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)

2018

Ravache, Baptiste, and Cynthia Regnier."Stasis PCM Test Results." (2018).

2017

Robinson, Alastair, Paul A Mathew, Cynthia Regnier, Peter Schwartz, Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter."California Publicly‐Owned Utilities (POUs) – LBNL ‘Beyond Widgets’ Project Task‐ambient lighting and occupancy‐based plug load control System Program Manual ." (2017).

Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A Mathew, Alastair Robinson, Jordan Shackelford, Peter Schwartz, and Travis Walter."Xcel Energy – LBNL ‘Beyond Widgets’ Project Workstation Specific Lighting with Daylight Dimming Controls System Program Manual." (2017).

2016

Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A Mathew, Alastair Robinson, Peter Schwartz, and Travis Walter."Beyond Widgets – Systems Incentive Programs for Utilities."ACEEE (2016).

2015

Regnier, Cynthia, and Kevin Settlemyre."The Business of High Performance: The USC Darla Moore School of Business." (2015).

Harding, Ari, Andrea C Mercado, and Cynthia Regnier."A New Campus Built on Efficiency." (2015).

Settlemyre, Kevin, and Cynthia Regnier."Controlling Energy Performance on the Big Stage — The New York Times Company." (2015).

Regnier, Cynthia, Ari Harding, and Alastair Robinson."Achieving a Net Zero Energy Retrofit – in a humid, temperate climate – lessons from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa." (2015).

2013

Robinson, Alastair, and Cynthia Regnier."Lights, Camera, Action ... and Cooling - The case for centralized low carbon energy at Fox Studios." (2013).

Regnier, Cynthia, Alastair Robinson, Kevin Settlemyre, and Zorana Bosnic."Oregon Sustainability Center: Weighing Approaches to Net Zero." (2013).

Parrish, Kristen, Alastair Robinson, and Cynthia Regnier."Commercial Buildings Partnerships – Overview of Higher Education Projects." (2013).

O'Donnell, James, Tobias Maile, Cody Rose, Natasa Mrazovic, Elmer Morrissey, Cynthia Regnier, Kristen Parrish, and Vladimir Bazjanac."Transforming BIM to BEM: Generation of Building Geometry for the NASA Ames Sustainability Base BIM." (2013).

Regnier, Cynthia, and Kevin Settlemyre."The Business of High Performance: The USC Darla Moore School of Business." (2013).

2012

Parrish, Kristen, and Cynthia Regnier."Achieving Energy Savings in Municipal Construction in Long Beach, CA." (2012).

Parrish, Kristen, Andrea C Mercado, and Cynthia Regnier."Keeping Energy Savings in the LOOP." (2012).

Parrish, Kristen, and Cynthia Regnier."A Path to Successful Energy Retrofits: Early Collaboration Through Integrated Project Delivery Teams." (2012).

Regnier, Cynthia."Guide to Setting Thermal Comfort Criteria and Minimizing Energy Use in Delivering Thermal Comfort." (2012).

Robinson, Alastair, Cynthia Regnier, and Kevin Settlemyre."MIT - Mighty Steps for Energy Sustainability." (2012).