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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.
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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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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

Buildings

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Energy Storage

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Transportation

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

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).

Feustel, Helmut E.."COMIS — An International Multizone Air-Flow and Contaminant Transport Model."Energy and Buildings 30.1 (1999) 3-18. DOI

Sohn, Michael D., Joan M. Daisey, and Helmut E. Feustel."Characterizing indoor airflow and pollutant transport using simulation modeling for prototypical buildings. 1. Office buildings."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 4 (1999) 719-724.

Diamond, Richard C., Helmut E. Feustel, and Nance Matson."A Guide to Energy Efficient Ventilation in Apartment Buildings, US Department of Energy (DOE/EE-0196)." (1999).

Sohn, Michael D., Alvin C.K. Lai, Brian V. Smith, Richard G. Sextro, Helmut E. Feustel, and William W. Nazaroff."Modeling aerosol behavior in multizone indoor environments."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 4 (1999) 785-790.

1998

Matson, Nance, and Helmut E. Feustel."Residential Ventilation Systems." (1998).

Feustel, Helmut E., and Richard C. Diamond."Ventilation in Highrise Apartments."Proceedings of the Room Vent 1998 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden (1998).

1996

Feustel, Helmut E.."Annex 23 -- An International Effort in Multizone Air Flow Modeling."Proceedings of the RoomVent 1996, 5th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms, July 17 - 19, Yokohama, Japan 2 (1996) 1-8.

Feustel, Helmut E., and Richard C. Diamond."Diagnostics and measurements of infiltration and ventilation systems in high-rise apartment buildings."Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (1996) 95-101.

Stetiu, Corina, and Helmut E. Feustel."Phase Change Wallboard as an Alternative to Compressor Cooling in Residences?."Proceedings of the 1966 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 19 (1996) 157-170.

Diamond, Richard C., Helmut E. Feustel, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Ventilation and Infiltration in Highrise Apartment Buildings." (1996).

Stetiu, Corina, Helmut E. Feustel, and Yukio Nakano."Ventilation Control Strategies for Buildings with Hydronic Radiant Cooling in Hot Humid Climates."Proceedings of the RoomVent 1996, Yokohama, Japan (1996).

1995

Diamond, Richard C., and Helmut E. Feustel."Air Flow Distribution in a Mechanically-Ventilated High-Rise Residential Building."16th AIVC Annual Conference, Palm Springs, USA 2 (1995) 369-378.

Stetiu, Corina, and Helmut E. Feustel."Development of a Model to Simulate the Performance of Hydronic Radiant Cooling Ceilings." (1995).

Diamond, Richard C., Helmut E. Feustel, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Energy and Ventilation Research in Highrise Apartments: The Chelsea Public Housing Study."Proceedings of the 15th AIVC Annual Conference, Palm Springs, CA (1995).

Feustel, Helmut E.."Simplified Numerical Description of Latent Storage Characteristics for Phase Change Wallboard." (1995).

1992

Diamond, Richard C., Darryl J. Dickerhoff, Helmut E. Feustel, Richard Jansky, and Max H. Sherman."Chelsea Public Housing Study: Ventilation and Infiltration Survey. Interim Report to DOE on DOE-HUD Initiative." (1992).

Diamond, Richard C., Joseph A. McAllister, Leo I. Rainer, Ronald L. Ritschard, and Helmut E. Feustel."Affordable Housing Rehabilitation in Vermont: Energy Savings, Cost-Effectiveness, and Resident Satisfaction."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings V (1992).

Sextro, Richard G., Helmut E. Feustel, Mark P. Modera, Kenneth L. Revzan, and Max H. Sherman."A Coupled Multi-zone Flow and Radon Transport Model of Radon Entry and Concentrations in a Crawlspace House." (1992).

1990

Feustel, Helmut E., and Max H. Sherman."The COMIS Infiltration Model a Tool for Multizone Applications."Heat and Mass Transfer in Building Materials and Structures (Chaddock and Todorivic Eds.) (1990) 771-779.

Sherman, Max H., Helmut E. Feustel, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Description of a System for Measuring In-terzonal Air Flows using Multiple Tracer Gases."Heat and Mass Transfer in Building Materials and Structures (Chaddock and Todorivic Eds) (1990) 781-790.

1989

Feustel, Helmut E., and Richard C. Diamond."Distribution Losses in Multifamily Domestic Hot Water Systems."Report prepared for the Southern California Edison Company (1989).

Sherman, Max H., Helmut E. Feustel, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Description of a System for Measuring Interzonal Air Flows Using Multiple Tracer Gasses." (1989).

Feustel, Helmut E., and Max H. Sherman."A Simplified Model for Predicting Air Flow in Multizone Structures."Energy and Buildings 13.3 (1989) 217-239.

1986

Diamond, Richard C., Mark P. Modera, and Helmut E. Feustel."Ventilation and Occupant Behavior in Two Apartment Buildings."The 7th Air Infiltration Centre Conference on Occupant Interaction with Ventilation Systems (1986).