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)

2003

Akbari, Hashem, and Essam Omar Assem."Energy efficiency for fueling the world."Proceedings of the Energy Conservation in Buildings Workshop (2003).

Akbari, Hashem."Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in two small non-residential buildings."Energy 28.9 (2003) 953-967. DOI

Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Paul H. Berdahl."A Review of Methods for the Manufacture of Residential Roofing Materials." (2003).

Taha, Haider, and Hashem Akbari."Cool roofs as an energy conservation measure for federal buildings." (2003).

Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, Sheng-Chieh Chang, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Brian Pon."Examples of cooler reflective streets for urban heat-island mitigation : portland cement concrete and chip seals." (2003).

Akbari, Hashem, Leanna S. Rose, and Haider Taha."Analyzing the land cover of an urban environment using high-resolution orthophotos."Landscape and Urban Planning 63.1 (2003) 1-14. DOI

Rose, Leanna S., Hashem Akbari, and Haider Taha."Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of greater Houston, Texas." (2003).

Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J. Konopacki."Streamlined energy-savings calculations for heat-island reduction strategies." (2003).

2002

Taha, Haider, Hillel Hammer, and Hashem Akbari."Meteorological and air quality impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetative cover in the greater Toronto Area, Canada." (2002).

Akbari, Hashem."Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO₂ emissions from power plants."Environmental Pollution 116.1 (2002) S119-S126. DOI

Berdahl, Paul H., Hashem Akbari, and Leanna S. Rose."Aging of reflective roofs: soot deposition."Applied Optics 41 (2002) 2355-2360.

Levinson, Ronnen M., and Hashem Akbari."Effects of composition and exposure on the solar reflectance of portland cement concrete."Cement and Concrete Research 32 (2002) 1679-1698. DOI

Konopacki, Steven J., and Hashem Akbari."Energy savings for heat-island reduction strategies in Chicago and Houston." (2002).

Konopacki, Steven J., and Hashem Akbari."Energy Savings of Heat-Island Reduction Strategies in Chicago and Houston (Including Updates for Baton Rouge, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City)." (2002).

2001

Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S. Rose."Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of metropolitan Chicago, Illinois." (2001).

Konopacki, Steven J., and Hashem Akbari."Measured energy savings and demand reduction from a reflective roof membrane on a large retail store in Austin." (2001).

Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S. Rose."Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of Salt Lake City, Utah." (2001).

Akbari, Hashem, Melvin Pomerantz, and Haider Taha."Cool surfaces and shade trees to reduce energy use and improve air quality in urban areas."Solar Energy 70 (2001) 295-310. DOI

Konopacki, Steven J., and Hashem Akbari."Energy impacts of heat island reduction strategies in the greater Toronto Area, Canada." (2001).

2000

Akbari, Hashem, and Leo I. Rainer."Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in 3 AT&T regeneration buildings." (2000).

Konopacki, Steven J., and Hashem Akbari."Energy savings calculations for heat island reduction strategies in Baton Rouge, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 9 (2000) 215-226.

Akbari, Hashem, Steven J. Konopacki, and Danny S. Parker."Updates on revision to ASHRAE Standard 90.2: including roof reflectivity for residential buildings."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1 (2000) 1-11.

Pomerantz, Melvin, Brian Pon, Hashem Akbari, and Sheng-Chieh Chang."The effect of pavements' temperatures on air temperatures in large cities." (2000).

Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Cool communities."Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy 1 (2000) 305-8.

Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, and John T. Harvey."Cooler reflective pavements give benefits beyond energy savings: durability and illumination."ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 8 (2000) 293-304.