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

Lutz, James D, Alexander B Lekov, Camilla Dunham, Peter T Chan, Stephen Meyers, and James E McMahon."Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Energy Efficiency Design Options for Residential Furnaces and Boilers." (2004) 102.

Biermayer, Peter J, James D Lutz, and Alexander B Lekov."Measurement of Airflow in Residential Furnaces." (2004) 58.

2003

Lutz, James D, Alexander B Lekov, Peter T Chan, Camilla Dunham, Stephen Meyers, and James E McMahon."Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Energy Efficiency Design Options for Residential Furnaces and Boilers." (2003).

2001

Lutz, James D."Lest We Forget, a Short History of Housing in the United States." (2001) 13.

Lutz, James D, James E McMahon, and Terrence Logee."Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Residential Water Heaters." (2001).

Lekov, Alexander B, James D Lutz, Camilla Dunham, and James E McMahon."The Impact of Blowing Agents on Residential Water Heater Performance." (2001).

2000

McNeil, Michael A, Alexander B Lekov, Xiaohong Liu, James D Lutz, Camilla Dunham, and James E McMahon."Projected National Economic and Energy Savings from Water Heater Efficiency Standards in the U.S.." (2000).

Lekov, Alexander B, James D Lutz, Xiaomin Liu, Camilla Dunham, and James E McMahon."Determining Benefits and Costs of Improved Water Heater Efficiencies." (2000).

Chaitkin, Stuart, James E McMahon, Camilla Dunham, Robert D Van Buskirk, and James D Lutz."Estimating Marginal Residential Energy Prices in the Analysis of Proposed Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards." (2000).

Lekov, Alexander B, James D Lutz, Camilla Dunham, and James E McMahon."Payback Analysis of Design Options for Residential Water Heaters." (2000).

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).

1996

Lutz, James D, Xiaomin Liu, James E McMahon, Camilla Dunham, Leslie J Shown, and Quandra T McCure."Modeling Patterns of Hot Water Use in Households." (1996) 25.

1995

Dunham, Camilla, James D Lutz, and Steven J Pickle."Promoting Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Replacement: Recommendations and Review for State and Local Water Resource Authorities." (1995).

1994

Koomey, Jonathan G, Camilla Dunham, and James D Lutz."The Effect of Efficiency Standars on Water Use and Water Heating Energy Use in the U.S.: A Detailed End-Use Treatment." (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).