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)

2009

Kiliccote, Sila, Mary Ann Piette, Girish Ghatikar, Edward Koch, Dan Hennage, John Hernandez, Albert K. Chiu, Osman Sezgen, and John Goodin."Open Automated Demand Response Communications in Demand Response for Wholesale Ancillary Services."Grid-Interop Forum 2009 (2009).

2007

Sezgen, Osman, Charles A. Goldman, and P. Krishnarao."Option Value of Electricity Demand Response."Energy 32.2 (2007) 108-119. DOI

2005

Piette, Mary Ann, Osman Sezgen, David S. Watson, Naoya Motegi, Christine Shockman, and Laurie ten Hope."Development and Evaluation of Fully Automated Demand Response in Large Facilities." (2005).

2004

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Osman Sezgen, Mithra M. Moezzi, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, Donna Pratt, Peter Cappers, and Richard Boisvert."Does Real-Time Pricing Deliver Demand Response? A Case Study of Niagara Mohawk’s Large Customer RTP Tariff."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2004) 17.

Watson, David S., Mary Ann Piette, Osman Sezgen, and Naoya Motegi."Machine to Machine (M2M) Technology in Demand Responsive Commercial Buildings."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2004).

Motegi, Naoya, Mary Ann Piette, David S. Watson, and Osman Sezgen."Measurement and Evaluation Techniques for Automated Demand Response Demonstration."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2004).

Moezzi, Mithra M., Charles A. Goldman, Osman Sezgen, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Nicole C. Hopper."Real Time Pricing and the Real Live Firm." (2004) 16.

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Osman Sezgen, Mithra M. Moezzi, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, Richard Boisvert, Peter Cappers, and Donna Pratt."Customer Response to Day-ahead Wholesale Market Electricity Prices: Case Study of RTP Program Experience in New York."Consultant Report prepared for the California Energy Commission (2004) 208.

Tschudi, William F., Tengfang T. Xu, Dale A. Sartor, Jonathan G. Koomey, Bruce Nordman, and Osman Sezgen."Energy Efficient Data Centers." (2004).

Moezzi, Mithra M., Charles A. Goldman, Osman Sezgen, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Nicole C. Hopper."Real Time Pricing and the Real Live Firm."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2004).

2003

Kintner-Meyer, Michael, Charles A. Goldman, Osman Sezgen, and Donna Pratt."Dividends with Demand Response."American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Journal October 2003 (2003) 8.

Kintner-Meyer, Michael, Charles A. Goldman, Osman Sezgen, and Donna Pratt."New Demand Response Opportunities for Facility Managers." (2003) 11.

Neenan, Bernard, Donna Pratt, Peter Cappers, James Doane, Jeremey Anderson, Richard Boisvert, Charles A. Goldman, Osman Sezgen, Galen L. Barbose, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Michael Kintner-Meyer, Steve Shankle, and Derrick Bates."How and Why Customers Respond to Electricity Price Variability: A Study of NYISO and NYSERDA 2002 PRL Program Performance." (2003) 376.

1999

Diamond, Richard C., Tim I. Salsbury, Geoffrey C. Bell, Yu Joe Huang, Osman Sezgen, Richard Mazzucchi, and Jeff Romberger."Phillip Burton Federal Building: EMCS Retrofit Analysis." (1999).

1998

Marnay, Chris, M. Suzie Kito, Dan Kirshner, Osman Sezgen, Steven J. Pickle, Katja B. Schumacher, and Ryan H. Wiser."Restructuring and Renewable Energy Developments in California: Using Elfin to Simulate the Future California Power Market." (1998) 139.

Sezgen, Osman, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Interactions between lighting and space conditioning energy use in U.S. commercial buildings." (1998).

Sezgen, Osman, Chris Marnay, and Sarah E. Bretz."Wind Generation in the Future Competitive California Power Market." (1998) 17.

1995

Sezgen, Osman, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Technology data characterizing refrigeration in commercial buildings: Application to end-use forecasting with COMMEND 4.0." (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).

Sezgen, Osman, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Technology Data Characterizing Water Heating in Commercial Buildings: Application to End-Use Forecasting." (1995).

Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen."Performance evaluation of thermal energy storage systems."Energy and Buildings 22 (1995) 15-24. DOI

1994

Sezgen, Osman, and Yu Joe Huang."Lighting/HVAC Interactions and Their Effects on Annual and Peak HVAC Requirements in Commercial Buildings."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study 1994 (1994).

Sezgen, Osman, Yu Joe Huang, Joseph H Eto, Barbara A. Atkinson, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Technology data characterizing lighting in commercial buildings: Application to end-use forecasting with COMMEND 4.0." (1994).

1992

Sezgen, Osman, Matthew E. Lecar, Joseph H Eto, Barbara A. Atkinson, and James E. McMahon."Lighting Policy Modeling in the Commercial Sector."ACEEE 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1992).

Atkinson, Barbara A., James E. McMahon, Evan Mills, Peter T. Chan, Terry W. Chan, Joseph H Eto, Judy D. Jennings, Jonathan G. Koomey, Kwok-Wai Ken Lo, Matthew E. Lecar, Lynn K. Price, Francis M. Rubinstein, Osman Sezgen, and Thomas P. Wenzel."Analysis of Federal Policy Options for Improving U.S. Lighting Energy Efficiency: Commercial and Residential Buildings." (1992).