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)

1996

Koomey, Jonathan G., Mary Ann Piette, Mike Cramer, and Joseph H Eto."Efficiency Improvements in U.S. Office Equipment: Expected Policy Impacts and Uncertainties."Energy Policy 24.12 (1996). DOI

1995

Koomey, Jonathan G., Mike Cramer, Mary Ann Piette, and Joseph H Eto."Efficiency Improvements in U.S. Office Equipment: Expected Policy Impacts and Uncertainties." (1995).

Koomey, Jonathan G., Alan H. Sanstad, and Leslie J. Shown."Magnetic Fluorescent Ballasts: Market Data, Market Imperfections, and Policy Success." (1995).

Koomey, Jonathan G., Richard E. Brown, R. Cooper Richey, Francis X Johnson, Alan H. Sanstad, and Leslie J. Shown."Residential Sector End-use Forecasting with EPRI-REEPS 2.1: Summary Input Assumptions and Results." (1995).

Sezgen, Osman, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Technology data characterizing refrigeration in commercial buildings: Application to end-use forecasting with COMMEND 4.0." (1995).

Sezgen, Osman, Ellen M. Franconi, Jonathan G. Koomey, Steve E. Greenberg, Asim Afzal, and Leslie J. Shown."Technology Data Characterizing Space Conditioning in Commercial Buildings: Application to End-Use Forecasting with COMMEND 4.0." (1995).

Sezgen, Osman, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Technology Data Characterizing Water Heating in Commercial Buildings: Application to End-Use Forecasting." (1995).

Piette, Mary Ann, Mike Cramer, Joseph H Eto, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Office Technology Energy Use and Savings Potential in New York." (1995).

1994

Johnson, Francis X, James W. Hanford, Richard E. Brown, Alan H. Sanstad, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Residential HVAC Data, Assumptions and Methodology for End-Use Forecasting with EPRI-REEPS 2.1." (1994).

Hanford, James W., Jonathan G. Koomey, Lisa E. Stewart, Matthew E. Lecar, Richard E. Brown, Francis X Johnson, Roland J Hwang, and Lynn K. Price."Baseline Data for the Residential Sector and Development of a Residential Forecasting Database." (1994) 168.

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).

Hwang, Roland J, Francis X Johnson, Richard E. Brown, James W. Hanford, Alan H. Sanstad, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Residential Appliance Data, Assumptions and Methodology for End-Use Forecasting with EPRI-REEPS 2.1." (1994).

Sezgen, Osman, Yu Joe Huang, Joseph H Eto, Barbara A. Atkinson, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Technology data characterizing lighting in commercial buildings: Application to end-use forecasting with COMMEND 4.0." (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).

Levine, Mark D., Eric Hirst, Jonathan G. Koomey, James E. McMahon, and Alan H. Sanstad."Energy Efficiency, Market Failures, and Government Policy." (1994) 42.

1993

Koomey, Jonathan G., Francis X Johnson, James E. McMahon, Mary C. Orland, Mark D. Levine, Peter T. Chan, and Florentin Krause."An Assessment of Future Energy Use and Carbon Emissions from U.S. Residences." (1993) 48.

Koomey, Jonathan G., Deborah E. Schechter, and Deborah Gordon."Cost-Effectiveness of Fuel Economy Improvements in 1992 Honda Civic Hatchbacks." (1993) 33.

1992

Atkinson, Barbara A., James E. McMahon, Evan Mills, Peter T. Chan, Terry W. Chan, Joseph H Eto, Judy D. Jennings, Jonathan G. Koomey, Kwok-Wai Ken Lo, Matthew E. Lecar, Lynn K. Price, Francis M. Rubinstein, Osman Sezgen, and Thomas P. Wenzel."Analysis of Federal Policy Options for Improving U.S. Lighting Energy Efficiency: Commercial and Residential Buildings." (1992).

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

Koomey, Jonathan G.."Comparative Analysis of Monetary Estimates of External Environmental Costs Associated with Combustion of Fossil Fuels." (1990) 42.

Koomey, Jonathan G.."The Environmental Value of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions." (1990).

Koomey, Jonathan G., Arthur H. Rosenfeld, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Conservation Screening Curves to Compare Efficiency Investments to Power Plants: Applications to Commercial Sector Conservation Programs."1990 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 5 (1990) 5.115-5.124.

1989

Koomey, Jonathan G., Arthur H. Rosenfeld, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Conservation Screening Curves to Compare Efficiency Investments to Power Plants." (1989) 20.

Krause, Florentin, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Unit Costs of Carbon Savings From Urban Trees, Rural Trees, and Electricity Conservation: A Utility Cost Perspective." (1989).

1988

Eto, Joseph H, Jonathan G. Koomey, James E. McMahon, and Edward P Kahn."Integrated Analysis of Demand-Side Programs."IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 3.4 (1988) 7. DOI