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)

2024

Wei, Max, Gregory J Rosenquist, Katie Coughlin, Edward Cubero, Chao Ding, Thomas A Burke, Omar Abdelaziz, Jackson Thach, Anthony Ng, Jonah Steinbuck, and Drew Bohan."Benefits and Challenges in Using Low GWP A3 Refrigerants in Residential Air Condition Equipment." (2024).

2020

Coughlin, Katie, Edward Cubero, Akhil Mathur, and Gregory J Rosenquist."Analysis of Space-Conditioning Loads in Commercial Buildings." (2020).

2014

Meyers, Stephen, Alison A Williams, Peter T Chan, Gregory J Rosenquist, Helcio Blum, Barbara A Atkinson, Sanaee Iyama, Jie Gu, Maithili Iyer, and Sarah K Price."Energy and Economic Impacts of U.S. Federal Energy and Water Conservation Standards Adopted from 1987 through 2013." (2014).

2013

Williams, Alison A, Edward L Vine, Sarah K Price, Andrew Sturges, and Gregory J Rosenquist."The Cost of Enforcing Building Energy Codes: Phase 1." (2013).

2011

Hopkins, Asa S, Alexander B Lekov, James D Lutz, Gregory J Rosenquist, and Energy Analysis Department."Simulating a Nationally Representative Housing Sample Using EnergyPlus." (2011) 55.

2008

Lin, Jiang, and Gregory J Rosenquist."Stay cool with less work: China's new energy-efficiency standards for air conditioners."Energy Policy 36.3 (2008) 1090 - 1095. DOI

2006

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Michael A McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, and James E McMahon."Energy efficiency standards for equipment: Additional opportunities in the residential and commercial sectors." 34.17 (2006) 3257–3267.

Coughlin, Katie, Richard M White, Christopher A Bolduc, Diane C Fisher, and Gregory J Rosenquist."The Tariff Analysis Project: A Database and Analysis Platform for Electricity Tariffs." (2006) 51.

2004

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Michael A McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, and James E McMahon."Energy Efficiency Standards and Codes for Residential/Commercial Equipment and Buildings: Additional Opportunities." (2004).

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Michael A McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, and James E McMahon."Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Commercial Equipment: Additional Opportunities." (2004).

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Katie Coughlin, James E McMahon, Richard Williams, Sriram Somasundaram, and Michael Rivest."Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps. ANOPR Version." (2004).

Rosenquist, Gregory J, James E McMahon, and Michael E McCabe."Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps." (2004).

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Katie Coughlin, Larry L Dale, and Stephen Meyers."Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners." (2004).

Dale, Larry L, Dev Millstein, Katie Coughlin, Robert D Van Buskirk, Gregory J Rosenquist, Alexander B Lekov, and Sanjib Bhuyan."An Analysis of Price Determination and Markups in the Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment Industry." (2004).

2002

LaCommare, Kristina Hamachi, Chris Marnay, Etan Gumerman, Peter T Chan, Gregory J Rosenquist, and Julie G Osborn."Investigation of Residential Central Air Conditioning Load Shapes in NEMS." (2002) 41.

2001

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Peter T Chan, Alexander B Lekov, James E McMahon, and Robert D Van Buskirk."Consumer Life-Cycle Cost Impacts of Energy-Efficiency Standards for Residential-Type Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps." (2001) 30.

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Peter T Chan, Alexander B Lekov, James E McMahon, and Robert D Van Buskirk."Consumer Life-Cycle Cost Impacts of Energy-Efficiency Standards for Residential-Type Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps."2002 Winter Meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), January 11-16, 2002 108.Part 1 (2001) 619-630.

Fridley, David, Gregory J Rosenquist, Jiang Lin, Li Aixian, Xin Dingguo, and Cheng Jianhong."Technical and Economic Analysis of Energy Efficiency of Chinese Room Air Conditioners." (2001).

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Alexander B Lekov, Peter T Chan, and James E McMahon."Determining Benefits and Costs of Improved Central Air Conditioner Efficiencies." (2001) 14.

1999

Constantine, Sachu, Andrea Denver, Sajid Hakim, James E McMahon, and Gregory J Rosenquist."Ghana Residential Energy Use and Appliance Ownership Survey: Final Report on the Potential Impact of Appliance Performance Standards in Ghana." (1999).

1998

DeVuono, Anthony, Peter T Chan, James D Lutz, Chris Marnay, Gregory J Rosenquist, and James E McMahon."Draft Report on Potential Impact of Alternative Efficiency Levels for Residential Cooking Products." (1998).

1997

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Peter T Chan, Terry W Chan, Chris Marnay, James E McMahon, and Steven J Pickle."Draft Report on Potential Impact of Alternative Efficiency Levels for Room Air Conditioners." (1997).

Chan, Peter T, Terry W Chan, Anthony DeVuono, Chris Marnay, James E McMahon, Gregory J Rosenquist, Isaac Turiel, and Stan Boghosian."General Methodology for the Analysis of Alternative Efficiency Levels for Room Air Conditioners and Residential Cooking Products." (1997).

Wenzel, Thomas P, Jonathan G Koomey, Gregory J Rosenquist, Marla C Sanchez, and James W Hanford."Energy Data Sourcebook for the U.S. Residential Sector." (1997).

1994

Koomey, Jonathan G, Francis X Johnson, Jennifer E Schuman, Ellen M Franconi, Steve E Greenberg, James D Lutz, Brent T Griffith, Dariush K Arasteh, Celina S Atkinson, Kristin E Heinemeier, Yu Joe Huang, Lynn K Price, Gregory J Rosenquist, Francis M Rubinstein, Stephen E Selkowitz, Haider Taha, and Isaac Turiel."Buildings Sector Demand-Side Efficiency Technology Summaries." (1994).