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)

2012

Hart, Robert, Howdy Goudey, Dariush K Arasteh, and Dragan C Curcija."Thermal Performance Impacts of Center-of-Glass Deflections in Installed Insulating Glazing Units."Energy and Buildings 54.November 2012 (2012) 453-460. DOI

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

Hart, Robert, Dragan C Curcija, Dariush K Arasteh, Howdy Goudey, Christian Kohler, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Research Needs: Glass Solar Reflectance and Vinyl Siding." (2011).

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).

2009

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

2008

Arasteh, Dariush K, Howdy Goudey, and Christian Kohler."Highly Insulating Glazing Systems using Non-Structural Center Glazing Layers."2008 Annual ASHRAE Meeting (2008).

Mitchell, Robin, Christian Kohler, Joseph H Klems, Michael D Rubin, Dariush K Arasteh, Charlie Huizenga, Tiefeng Yu, and Dragan C Curcija."WINDOW 6.2/THERM 6.2 Research Version User Manual." (2008) 1-126.

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).

2006

Arasteh, Dariush K, Howdy Goudey, Yu Joe Huang, Christian Kohler, and Robin Mitchell."Performance Criteria for Residential Zero Energy Windows."2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting (2006).

Arasteh, Dariush K, Dragan C Curcija, Yu Joe Huang, Charlie Huizenga, and Christian Kohler."Evaluating Fenestration Products for Zero-Energy Buildings: Issues for Discussion."SimBuild 2006: Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation (2006).

Arasteh, Dariush K, Stephen E Selkowitz, Joshua S Apte, and Marc LaFrance."Zero Energy Windows."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

Apte, Joshua S, and Dariush K Arasteh."Window-Related Energy Consumption in the US Residential and Commercial Building Stock." (2006).

2005

Mitchell, Robin, Yu Joe Huang, Dariush K Arasteh, Charlie Huizenga, and Steve Glendenning."RESFEN5: Program Description." (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).

2004

Kohler, Christian, Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K Arasteh."A First-Generation Prototype Dynamic Residential Window." (2004) 11.

Huang, Yu Joe, Robin Mitchell, Stephen E Selkowitz, Dariush K Arasteh, and Robert D Clear."Development of Trade-Off Equations for EnergyStar Windows."SimBuild 2004 (2004).

Carmody, John, Stephen E Selkowitz, Eleanor S Lee, and Dariush K Arasteh."Window Systems for High-Performance Buildings." (2004) 400.

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).

Mitchell, Robin, Christian Kohler, Dariush K Arasteh, John Carmody, Charlie Huizenga, and Dragan C Curcija."THERM 5/WINDOW 5 NFRC Simulation Manual." (2003).

2002

Apte, Joshua S, Dariush K Arasteh, and Yu Joe Huang."Future Advanced Windows for Zero-Energy Homes."ASHRAE Transactions 109, pt 2 (2002) 871-888.

Tribble, Alison, Kate Offringa, Bill Prindle, Dariush K Arasteh, Jay Zarnikau, Arlene Stewart, and Ken Nittler."Energy Efficient Windows in the Southern Residential Windows Market."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).