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

Buildings

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Energy Storage

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Transportation

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2001

Sherman, Max H.."The Standard 62.2 Review."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 2.1 (2001) 12.

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jacob Wempen, Duo Wang, Jennifer A. McWilliams, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Development of a New Duct leakage Test: Delta Q." (2001).

Walker, Iain S., Craig P. Wray, Darryl J. Dickerhoff, and Max H. Sherman."Evaluation of flow hood measurements for residential register flows." (2001).

Sherman, Max H., and Iain S. Walker."Heat Recovery in Building Envelopes."Proceedings of the ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Thermal Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VIII, Clearwater Beach, FL (2001).

Wray, Craig P., and Max H. Sherman."Residential Commissioning to Assess Envelope and HVAC System Performance."Proceedings of the ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Thermal Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings VIII, Clearwater Beach, FL (2001).

Sherman, Max H., and David A. Jump."Thermal Conservation in Buildings."CRC Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (2001) 6.92-120.

2000

Sherman, Max H.."ASHRAE’s Residential Ventilation Standard: Exegesis of Proposed Standard 62.2."ASHRAE-CIBSE Symposium (2000).

Sherman, Max H.."IAQ Proposals for Houses."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 1.4 (2000) 1-3.

Sherman, Max H.."Residential Ventilation Standard: A Look at Proposed Requirements."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 1.1 (2000) 20-22.

Walker, Iain S., and Max H. Sherman."Assessing the Longevity of Residential Duct Sealants."Durability of Building and Construction Sealants, (A.T. Wolf Ed.) (2000) 71-86.

Siegel, Jeffrey A., Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Delivering Tons to the Register: Energy Efficient Design and Operation of Residential Cooling System."Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study 2000, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (2000) 295-306.

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jeffrey A. Siegel, and Mark P. Modera."Effects of Duct Improvement and ENERGYSTAR Equipment on Comfort and Energy Efficiency." (2000).

Buchanan, Christopher R., and Max H. Sherman."A Mathematical Model for Infiltration Heat Recovery." (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).

Wray, Craig P., Nance Matson, and Max H. Sherman."Selecting Whole-House Ventilation Strategies to Meet Proposed ASHRAE 62.2: Energy Cost Considerations."ASHRAE Transactions 106 (2000) 681-691.

Sherman, Max H., Iain S. Walker, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Stopping Duct Quacks: Longevity of Residential Duct Sealants."Proceedings of the ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (2000) 273-284.

1999

Sherman, Max H.."Indoor Air Quality For Residential Buildings."ASHRAE Journal 41.5 (1999) 26-30.

Sherman, Max H.."Standard 62 Goes Residential."Contracting Business 56.5 (1999) 56-59.

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jeffrey A. Siegel, Duo Wang, Christopher R. Buchanan, and Mark P. Modera."Leakage Diagnostics, Sealant Longevity, Sizing and Technology Transfer in Residential Thermal Distribution Systems; Part II." (1999).

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, and Jeffrey A. Siegel."Distribution Effectiveness and Impacts on Equipment Sizing for Residential Thermal Distribution Systems." (1999).

1998

Buchanan, Christopher R., and Max H. Sherman."CFD Simulation of Infiltration Heat Recovery."Proceedings of the 19th AIVC Conference, Oslo, Norway, Sept. 28-30, 1998 (1998).

Sherman, Max H., and Iain S. Walker."Can Duct-Tape Take the Heat?."Home Energy 15 (1998) 14.

Walker, Iain S., David J. Wilson, and Max H. Sherman."A Comparison of the Power Law to Quadratic Formulations for Air Infiltration Calculations."Energy and Buildings 27 (1998) 293-299.

Sherman, Max H.."How Duct Tape Sealed My Place in History."Washington Post (1998) 1.

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Mark P. Modera, and Jeffrey A. Siegel."Leakage Diagnostics, Sealant Longevity, Sizing and Technology Transfer in Residential Thermal Distribution Systems." (1998).