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)

2000

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar T. Khalsa, and Philip Haves."Use of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System to Improve Building Operations."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Efficiency and Sustainability (2000).

Wray, Craig P., Mary Ann Piette, Max H. Sherman, Ronnen M. Levinson, Nance Matson, Debbie A. Driscoll, Jennifer A. McWilliams, Tengfang T. Xu, and William W. Delp."Residential Commissioning: A Review of Related Literature." (2000).

1999

Koomey, Jonathan G., Kaoru Kawamoto, Bruce Nordman, Mary Ann Piette, and Richard E. Brown."Initial comments on 'The Internet Begins with Coal'." (1999).

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar Kinney, Philip Haves, Peter Rumsey, Kristopher L. Kinney, Eng Lock Lee, Anthony Sebald, Kumar Chellapilla, and Christine Shockman."Performance Assessment and Adoption Processes of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System Prototype." (1999).

Hitchcock, Robert J., Mary Ann Piette, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."A Building Life-Cycle Information System for Tracking Building Performance Metrics."8th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (1999).

1998

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar T. Khalsa, Peter Rumsey, Kristopher L. Kinney, Eng Lock Lee, Anthony Sebald, and Christine Shockman."Early Results and Field Tests of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System for Commercial Buildings: Phase 2 Project Report." (1998).

Hitchcock, Robert J., Mary Ann Piette, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Documenting Performance Metrics in a Building Life-Cycle Information System."1998 Green Building Challenge Conference (1998).

Hitchcock, Robert J., Mary Ann Piette, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Performance Metrics and Life-Cycle Information Management for Building Performance Assurance."1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1998).

Piette, Mary Ann, Robert J. Hitchcock, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Evaluation and Development of Information Technology and Performance Metrics for Design, Commissioning, and Operations." (1998).

Nordman, Bruce, Mary Ann Piette, Brian Pon, and Kristopher L. Kinney."It’s Midnight … Is Your Copier On?: Energy Star Copier Performance." (1998).

Piette, Mary Ann, Lisa M. Gartland, Satkartar T. Khalsa, Peter Rumsey, Eng Lock Lee, Anthony Sebald, and Christine Shockman."Development and Testing of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostics System for Large Commercial Buildings."1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1998).

1997

Nordman, Bruce, Mary Ann Piette, Kristopher L. Kinney, and Carrie A. Webber."User Guide to Power Management for PCs and Monitors." (1997).

1996

Selkowitz, Stephen E., Mary Ann Piette, Konstantinos M. Papamichael, Dale A. Sartor, Robert J. Hitchcock, and Frank Olken."Interoperable, Life-Cycle Tools for Assuring Building Performance: An Overview of a Commercial Building Initiative."U.S. Green Buildings Council Third Annual Conference (1996).

Koomey, Jonathan G., Mary Ann Piette, Mike Cramer, and Joseph H Eto."Efficiency Improvements In U.S. Office Equipment: Pollution Prevention at a Profit."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1996).

Koomey, , Jonathan G, Mary Ann Piette, Michael Cramer, and Joseph H Eto."Efficiency improvements in US office equipment."Energy Policy 24.12 (1996) 1101 - 1110. DOI

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

Mills, Evan, Geoffrey C. Bell, Dale A. Sartor, Doug A. Avery, Michael J. Siminovitch, and Mary Ann Piette."A Design Guide for Energy-Efficient Research Laboratories." (1996).

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).

Piette, Mary Ann, Bruce Nordman, and Steve E. Greenberg."Commissioning of Energy-Efficiency Measures: Costs and Benefits for 16 Buildings." (1995).

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

Piette, Mary Ann, Bruce Nordman, Odon D. Buen, and Richard C. Diamond."Findings from a Low-Energy, New Commercial-Buildings Research and Demonstration Project."Energy 20 (1995) 471-482.

Olken, Frank, Evan Mills, Mary Ann Piette, Dale A. Sartor, Stephen E. Selkowitz, and Max H. Sherman."The Role of Building Life-Cycle Information Systems in the Delivery of Energy Services."Proceedings. NIST/EPRI: ATP: Information and Telecommunications for the U.S. Utilities Industry Focused Program Development (1995) 01/1995.

1994

Piette, Mary Ann, Richard C. Diamond, Bruce Nordman, Odon D. Buen, Jeffrey P. Harris, Kristin E. Heinemeier, and Kathryn B. Janda."Final Report on the Energy Edge Impact Evaluation of 28 New, Low-Energy Commercial Buildings." (1994).

Piette, Mary Ann, Bruce Nordman, Odon D. Buen, and Richard C. Diamond."Over the Edge: Performance of Energy-Efficiency Measures in New Commercial Buildings from Energy Edge."1994 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (1994).

Piette, Mary Ann, Bruce Nordman, Odon de Buen, Richard C. Diamond, and Bruce Cody."Over the Energy Edge: Results from a Seven Year New Commercial Buildings Research and Demonstration Project." (1994) 10.