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

McMahon, James E."Comparison of Australian and US Cost-Benefit Approaches to MEPS." (2004) 22.

Biermayer, Peter J, James E McMahon, and Bryan Berringer."Final Rule Technical Support Document (TSD): Energy efficiency standards for consumer products: Clothes washers." (2004).

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

Rosenquist, Gregory J, James E McMahon, and Michael E McCabe."Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps." (2004).

Lutz, James D, Camilla Dunham, Alexander B Lekov, and James E McMahon."Modeling Energy Consumption of Residential Furnaces and Boilers in U.S. homes." (2004) 141.

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.

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).

Wiel, Stephen, and James E McMahon."Normas y Etiquetas de Eficiencia Energetica: Ena Guia Para Electrodomesticos, Equipo e Iluminacion." (2003) 228.

McMahon, James E."New Analysis Techniques for Estimating Impacts of Federal Appliance Efficiency Standards." (2003) 6.

2002

Meyers, Stephen, James E McMahon, Michael A McNeil, and Xiaomin Liu."Realized and Prospective Impacts of U.S. Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Appliances." (2002) 43.

Meyers, Stephen, James E McMahon, Michael A McNeil, and Larry L Dale."Determination Analysis of Energy Conservation Standards for Small Electric Motors." (2002) 47.

Meyers, Stephen, James E McMahon, Michael A McNeil, and Larry L Dale."Determination Analysis of Energy Conservation Standards for Small Electric Motors." (2002) 46.

Benenson, Peter, James E McMahon, and Stephen R Brown."Web Technology to Support Work Processes in Energy Policy Research - A Case Study with Energy Efficiency Standards." (2002) 12.

2001

Wiel, Stephen, and James E McMahon."Governments Should Implement Energy-Efficiency Standards and Labels-Cautiously." (2001).

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Peter T Chan, Alexander B Lekov, James E McMahon, and Robert D Van Buskirk."Consumer Life-Cycle Cost Impacts of Energy-Efficiency Standards for Residential-Type Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps." (2001) 30.

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Peter T Chan, Alexander B Lekov, James E McMahon, and Robert D Van Buskirk."Consumer Life-Cycle Cost Impacts of Energy-Efficiency Standards for Residential-Type Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps."2002 Winter Meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), January 11-16, 2002 108.Part 1 (2001) 619-630.

Busch, John F, Sriram Somasundaram, and James E McMahon."Commercial HVAC and Service Water-Heating Equipment Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the U.S.." (2001).

McMahon, James E, and Stephen Wiel."Energy-Efficiency Labels and Standards: A Guidebook for Appliances, Equipment and Lighting." (2001) 237.

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Alexander B Lekov, Peter T Chan, and James E McMahon."Determining Benefits and Costs of Improved Central Air Conditioner Efficiencies." (2001) 14.

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

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, and Xiaomin Liu."Variability of Consumer Impacts From Energy Efficiency Standards."2nd International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances and Lighting, September 27-29, 2000 (2000) 11.

McMahon, James E, Peter T Chan, and Stuart Chaitkin."Impacts of U.S. Appliance Standards to Date." (2000) 11.

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).