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)

2020

Wei, Max, Douglas R. Black, John Elliott, Howdy Goudey, Steve E. Greenberg, and Adam Z. Weber."Improving Energy System Resilience at Berkeley Lab and Beyond." (2020).

Lee, Eleanor S., Anothai Thanachareonkit, D. Charlie Curcija, Gregory J. Ward, Taoning Wang, David Geisler-Moroder, Christoph Gehbauer, John Breshears, Luis L. Fernandes, Stephen E. Selkowitz, Robert Hart, Christian Kohler, David Blum, Jinqing Peng, and Howdy Goudey."High-Performance Integrated Window and Façade Solutions for California." (2020).

2019

Levinson, Ronnen M., Howdy Goudey, Sharon S. Chen, Haley E. Gilbert, George A. Ban-Weiss, Joseph Ko, Yun Li, Arash Mohegh, Angie Rodriguez, Jonathan L. Slack, Haider Taha, Tianbo Tang, and Jiachen Zhang."Monitoring the Urban Heat Island Effect and the Efficacy of Future Countermeasures." (2019). DOI

2018

Hart, Robert, Howdy Goudey, and D. Charlie Curcija."Experimental validation for thermal transmittances of window shading systems with perimeter gaps."Journal of Building Performance Simulation (2018) 1 - 13. DOI

2017

Hart, Robert, Howdy Goudey, and D. Charlie Curcija."Experimental validation and model development for thermal transmittances of porous window screens and horizontal louvred blind systems."Journal of Building Performance Simulation 11.2 (2017) 190 - 204. DOI

2013

Lee, Eleanor S., Xiufeng Pang, Sabine Hoffmann, Howdy Goudey, and Anothai Thanachareonkit."An empirical study of a full-scale polymer thermochromic window and its implications on material science development objectives."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 116 (2013) 14-26. DOI

Lee, Eleanor S., Luis L. Fernandes, Howdy Goudey, Jacob C. Jonsson, Dragan C. Curcija, Xiufeng Pang, Dennis L. DiBartolomeo, and Sabine Hoffmann."A Pilot Demonstration of Electrochromic and Thermochromic Windows in the Denver Federal Center, Building 41, Denver, Colorado." (2013).

2012

Hart, Robert, Howdy Goudey, Dariush K. Arasteh, and Dragan C. Curcija."Thermal Performance Impacts of Center-of-Glass Deflections in Installed Insulating Glazing Units."Energy and Buildings 54.November 2012 (2012) 453-460. DOI

Jelle, Bjørn Petter, Andrew Hynd, Arlid Gustavsen, Dariush K. Arasteh, Howdy Goudey, and Robert Hart."Fenestration of Today and Tomorrow: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Research Opportunities."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 96 (2012) 1-28. DOI

2011

Gustavsen, Arlid, Steinar Grynning, Dariush K. Arasteh, Bjørn Petter Jelle, and Howdy Goudey."Key Elements of and Materials Performance Targets for Highly Insulating Window Frames."Energy and Buildings 43.10 (2011) 2583-2594. DOI

Hart, Robert, Dragan C. Curcija, Dariush K. Arasteh, Howdy Goudey, Christian Kohler, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Research Needs: Glass Solar Reflectance and Vinyl Siding." (2011).

2010

Gustavsen, Arlid, Goce Talev, Dariush K. Arasteh, Howdy Goudey, Christian Kohler, Sivert Uvsløkk, and Bjørn Petter Jelle."Experimental and Numerical Examination of the Thermal Transmittance of High Performance Window Frames."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings XI International Conference, December 5-9, 2010 (2010).

2008

Arasteh, Dariush K., Howdy Goudey, and Christian Kohler."Highly Insulating Glazing Systems using Non-Structural Center Glazing Layers."2008 Annual ASHRAE Meeting (2008).

2006

Arasteh, Dariush K., Howdy Goudey, Yu Joe Huang, Christian Kohler, and Robin Mitchell."Performance Criteria for Residential Zero Energy Windows."2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting (2006).

2004

Kohler, Christian, Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K. Arasteh."A First-Generation Prototype Dynamic Residential Window." (2004) 11.

2001

Griffith, Brent T., Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Infrared Thermography Measurements of Window Thermal Test Specimen: Surface Temperatures."ASHRAE Seminar (2001).

2000

Griffith, Brent T., Daniel Turler, and Howdy Goudey."Infrared Thermography Systems."The Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology (2000).

1998

Griffith, Brent T., Daniel Turler, Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Experimental Techniques for Measuring Temperature and Velocity Fields to Improve the Use and Validation of Building Heat Transfer Models."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VII (1998).

Griffith, Brent T., Christian Kohler, Howdy Goudey, Daniel Turler, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Rapid field testing of low-emittance coated glazings for product verification."ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Conference, Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VII (1998).