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)

2004

Roberson, Judy A., Carrie A. Webber, Marla C. McWhinney, Richard E. Brown, Margaret J. Pinckard, and John F. Busch."After-hours Power Status of Office Equipment and Inventory of Miscellaneous Plug-Load Equipment." (2004) 33.

2003

Brown, Richard E., and Jonathan G. Koomey."Electricity Use in California: Past Trends and Present Usage Patterns."Energy Policy 31.9 (2003) 849-864. DOI

2002

Koomey, Jonathan G., Chris Calwell, John A. Laitner, Jane Thornton, Richard E. Brown, Joseph H Eto, Carrie A. Webber, Cathy Cullicott, Robert H. Socolow, Dennis Anderson, and John Harte."Sorry, wrong number: The use and misuse of numerical facts in analysis and media reporting of energy issues."Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 2002 27 (2002) 119-158. DOI

Koomey, Jonathan G., and Richard E. Brown."The role of building technologies in reducing and controlling peak electricity demand." (2002).

Roberson, Judy A., Gregory K. Homan, Akshay Mahajan, Bruce Nordman, Carrie A. Webber, Richard E. Brown, Marla C. McWhinney, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Energy Use and Power Levels in New Monitors and Personal Computers." (2002).

Roberson, Judy A., Gregory K. Homan, Akshay Mahajan, Bruce Nordman, Carrie A. Webber, Richard E. Brown, Marla C. McWhinney, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Enery Use and Power Management in New Personal Computers and Monitors." (2002) 36.

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G. Koomey, Bruce Nordman, Richard E. Brown, Mary Ann Piette, Michael K. Ting, and Alan K. Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.."Energy 27.3 (2002) 255-269. DOI

Webber, Carrie A., Richard E. Brown, Akshay Mahajan, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program: 2001 Status Report." (2002).

2001

Brown, Richard E., Jiuping Pan, Xiaoming Feng, and Krassimir Koutlev."Siting Distributed Generation to Defer T&D Expansion."Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2001 IEEE/PES 2 (2001) 622-627. DOI

Webber, Carrie A., Judy A. Roberson, Richard E. Brown, Christopher T. Payne, Bruce Nordman, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Field Surveys of Office Equipment Operating Patterns." (2001).

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G. Koomey, Michael K. Ting, Bruce Nordman, Richard E. Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K. Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.: Detailed Report and Appendices." (2001).

Brown, Richard E., and Lavelle Freeman."Analyzing the reliability impact of distributed generation."Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2001. IEEE 2 (2001) 1013-1018. DOI

2000

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G. Koomey, Bruce Nordman, Richard E. Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K. Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).

Brown, Richard E., Carrie A. Webber, Jonathan G. Koomey, Ken Keating, Margaret Suozzo, and Marc Hoffman."Status and Future Directions of the ENERGY STAR Program."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 6 (2000) 6.33-6.43.

1999

Koomey, Jonathan G., Kaoru Kawamoto, Bruce Nordman, Mary Ann Piette, and Richard E. Brown."Initial comments on 'The Internet Begins with Coal'." (1999).

1998

Roberson, Judy A., Richard E. Brown, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Steve E. Greenberg."Recommended Ventilation Strategies for Energy-Efficient Production Homes." (1998).

Brown, Richard E., Celina S. Atkinson, Jeffrey L. Warner, Judy A. Roberson, Marla C. Sanchez, Sarah E. Bretz, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Developing Energy-Efficiency Packages for New Production Homes."1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1998).

Roberson, Judy A., Richard E. Brown, Jonathan G. Koomey, Jeffrey L. Warner, and Steve E. Greenberg."Recommended Ventilation Strategies for New Energy-Efficient Production Homes."1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1998).

Webber, Carrie A., and Richard E. Brown."Savings Potential of Energy Star Voluntary Labeling Programs."1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1998).

Webber, Carrie A., and Richard E. Brown."Savings Potential of ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Programs."1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 9 (1998) 9.271-9.282.

1995

Koomey, Jonathan G., Richard E. Brown, R. Cooper Richey, Francis X Johnson, Alan H. Sanstad, and Leslie J. Shown."Residential Sector End-use Forecasting with EPRI-REEPS 2.1: Summary Input Assumptions and Results." (1995).

Jennings, Judy D., Richard E. Brown, Mithra M. Moezzi, Evan Mills, and Robert Sardinsky."An Assessment of the U.S. Residential Lighting Market." (1995).

1994

Johnson, Francis X, James W. Hanford, Richard E. Brown, Alan H. Sanstad, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Residential HVAC Data, Assumptions and Methodology for End-Use Forecasting with EPRI-REEPS 2.1." (1994).

Hanford, James W., Jonathan G. Koomey, Lisa E. Stewart, Matthew E. Lecar, Richard E. Brown, Francis X Johnson, Roland J Hwang, and Lynn K. Price."Baseline Data for the Residential Sector and Development of a Residential Forecasting Database." (1994) 168.

Hwang, Roland J, Francis X Johnson, Richard E. Brown, James W. Hanford, Alan H. Sanstad, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Residential Appliance Data, Assumptions and Methodology for End-Use Forecasting with EPRI-REEPS 2.1." (1994).