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)

1997

Berman, Sam M, Don L Jewett, Blaine R Benson, and T.M Law."Despite Different Wall Colors, Vertical Scotopic Illuminance Predicts Pupil Size."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 26.2 (1997).

1996

Berman, Sam M, George Fein, Don L Jewett, Blaine R Benson, T.M Law, Alan M Myers, and Mark A Bullimore."Lighting Spectral Effect on Landolt C Performance is Enhanced by Blur and Abolished by Mydriasis."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 25.1 (1996) 42-50.

1995

Berman, Sam M, George Fein, Don L Jewett, Blaine R Benson, T.M Law, and Alan M Myers."Luminance-Controlled Pupil Size Affects Word Reading Accuracy."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 25 (1995).

1994

Berman, Sam M, George Fein, Don L Jewett, Blaine R Benson, T.M Law, and Alan M Myers."Visual Performance and Light Spectrum: The Inadequacy of Conventional Photometry."CIE Symposium on Advances in Photometry (1994).

1993

Berman, Sam M, George Fein, Don L Jewett, and F Ashford."Landolt C Recognition in Elderly Subjects is Affected by Scotopic Intensity of Surround Illuminants."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 23 (1993).

Berman, Sam M, George Fein, Don L Jewett, and F Ashford."Luminance Controlled Pupil Size Affects Landolt C Task Performance."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 22 (1993).

1988

Berman, Sam M, Don L Jewett, George Fein, Glenn Y Saika, and F Ashford."Photopic Luminance Does Not Always Predict Perceived Room Brightness."Lighting Research and Technology 22.1 (1988) 37-41. DOI

Jewett, Don L, Sam M Berman, M.R Greenberg, George Fein, and Richard M Nahass."The Lack of Effects on Human Muscle Strength of Light Spectrum and Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation in Electric Lighting."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society (1988).

1987

Berman, Sam M, Don L Jewett, and Larry R Bingham."Comparison of Pupillary Responses to Low and High Frequency Lighting."21st Session of the Commission Internationale de lEclairage (CIE) 2 (1987).

Berman, Sam M, Don L Jewett, Larry R Bingham, Richard M Nahass, Franklin Perry, and George Fein."Pupillary Size Differences Under Incandescent and High Pressure Sodium Lamps."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society Winter (1987) 3-20.