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)

1998

Diamond, Richard C.."Enerplex Revisited and Reevaluated."Progressive Architecture v.70,.no.3 (1998) p.117-119.

Diamond, Richard C.."What Do Building Science and Architecture Have in Common?."1998 Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Services Organization (1998).

Matson, Nance, Dale A. Sartor, and Richard C. Diamond."Model Procurement Documents." (1998).

Feustel, Helmut E., and Richard C. Diamond."Ventilation in Highrise Apartments."Proceedings of the Room Vent 1998 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden (1998).

1997

Warner, Jeffrey L., Dale A. Sartor, and Richard C. Diamond."Tenant Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Renovation of Buildings at the Presidio of San Francisco." (1997).

Levinson, Ronnen M., William W. Delp, Darryl J. Dickerhoff, William J. Fisk, Albert (Matty) Nematollahi, Ingar Stordahl, Christophe Torre, Duo Wang, Richard C. Diamond, and Mark P. Modera."Commercial Thermal Distribution Systems FINAL REPORT for California Institute for Energy Efficiency." (1997).

Delp, William W., Nance Matson, Eric Tschudy, Mark P. Modera, and Richard C. Diamond."Field Investigation of Duct System Performance in California-Light Commercial Buildings." (1997).

Diamond, Richard C.."Multifamily ventilation."Home Energy 14 (1997).

1996

Diamond, Richard C., Jim Remus, and Bruce Vincent."User Satisfaction with Innovative Cooling Retrofits in Sacramento Public Housing."Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 25-31, 1996 8 (1996) 21.

Sartor, Dale A., Richard C. Diamond, Andy Walker, Michael Giller, Karl A. Brown, and Anne S. Crawley."Designing an Environmental Showcase: The San Francisco Presidio."Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 5 (1996) 209-218.

Feustel, Helmut E., and Richard C. Diamond."Diagnostics and measurements of infiltration and ventilation systems in high-rise apartment buildings."Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (1996) 95-101.

Busch, John F., and Richard C. Diamond."Does the Feebate Approach to A/E Compensation Lead to an Energy-Efficient Building?."Proceedings of the 4th National Energy-Efficient New Construction Conference, Vancouver, BC (1996).

DeCicco, John M., Richard C. Diamond, Sandra Nolden, and Tom Wilson."Improving Energy Efficiency in Apartment Buildings." (1996).

Diamond, Richard C., Helmut E. Feustel, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Ventilation and Infiltration in Highrise Apartment Buildings." (1996).

1995

Diamond, Richard C., and Helmut E. Feustel."Air Flow Distribution in a Mechanically-Ventilated High-Rise Residential Building."16th AIVC Annual Conference, Palm Springs, USA 2 (1995) 369-378.

Tzonis, Alexander, Liane Lefaivre, and Richard C. Diamond."Architecture in North America since 1960." (1995) 312.

Diamond, Richard C., Helmut E. Feustel, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Energy and Ventilation Research in Highrise Apartments: The Chelsea Public Housing Study."Proceedings of the 15th AIVC Annual Conference, Palm Springs, CA (1995).

Diamond, Richard C.."Energy and ventilation research in high-rise buildings."Center for Building Science News #7, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (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.

Diamond, Richard C.."An Overview of the Multifamily Sector."Home Energy 12 (1995) 22-25.

1994

DeCicco, John M., Loretta Smith, Richard C. Diamond, Steve Morgan, Janice Debarros, Sandra Nolden, Theo Lubke, and Tom Wilson."Energy Conservation in Multifamily Housing: Review and Recommendations for Future Efforts."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (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.

Reynolds, John S., Robert B. Peña, Richard C. Diamond, Jeffrey Cook, and Dimitri Procos."Design for Photovoltaics: A Curriculum Development Project."1994 ACSA Technology Conference, (1994).