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)

2011

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Jonathan Donadee, Judy Lai, Olivier Mégel, Prajesh Bhattacharya, and Afzal S. Siddiqui."Distributed Energy Resource Optimization Using a Software as Service (SaaS) Approach at the University of California, Davis Campus." (2011) 51.

2010

Stadler, Michael, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Chris Marnay, Hirohisa Aki, and Judy Lai."Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Optimal DER Technology Investment and Energy Management in Zero-Net-Energy Buildings."European Transactions on Electrical Power 21.2 (2010) 1291-1309. DOI

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Nicholas DeForest, Florence Bonnet, and Judy Lai."Behavioral Aspects in Simulating the Future US Building Energy Demand."2010 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference (2010).

Stadler, Michael, Ilan Momber, Olivier Mégel, Tomás Gómez, Chris Marnay, Sebastian Beer, Judy Lai, and Vincent S. Battaglia."The added economic and environmental value of plug-in electric vehicles connected to commercial building microgrids."2nd European Conference on SmartGrids and E-Mobility, October 20 -21, 2010 (2010).

Stadler, Michael, Nicholas DeForest, Chris Marnay, Florence Bonnet, Judy Lai, and Trucy Phan."Simulation of the GHG Abatement Potentials in the U.S. Building Sectory By 2050."29th USAEE/IAEE Annual North American Conference, October 14-16, 2010 (2010) 15.

Stadler, Michael, Nicholas DeForest, Florence Bonnet, Chris Marnay, Judy Lai, and Trucy Phan."Simulation of the GHG Abatement Potentials in the U.S. Building Sector by 2050."29th USAEE/IAEE Annual North American Conference, October 14-16, 2010 (2010).

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Judy Lai, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Tanachai Limpaitoon, Trucy Phan, Olivier Mégel, Jessica Chang, and Nicholas DeForest."Storage Viability and Optimization Web Service." (2010) 61.

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Judy Lai, Gonçalo Cardoso, Olivier Mégel, and Afzal S. Siddiqui."The Influence of a CO₂ Pricing Scheme on Distributed Energy Resources in California's Commercial Buildings." (2010) 26.

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Judy Lai, Gonçalo Cardoso, Olivier Mégel, and Afzal S. Siddiqui."The Influence of a CO₂ Pricing Scheme on Distributed Energy Resources in California's Commercial Buildings."23rd Annual Western Conference, Advanced Workship in Regulation and Competition (2010).

Siddiqui, Afzal S., Michael Stadler, Chris Marnay, and Judy Lai."Optimal Control of Distributed Energy Resources and Demand Response under Uncertainty."IAEE’s Rio 2010 International Conference, June 6-9, 2010 (2010).

Momber, Ilan, Tomás Gómez, Giri Venkataramanan, Michael Stadler, Sebastian Beer, Judy Lai, Chris Marnay, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Plug-in Electric Vehicle Interactions with a Small Office Building: An Economic Analysis using DER-CAM." (2010) 12.

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Gonçalo Cardoso, Timothy E. Lipman, Olivier Mégel, Srirupa Ganguly, Afzal S. Siddiqui, and Judy Lai."The CO₂ Abatement Potential of California’s Mid-Sized Commercial Buildings." (2010) 71.

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Gonçalo Cardoso, Timothy E. Lipman, Olivier Mégel, Srirupa Ganguly, Afzal S. Siddiqui, and Judy Lai."The CO₂ Reduction Potential of Combined Heat and Power in California's Commercial Buildings."Clean Tech Law & Business Journal (2010) 16.

Momber, Ilan, Tomás Gómez, Giri Venkataramanan, Michael Stadler, Sebastian Beer, Judy Lai, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Plug in Electric Vehicle Interactions with a small office Building: An Economic Analysis Using DER-CAM."IEEE 2010 Power And Energy General Meeting (2010).

2009

Stadler, Michael, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Chris Marnay, Hirohisa Aki, and Judy Lai."Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Optimal DER Technology Investment and Energy Management in Zero-Net-Energy Buildings."European Transactions on Electrical Power Vol. 21.Issue 2 (2009) 27.

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Gonçalo Cardoso, Timothy E. Lipman, Olivier Mégel, Srirupa Ganguly, Afzal S. Siddiqui, and Judy Lai."The CO₂ Reduction Potential of Combined Heat and Power in California’s Commercial Buildings."CleanTech Law and Business Review (2009) 19.

Sanchez, Marla C., Gregory K. Homan, Judy Lai, and Richard E. Brown."Calendar Year 2007 Program Benefits for U.S. EPA Energy Star Labeled Products: Expanded Methodology." (2009).

Marnay, Chris, Michael Stadler, Timothy E. Lipman, Judy Lai, Gonçalo Cardoso, and Olivier Mégel."Greenhouse Gas Abatement with Distributed Generation in California's Commercial Buildings."6th Annual California Climate Change Research Symposium (2009).

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Gonçalo Cardoso, Olivier Mégel, Afzal S. Siddiqui, and Judy Lai."Greenhouse Gas Abatement with Distributed Generation in California's Commerical Buildings."10th IAEE European Conference, Energy, Policies and Technologies for Sustainable Economies (2009).

Marnay, Chris, Michael Stadler, Gonçalo Cardoso, Olivier Mégel, Judy Lai, and Afzal S. Siddiqui."The Added Economic and Environmental Value of Solar Thermal Systems in Microgrids with Combined Heat and Power." (2009) 13.

Marnay, Chris, Judy Lai, Michael Stadler, and Afzal S. Siddiqui."Added Value of Reliability to a Microgrid: Simulations of Three California Buildings."Cigré Integration of Wide-Scale Renewable Resources into the Power Delivery System, July 29-31, 2009 (2009) 9.

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Judy Lai, and Hirohisa Aki."Integrated building energy systems design considering storage technologies."ECEEE 2009 Summer Study, June 1-6, 2009 (2009).

Stadler, Michael, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Chris Marnay, Hirohisa Aki, and Judy Lai."Optimal Technology Investment and Operation in Zero-Net-Energy Buildings with Demand Response."22nd Annual Western Conference, Advanced Workshop in Regulation and Competition, June 17-19, 2009 (2009).

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Inês Lima Azevedo, Ryoichi Komiyama, and Judy Lai."The Open Source Stochastic Building Simulation Tool SLBM and Its Capabilities to Capture Uncertainty of Policymaking in the U.S. Building Sector."32nd IAEE International Conference, Energy, Economy, Environment: The Global View, June 21-24, 2009 (2009).

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Judy Lai, Brian E. Coffey, and Hirohisa Aki."Effect of Heat and Electricity Storage and Reliability on Microgrid Viability: A Study of Commercial Buildings in California and New York States." (2009) 106.