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)

2011

Lutz, James D, Peter J Biermayer, and Derek A King."Pilot Phase of a Field Study to Determine Waste of Water and Energy in Residential Hot-Water Distribution Systems." (2011) 29.

2010

Lutz, James D, Peter J Biermayer, Richard E Brown, Alan K Meier, James E McMahon, and Energy Analysis Department."How to Make Appliance Standards Work: Improving Energy and Water Efficiency Test Procedures." (2010) 10.

2009

Biermayer, Peter J, and James D Lutz."Gas Water Heater Energy Losses." (2009) 20.

2008

Brown, Richard E, Sam Borgeson, Jonathan G Koomey, and Peter J Biermayer."U.S. Building-Sector Energy Efficiency Potential." (2008).

2007

2005

Biermayer, Peter J."Potential Water and Energy Savings from Showerheads." (2005).

Fridley, David, Jiang Lin, Andrea Denver, Peter J Biermayer, and Tyler J Dillavou."CFL Labeling Harmonization in the United States, China, Brazil and ELI Member Countries: Specifications, Testing, and Mutual Recognition." (2005) 30.

2004

Biermayer, Peter J, and Jiang Lin."Clothes washer standards in China -- The problem of water and energy trade-offs in establishing efficiency standards."2004 ACEEE Summer Study (2004).

Biermayer, Peter J, James E McMahon, and Bryan Berringer."Final Rule Technical Support Document (TSD): Energy efficiency standards for consumer products: Clothes washers." (2004).

Biermayer, Peter J, James D Lutz, and Alexander B Lekov."Measurement of Airflow in Residential Furnaces." (2004) 58.

2001

Biermayer, Peter J."Coming Changes in the U.S. Clothes Washer Market." (2001).

2000

Biermayer, Peter J, John F Busch, Sajid Hakim, and Isaac Turiel."Feasibility of An Appliance Energy Testing and Labeling Program for Sri Lanka." (2000) 130.

1999

Chaitkin, Stuart, Peter J Biermayer, Sarah E Bretz, Stephen R Brown, Sachu Constantine, and Diane C Fisher."Marginal Energy Prices Report." (1999) 38.

1997

Biermayer, Peter J."Analysis of Clothes Washer Design Options for Their Energy and Water Saving Potential."International Appliance Technical Conference (1997).

1996

Biermayer, Peter J."Design Options for Clothes Washers." (1996) 19.

Biermayer, Peter J."Preliminary Engineering Analysis for Clothes Washers." (1996) 34.

Biermayer, Peter J."Energy and Water Saving Potential of Dishwashers and Clothes Washers: An Update." (1996).