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

Pantelic, Jovan, Stefano Schiavon, Baisong Ning, Eleftherios Burdakis, Paul Raftery, and Fred S Bauman."Full scale laboratory experiment on the cooling capacity of a radiant floor system."Energy and Buildings 170 (2018). DOI

Tang, Haida, Paul Raftery, Xiaohua Liu, Stefano Schiavon, Jonathan Woolley, and Fred S Bauman."Performance analysis of pulsed flow control method for radiant slab system."Building and Environment 127 (2018). DOI

Woolley, Jonathan, Stefano Schiavon, Fred S Bauman, Paul Raftery, and Jovan Pantelic."Side-by-side laboratory comparison of space heat extraction rates and thermal energy use for radiant and all-air systems."Energy and Buildings 176 (2018). DOI

2015

Feng, Jingjuan, Frank Chuang, Francesco Borrelli, and Fred S Bauman."Model predictive control of radiant slab systems with evaporative cooling sources."Energy and Buildings 87 (2015) 199 - 210. DOI

2013

Lee, Eleanor S, Luis L Fernandes, Brian E Coffey, Andrew McNeil, Robert D Clear, Thomas L Webster, Fred S Bauman, Darryl J Dickerhoff, David Heinzerling, and Tyler Hoyt."A Post-Occupancy Monitored Evaluation of the Dimmable Lighting, Automated Shading, and Underfloor Air Distribution System in The New York Times Building." (2013).

2012

Bauman, Fred S, Thomas L Webster, Stefano Schiavon, Hui Zhang, Edward A Arens, Kwang Ho Lee, Tyler Hoyt, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Timothy Moore, Wilmer Pasut, Sabine Hoffmann, Tiefeng Yu, and Elliot Nahman."Advanced Design and Commissioning Tools for Energy-Efficient Building Technologies."Final report to California Energy Commission (CEC) Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program (2012).

2011

Bauman, Fred S, Thomas L Webster, David Lehrer, Edward A Arens, Hui Zhang, John Goins, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Stefano Schiavon, Sabine Hoffmann, Tiefeng Yu, David Fannon, Mark Perepelitza, and Krystyna Zelenay."Advanced Integrated Systems Tools Development and Performance Testing."Final report to California Energy Commission (CEC) Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program (2011).

2009

Bauman, Fred S, Thomas L Webster, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Curtis Fentress, and Matt Popowski."California Department of Education HQ Block 225: California's Valedictorian."High Performing Buildings (2009) 38-50.

2008

Bauman, Fred S, Thomas L Webster, and Darryl J Dickerhoff."Air Leakage Test Report EPA Region 8 Headquarters, Denver, Colorado. CBE Summary Report."Center for the Built Environment (2008).

Webster, Thomas L, Fred S Bauman, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Yoon Soo Lee."Case Study of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 Headquarters Building."Center for the Built Environment (2008).

2007

Webster, Thomas L, Wolfgang Lukaschek, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Fred S Bauman."Energy Performance of Underfloor Air Distribution Systems (UFAD) Systems Part II: Room Air Stratification Full Scale Testing."California Energy Commission, PIER Building End-Use Energy Efficiency Program (2007).

Bauman, Fred S, Thomas L Webster, Hui Jin, Wolfgang Lukaschek, Corinne Benedek, Edward A Arens, Paul F Linden, Anna Lui, Walter F Buhl, and Darryl J Dickerhoff."Energy Performance of Underfloor Air Distribution Systems."California Energy Commission, PIER Building End-Use Energy Efficiency Program (2007).

Bauman, Fred S, Thomas L Webster, Hui Jin, Wolfgang Lukaschek, Corinne Benedek, Edward A Arens, Paul F Linden, Anna Lui, Walter F Buhl, and Darryl J Dickerhoff."Energy Performance of Underfloor Air Distribution Systems." (2007).

1999

Modera, Mark P, Tengfang T Xu, Helmut E Feustel, Nance Matson, Charlie Huizenga, Fred S Bauman, Edward A Arens, and Tom R Borgers."Efficient Thermal Energy Distribution in Commercial Buildings." (1999).

1997

Fisk, William J, David Faulkner, Douglas P Sullivan, and Fred S Bauman."Air Change Effectiveness and Pollutant Removal Efficiency During Adverse Mixing Conditions."Indoor Air 7.1 (1997) 55-63. DOI

1993

Bauman, Fred S, R.S Helm, Edward A Arens, William J Fisk, and David Faulkner."Air Movement, Comfort, and Ventilation in Partitioned Work."ASHRAE Journal 35.3 (1993) 42-50.

Bauman, Fred S, Tom R Borgers, Paul LaBerge, and Ashok J Gadgil."Cold Air Distribution in Office Buildings: Technology Assessment for California."1993 ASHRAE Annual Conference 99 (1993).

1992

Bauman, Fred S, David Faulkner, Edward A Arens, William J Fisk, Lucy P Johnston, Pleasant J McNeel, David Pih, and Hui Zhang."Air Movement, Comfort, and Ventilation in Workstations."ASHRAE Transactions 98.1 (1992) 756-780.

1991

Bauman, Fred S, David Faulkner, Edward A Arens, William J Fisk, Lucy P Johnston, Pleasant J McNeel, David Pih, and Hui Zhang."Air movement, comfort and ventilation in partitioned workstations."ASHRAE Transactions 98 Part 1 (1991) 756-780.

1990

Fisk, William J, David Faulkner, David Pih, Pleasant J McNeel, Fred S Bauman, and Edward A Arens."Indoor Air Flow and Pollutant Removal in a Room with Task Ventilation."11th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre Conference (1990).

1987

Akbari, Hashem, Diego Samano, Atila Mertol, Fred S Bauman, and Ron C Kammerud."The effect of variations in convection coefficients on thermal energy storage in buildings Part II — Exterior massive walls and simulations."Energy and Buildings 10.1 (1987) 29-47. DOI

1986

Akbari, Hashem, Atila Mertol, Ashok J Gadgil, Ron C Kammerud, and Fred S Bauman."Development of a Turbulent Near-Wall Temperature Model and Its Application to Channel Flow."Wärme- und Stoffübertragung 20.3 (1986) 189 - 201. DOI

Akbari, Hashem, Diego Samano, Atila Mertol, Fred S Bauman, and Ron C Kammerud."The effect of variations in convection coefficients on thermal energy storage in buildings Part I - Interior partition walls."Energy and Buildings 9 (1986) 195-211. DOI

1984

Gadgil, Ashok J, Fred S Bauman, Emmanuel F Altmayer, and Ron C Kammerud."Verification of a Numerical Simulation Technique for Natural Convection."Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 106.3 (1984) 366-369. DOI

1983

Bauman, Fred S, Ashok J Gadgil, Ron C Kammerud, Emmanuel F Altmayer, and Mark Nansteel."Convective Heat Transfer in Buildings: Recent Research Results."ASHRAE 1983 Winter Conference 89 (1983).