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)

2021

Gao, Yuan, Qiye Zheng, Jacob C Jonsson, Sean D Lubner, Dragan C Curcija, Luis L Fernandes, Sumanjeet Kaur, and Christian Kohler."Parametric study of solid-solid translucent phase change materials in building windows."Applied Energy 301 (2021) 117467. DOI

2013

Lee, Eleanor S, Luis L Fernandes, Howdy Goudey, Jacob C Jonsson, Dragan C Curcija, Xiufeng Pang, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, and Sabine Hoffmann."A Pilot Demonstration of Electrochromic and Thermochromic Windows in the Denver Federal Center, Building 41, Denver, Colorado." (2013).

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

2011

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).

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.

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).

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).

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

Powles, Rebecca, Dragan C Curcija, and Christian Kohler."Solar Absorption in Thick and Multilayered Glazings."World Renewable Energy Congress VII (2002).

2001

Arasteh, Dariush K, Robin Mitchell, Christian Kohler, Charlie Huizenga, and Dragan C Curcija."Improving Information Technology to Maximize Fenestration Energy Efficiency."Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings VIII (2001).

Mitchell, Robin, Christian Kohler, Dariush K Arasteh, Charlie Huizenga, and Dragan C Curcija."WINDOW 5.0 User Manual for Analyzing Window Thermal Performance." (2001).

2000

Mitchell, Robin, Christian Kohler, Dariush K Arasteh, Elizabeth U Finlayson, Charlie Huizenga, Dragan C Curcija, and John Carmody."THERM 2.1 NFRC Simulation Manual." (2000) 260.

1999

Huizenga, Charlie, Dariush K Arasteh, Elizabeth U Finlayson, Robin Mitchell, Brent T Griffith, and Dragan C Curcija."THERM 2.0: A Building Component Model for Steady-State Two-Dimensional Heat Transfer."Building Simulation 99, International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) (1999).

1998

Finlayson, Elizabeth U, Robin Mitchell, Dariush K Arasteh, Charlie Huizenga, and Dragan C Curcija."THERM 2.0: a PC Program for Analyzing Two-Dimensional Heat Transfer through Building products." (1998).

1997

Arasteh, Dariush K, Elizabeth U Finlayson, Dragan C Curcija, Jeff Baker, and Charlie Huizenga."Guidelines for Modeling Projecting Fenestration Products."ASHRAE Transactions 104, Part 1 (1997).

Griffith, Brent T, Dragan C Curcija, Daniel Turler, and Dariush K Arasteh."Improving Computer Simulations of Heat Transfer for Projecting Fenestration products: Using Radiation View-Factor Models."ASHRAE Transactions 104, Part 1 (1997).

1995

Finlayson, Elizabeth U, Dariush K Arasteh, Michael D Rubin, John Sadlier, Robert Sullivan, Charlie Huizenga, Dragan C Curcija, and Mark Beall."Advances in Thermal and Optical Simulations of Fenestration Systems: The Development of WINDOW 5."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI Conference (1995).