul A, Philip Coleman, Cynthia Regnier, Jordan Shackelford, Duane Kubischta, Sarah Zaleski, and Blake Dressel."Package deals for deep savings: Scaling deep retrofits in commercial buildings with integrated systems packages."ACEEE (2020).

Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A Mathew, Alastair Robinson, and Jordan Shackelford."System Retrofits in Efficiency Programs: Track Record and Outlook."ACEEE Summer Study (2020).

Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A Mathew, Alastair Robinson, Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter."Systems Retrofit Trends in Commercial Buildings: Opening Up Opportunities for Deeper Savings." (2020).

Regnier, Cynthia, Luis L Fernandes, Kaiyu Sun, and John Bruschi."ZNE for All! Enabling Zero Net Energy Retrofits for Small Commercial Offices."ACEEE Summer Study (2020).

2019

Mathew, Paul A, Philip Coleman, Janie Page, Cynthia Regnier, Jordan Shackelford, Greg Hopkins, Matt Jungclaus, and Victor Olgyay."Energy Efficiency and the Real Estate Lifecycle: Stakeholder Perspectives." (2019).

2018

Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A Mathew, Alastair Robinson, Peter Schwartz, Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter."Beyond Widgets: Validated Systems Energy Savings and Utility Custom Incentive Program Systems Trends."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018). DOI

Mathew, Paul A, Cynthia Regnier, Travis Walter, and Jordan Shackelford."ComEd – LBNL ‘Beyond Widgets’ Project Automated Shading Integrated with Lighting and HVAC Controls System Program Manual." (2018).

Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A Mathew, Alastair Robinson, Peter Schwartz, Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter."Energy Cost Savings of Systems-Based Building Retrofits: A Study of Three Integrated Lighting Systems in Comparison with Component Based Retrofits." (2018).

Regnier, Cynthia, Kaiyu Sun, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Quantifying the benefits of a building retrofit using an integrated system approach: A case study."Energy and Buildings 159 (2018). DOI