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 by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2000

Eto, Joseph H, M. Suzie Kito, Leslie J. Shown, and Richard Sonnenblick."Where Did the Money Go? The Cost and Performance of the Largest Commercial Sector DSM Programs."The Energy Journal 21.2 (2000) 62.

1997

Vorsatz, Diana, Leslie J. Shown, Jonathan G. Koomey, Mithra M. Moezzi, Andrea Denver, and Barbara A. Atkinson."Lighting Market Sourcebook for the U.S.." (1997) 160.

Vorsatz, Diana, Leslie J. Shown, Jonathan G. Koomey, Mithra M. Moezzi, Andrea Denver, and Barbara A. Atkinson."Lighting Market Sourcebook for the U.S.." (1997). DOI

1996

Eto, Joseph H, Edward L. Vine, Leslie J. Shown, Richard Sonnenblick, and Christopher T. Payne."The Total Cost and Measured Performance of Utility-Sponsored Energy Efficiency Programs."The Energy Journal 17.1 (1996).

Eto, Joseph H, M. Suzie Kito, Leslie J. Shown, and Richard Sonnenblick."Where Did the Money Go? The Cost and Measured Performance of the Largest 1992 Commercial Sector DSM Programs."ACEEE 1996 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 6 (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

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, 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).

Eto, Joseph H, M. Suzie Kito, Leslie J. Shown, and Richard Sonnenblick."Where Did the Money Go? The Cost and Performance of the Largest Commercial Sector DSM Programs." (1995).

Eto, Joseph H, Leslie J. Shown, Richard Sonnenblick, and M. Suzie Kito."The Total Cost and Measured Performance of Utility-Sponsored, Energy Efficiency Programs in the Commercial Sector: A Status Report."7th National Demand-Side Management Conference (1995).

1994

Vine, Edward L., Joseph H Eto, Leslie J. Shown, Richard Sonnenblick, and Christopher T. Payne."Evaluation of Commercial Lighting Programs: A DEEP Assessment."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1994).

Eto, Joseph H, Edward L. Vine, Leslie J. Shown, Richard Sonnenblick, and Christopher T. Payne."The Cost and Performance of Utility Commercial Lighting Programs." (1994).

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