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)

2004

Turiel, Isaac, James E. McMahon, and Carl Adams."Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts." (2004).

2000

Busch, Christopher B., Barbara A. Atkinson, Joseph H Eto, Isaac Turiel, and James E. McMahon."Utility DSM Rebates For Electronic Ballasts: National Estimates and Market Impact (1992 - 1997)." (2000).

McMahon, James E., Xiaomin Liu, Isaac Turiel, Sajid Hakim, and Diane C. Fisher."Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses of Ballast Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period." (2000).

Biermayer, Peter J., John F. Busch, Sajid Hakim, and Isaac Turiel."Feasibility of An Appliance Energy Testing and Labeling Program for Sri Lanka." (2000) 130.

1998

Turiel, Isaac, Barbara A. Atkinson, Andrea Denver, Chris Marnay, Diane C. Fisher, and Sajid Hakim."Draft Report on Potential Impact of Alternative Efficiency Levels for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts." (1998).

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).

1996

McMahon, James E., and Isaac Turiel."Introduction to Special Issue Devoted to Appliance and Lighting Standards." (1996).

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).

1991

Koomey, Jonathan G., Celina S. Atkinson, Alan K. Meier, James E. McMahon, Stan Boghosian, Barbara A. Atkinson, Isaac Turiel, Mark D. Levine, Bruce Nordman, and Peter T. Chan."The Potential for Electricity Efficiency Improvements in the U.S. Residential Sector." (1991).

1990

Eto, Joseph H, Isaac Turiel, Hashem Akbari, Benoit Lebot, and Kristin E. Heinemeier."An Investigation of the Use of Prototypes for Commercial Sector EUI Analysis."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 1990 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1990).

Akbari, Hashem, Isaac Turiel, Joseph H Eto, Kristin E. Heinemeier, Benoit Lebot, and Leo I. Rainer."A Review of Existing Commercial Energy Use Intensity and Load Shape Studies."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1990).

1989

Akbari, Hashem, Joseph H Eto, Isaac Turiel, Kristin E. Heinemeier, Benoit Lebot, Bruce Nordman, and Leo I. Rainer."Integrated Estimation of Commercial Sector End‑Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities, Final Report." (1989).

1986

Sullivan, Robert, Yu Joe Huang, James Bull, Isaac Turiel, Ronald L. Ritschard, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Thermal Analysis of Buildings - Configuration Perturbations and Observed Climate Interface."ASHRAE Transactions 92 (1986).