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)

2021

Iyer, Maithili, Satish Kumar, Paul A. Mathew, Sangeeta Mathew, Hannah Stratton, and Mohini Singh."Commercial buildings energy data framework for India: an exploratory study."Springer (2021). DOI

Iyer, Maithili, Satish Kumar, Paul A. Mathew, Sangeeta Mathew, Hannah Stratton, and Mohini Singh."Commercial buildings energy data framework for India: an exploratory study."Springer (2021). DOI

2017

Sarraf, Saket, and Maithili Iyer."Energy, Emissions and Economic Impacts of Appliance Efficiency Measure."INSPIRE 2017, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2017 (2017) 523-536.

Iyer, Maithili, Satish Kumar, Sangeeta Mathew, Hannah Stratton, Paul A. Mathew, and Mohini Singh."Establishing a commercial building energy data framework for India: Approaches, use cases, and institutions."INSPIRE 2017 (2017).

2016

Iyer, Maithili, Satish Kumar, Sangeeta Mathew, Hannah Stratton, Paul A. Mathew, and Mohini Singh."Establishing a Commercial Buildings Energy Data Framework for India: A Comprehensive Look at Data Collection Approaches, Use Cases and Institutions." (2016).

Mathew, Paul A., Sangeeta Mathew, Satish Kumar, Mohini Singh, Hannah Stratton, and Maithili Iyer."India Commercial Buildings Data Framework: A Summary of Potential Use Cases." (2016).

Iyer, Maithili, Hannah Stratton, Sangeeta Mathew, Satish Kumar, Paul A. Mathew, and Mohini Singh."Review of Building Data Frameworks Across Countries: Lessons for India." (2016).

2015

Willem, Henry, Sarah K. Price, Hannah Stratton, Maithili Iyer, Bereket Beraki, Stacy Pratt, and Dana Hansen."Understanding Cooking Behavior in U.S. Households." (2015).

2014

Burke, Thomas A., Henry Willem, Chun Chun Ni, Hannah Stratton, Yuting Chen, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Maithili Iyer, Sarah K. Price, and Camilla Dunham."Using Field-Metered Data to Quantify Annual Energy Use of Portable Air Conditioners." (2014).

Meyers, Stephen, Alison A. Williams, Peter T. Chan, Gregory J. Rosenquist, Helcio Blum, Barbara A. Atkinson, Sanaee Iyama, Jie Gu, Maithili Iyer, and Sarah K. Price."Energy and Economic Impacts of U.S. Federal Energy and Water Conservation Standards Adopted from 1987 through 2013." (2014).

2012

Iyer, Maithili, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Market Assessment of Public Sector Energy Efficiency Potential in India." (2012).

2011

Sathaye, Jayant A., Stephane de la Rue du Can, Maithili Iyer, Michael A. McNeil, Klaas Jan Kramer, Joyashree Roy, Moumita Roy, and Shreya Roy Chowdhury."Strategies for Low Carbon Growth In India: Industry and Non Residential Sectors." (2011).

2010

Iyer, Maithili, Henrik Wallman, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Strategies for Reducing Particulate Emissions from Space Heating in the Ger District of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia." (2010).

Harris, Jeffrey P., Richard C. Diamond, Carl Blumstein, Chris Calwell, Maithili Iyer, Christopher T. Payne, and Paul Siderius."Towards a Policy of Progressive Efficiency."People-Centered Initiatives for Increasing Energy Saving (2010).

2009

McNeil, Michael A., and Maithili Iyer."Progress towards Managing Residential Electricity Demand: Impacts of Standards and Labeling for Refrigerators and Air Conditioners in India." (2009).

2008

McNeil, Michael A., Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, Virginie E. Letschert, and James E. McMahon."Potential benefits from improved energy efficiency of key electrical products: The case of India."Energy Policy 36.9 (2008) 3467–3476. DOI

Harris, Jeffrey P., Richard C. Diamond, Maithili Iyer, Christopher T. Payne, Carl Blumstein, and Paul Siderius."Towards a sustainable energy balance: progressive efficiency and the return of energy conservation."Energy Efficiency 1.3 (2008) 175-188. DOI

2007

McNeil, Michael A., and Maithili Iyer."Techno-Economic Analysis of Indian Draft Standard Levels for Room Air Conditioners." (2007).

Iyer, Maithili."Techno-economic Analysis for Labeling Color Televisions in India." (2007).

2006

Rosenquist, Gregory J., Michael A. McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, and James E. McMahon."Energy efficiency standards for equipment: Additional opportunities in the residential and commercial sectors." 34.17 (2006) 3257–3267.

Iyer, Maithili, Willett Kempton, and Christopher T. Payne."Comparison groups on bills: Automated, personalized energy information."Energy and Buildings 38.8 (2006) 988-996. DOI

Sathaye, Jayant A., Stephane de la Rue du Can, Satish Kumar, Maithili Iyer, Christina Galitsky, Amol A. Phadke, Michael A. McNeil, Lynn K. Price, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Srinivasan Padmanabhan."Implementing End-use Efficiency Improvements in India: Drawing from Experience in the US and Other Countries." (2006).

Harris, Jeffrey P., Richard C. Diamond, Maithili Iyer, Christopher T. Payne, and Carl Blumstein."Don't Supersize Me! Toward a Policy of Consumption-Based Energy Efficiency."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006) 7-100-7-114.

2005

McNeil, Michael A., Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, Virginie E. Letschert, and James E. McMahon."Potential Benefits from Improved Energy Efficiency of Key Electrical Products: The Case of India." (2005) 60.

Lin, Jiang, and Maithili Iyer."Cold or Hot Wash: How technological choices lead to cultural change and potential increase in clothes washing energy use in China."2005 ECEEE Summer Study LBNL-57382 Abs. (2005).