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)

2016

Ohshita, Stephanie, Cecilia Fino-Chen, Lixuan Hong, and Nina Khanna."BEST Cities: Software User Guide." (2016).

Hong, Lixuan, Nan Zhou, Wei Feng, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, Yongqiang Zhao, and Kaare Sandholt."Building stock dynamics and its impacts on materials and energy demand in China."Energy Policy 94 (2016) 47 - 55. DOI

Price, Lynn K, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, Stephanie Ohshita, Nina Khanna, Hongyou Lu, Lixuan Hong, Gang He, John Romankiewicz, and Hu Min."Low-Carbon City Policy Databook." (2016).

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Michael A McNeil."Prospective Evaluation of the Energy and CO₂ Emissions Impact of China’s 2010 – 2013 Efficiency Standards for Products." (2016).

Khanna, Nina, Jin Guo, and Xinyi Zheng."Effects of Demand Side Management on Chinese Household Electricity Consumption: Empirical Findings from Chinese Household Survey." (2016).

2015

Ohshita, Stephanie, Lynn K Price, Nan Zhou, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, and Xu Liu."The Role of Chinese Cities in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction."Briefing on Urban Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2015) 21.

Ohshita, Stephanie, Lynn K Price, Nan Zhou, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, and Xu Liu."The Role of Chinese Cities in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction." (2015) 19.

Zhou, Nan, Wei Feng, Nina Khanna, Lixuan Hong, David Fridley, and Ellen M Franconi."Transformative Pathway for Chinese Buildings by 2050."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015 (2015).

Ohshita, Stephanie, Nan Zhou, Lynn K Price, David Fridley, Nina Khanna, Lixuan Hong, Hongyou Lu, Cecilia Fino-Chen, Gang He, and Jinyue Yan."Low Carbon Development for Cities: Methods and Measures."Handbook of Clean Energy Systems 6 (2015) 1-23. DOI

Khanna, Nina, and David Fridley."Mind the Gap: New Developments and Outlook for China’s Transport Sector to 2030."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015 (2015).

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, and David Fridley."Superefficient Appliances and Equipment: Untapped Energy Savings for Chinese Buildings."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015 (2015).

Ohshita, Stephanie, David Fridley, Nina Khanna, Nan Zhou, Gang He, Lixuan Hong, and Yong Zhou."Urban form as a “first fuel” for low-carbon mobility in Chinese cities: strategies for energy and carbon saving in the transport sector."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015 (2015).

2014

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, Jing Ke, and David Fridley."Evaluation of the Contribution of the Building Sector to PM2.5 Emissions in China." (2014).

Zhou, Nan, Nina Khanna, Wei Feng, Lixuan Hong, David Fridley, Jon Creyts, Ellen M Franconi, Roy Torbert, and Yi Ke."Cost-effective Options for Transforming China's Buildings Sector."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

Khanna, Nina, John Romankiewicz, Nan Zhou, Wei Feng, and Qing Ye."From Platinum to Three Stars: Comparative Analysis of U.S. and China Green Building Rating Programs."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

Hong, Lixuan, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, Wei Feng, and Nina Khanna."Modeling China's Building Floor-Area Growth and the Implications for Building Materials and Energy Demand."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, Jing Ke, and David Fridley."Quantifying PM2.5 Emissions from China's Building Sector and Co-Benefits of Energy Efficiency."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

Zhao, Yue, Jing Ke, Chun Chun Ni, Michael A McNeil, Nina Khanna, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Qiqiang Li."A Comparative Study of Energy Consumption and Efficiency of Japanese and Chinese Manufacturing Industry."Energy Policy 70 (2014) 45-56. DOI

Khanna, Nina, David Fridley, and Lixuan Hong."China's Pilot Low-carbon City Initiative: A Comparative Assessment of National Goals and Local Plans."Sustainable Cities and Society 12 (2014) 110–121. DOI

Khanna, Nina, John Romankiewicz, Wei Feng, Nan Zhou, and Qing Ye."Comparative Policy Study for Green Buildings in U.S. and China." (2014).

2013

Khanna, Nina, and David Fridley."Extreme Energy in China." (2013) 117.

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and John Romankiewicz."International Comparison of Energy Efficiency Criteria and Test Procedures in Standards and Labeling Programs for Computer Monitors and Commercial Gas Stoves." (2013).

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Cecilia Fino-Chen."Evaluation of China's local enforcement of energy efficiency standards and labeling programs for appliances and equipment."Energy Policy (2013). DOI

Ke, Jing, Lynn K Price, Michael A McNeil, Nina Khanna, and Nan Zhou."Analysis and Practices of Energy Benchmarking for Industry from the Perspective of Systems Engineering."Energy 54 (2013) 32-44. DOI

Ke, Jing, Michael A McNeil, Lynn K Price, Nina Khanna, and Nan Zhou."Estimation of CO₂ Emissions from China’s Cement Production: Methodologies and Uncertainties."Energy Policy 57 (2013) 172-181.