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)

2019

Millstein, Dev, James McCall, Jordan Macknick, Scott Nicholson, David Keyser, Seongeun Jeong, and Garvin A Heath."GeoVision Analysis Supporting Task Force Report: Impacts." (2019).

2016

Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, Garvin A Heath, David Keyser, Eric Lantz, Jordan Macknick, Trieu Mai, and Dev Millstein."Long-term implications of sustained wind power growth in the United States: Potential benefits and secondary impacts."Applied Energy 179.1 October 2016 (2016) 146-158. DOI

Wiser, Ryan H, Dev Millstein, Trieu Mai, Jordan Macknick, Alberta Carpenter, Stuart Cohen, Wesley Cole, Bethany Frew, and Garvin A Heath."The environmental and public health benefits of achieving high penetrations of solar energy in the United States."Energy 113.15 October 2016 (2016) 472-486. DOI

Wiser, Ryan H, Trieu Mai, Dev Millstein, Jordan Macknick, Alberta Carpenter, Stuart Cohen, Wesley Cole, Bethany Frew, and Garvin A Heath."The Environmental and Public Health Benefits of Achieving High Penetrations of Solar Energy in the United States."On the Path to SunShot (2016).

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Jenny Heeter, Trieu Mai, Lori Bird, Mark Bolinger, Alberta Carpenter, Garvin A Heath, David Keyser, Jordan Macknick, Andrew D Mills, and Dev Millstein."A Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards." (2016).

2014

Arent, Douglas J, Jacquelyn Pless, Trieu Mai, Ryan H Wiser, M Maureen Hand, Samuel F Baldwin, Garvin A Heath, Jordan Macknick, Morgan Bazilian, Adam Schlosser, and Paul Denholm."Implications of high renewable electricity penetration in the U.S. for water use, greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, and materials supply."Applied Energy 123 (2014) 368 - 377. DOI

Brandt, Adam R, Garvin A Heath, Eric A Kort, Francis O'Sullivan, Gabrielle Pétron, Sarah M Jordaan, Pieter P Tans, Jennifer Wilcox, Avi M Gopstein, Douglas J Arent, Steven C Wofsy, Nancy J Brown, Richard Bradley, Galen D Stucky, Douglas Eardley, and Robert Harriss."Methane Leaks from North American Natural Gas Systems."Science 343.6172 (2014) 733 - 735. DOI

2005

Mendell, Mark J, and Garvin A Heath."Do Indoor Pollutants and Thermal Conditions in Schools Influence Student Performance? A Critical Review of the Literature."Indoor Air 2005 15 (2005) 27-52. DOI

2004

Mendell, Mark J, and Garvin A Heath."A Summary of Scientific Findings on Adverse Effects of Indoor Environments on Students' Health, Academic Performance and Attendance." (2004).

2002

Heath, Garvin A, and Mark J Mendell."Do Indoor Environments in Schools Influence Student Performance? A Review of the Literature."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 1 (2002) 802-807.