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)

2013

Birru, Dagnachew, Yao-Jung Wen, Francis M Rubinstein, and Robert D Clear."Energy-Efficient and Comfortable Buildings through Multivariate Integrated Control (ECoMIC)." (2013). DOI

Lee, Eleanor S, Luis L Fernandes, Brian E Coffey, Andrew McNeil, Robert D Clear, Thomas L Webster, Fred S Bauman, Darryl J Dickerhoff, David Heinzerling, and Tyler Hoyt."A Post-Occupancy Monitored Evaluation of the Dimmable Lighting, Automated Shading, and Underfloor Air Distribution System in The New York Times Building." (2013).

2012

Clear, Robert D."Discomfort Glare: What Do We Actually Know?."Lighting Research and Technology April 2012 (2012). DOI

2011

Konis, Kyle S, Eleanor S Lee, and Robert D Clear."Visual Comfort Analysis of Innovative Interior and Exterior Shading Systems for Commercial Buildings using High Resolution Luminance Images."LEUKOS The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 7.3 (2011). DOI

2010

Clear, Robert D."Post-Occupancy Evaluation of The New York Times Headquarters Building: an Examination of Causes for Occupant Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with the Energy-Efficiency Measures." (2010).

2009

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Robert D Clear, Kyle S Konis, Robert J Hitchcock, Mehry Yazdanian, Robin Mitchell, and Maria Konstantoglou."High Performance Building Facade Solutions: PIER Final Project Report." (2009).

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Robert D Clear, Kyle S Konis, Maria Konstantoglou, and Mark Perepelitza."Innovative Façade Systems for Low-energy Commercial Buildings." (2009).

Lee, Eleanor S, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Robert D Clear, Kyle S Konis, Mehry Yazdanian, and Byoung-Chul Park."Field Measurements of Innovative Indoor Shading Systems in a Full-Scale Office Testbed."ASHRAE Transactions 115.2 (2009) 706-728.

2008

Clear, Robert D."Post-Occupancy Evaluation of the New York Times Headquarters Building: an Examination of Causes for Occupant Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with the Energy-Efficiency Measures." (2008).

2007

Lee, Eleanor S, Glenn D Hughes, Robert D Clear, Luis L Fernandes, Sila Kiliccote, Mary Ann Piette, Francis M Rubinstein, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Daylighting the New York Times Headquarters Building: Final Report: Commissioning Daylighting Systems and Estimation of Demand Response." (2007).

Lee, Eleanor S, Robert D Clear, Gregory J Ward, and Luis L Fernandes."Commissioning and verification procedures for the automated roller shade system at The New York Times Headquarters." (2007).

Lee, Eleanor S, Robert D Clear, Gregory J Ward, and Luis L Fernandes."Quick Start Guide: Commissioning and verification procedures for the automated roller shade system at The New York Times Headquarters." (2007).

2006

Clear, Robert D, Vorapat Inkarojrit, and Eleanor S Lee."Subject Response to Electrochromic Windows."Energy and Buildings 38.7 (2006) 758-779. DOI

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Robert D Clear, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Luis L Fernandes, Gregory J Ward, Vorapat Inkarojrit, and Mehry Yazdanian."Advancement of Electrochromic Windows." (2006).

Clear, Robert D."Summary results of visual comfort measurements at the electrochromic windows testbed." (2006).

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Robert D Clear, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Luis L Fernandes, Gregory J Ward, Vorapat Inkarojrit, and Mehry Yazdanian."A Design Guide for Early-Market Electrochromic Windows." (2006).

2005

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Glenn D Hughes, Robert D Clear, Gregory J Ward, John Mardaljevic, Judy Lai, Mehlika Inanici, and Vorapat Inkarojrit."Daylighting the New York Times Headquarters Building: Final Report." (2005).

2004

Huang, Yu Joe, Robin Mitchell, Stephen E Selkowitz, Dariush K Arasteh, and Robert D Clear."Development of Trade-Off Equations for EnergyStar Windows."SimBuild 2004 (2004).

1999

Arasteh, Dariush K, Yu Joe Huang, Robin Mitchell, Robert D Clear, and Christian Kohler."A Database of Window Annual Energy Use in Typical North American Residences."2000 ASHRAE Winter Meeting (1999).

1998

Vine, Edward L, Eleanor S Lee, Robert D Clear, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Office Worker Response to an Automated Venetian Blind and Electric Lighting System: A Pilot Study."Energy and Buildings 28.2 (1998) 205-218. DOI

Clear, Robert D, and Francis M Rubinstein."A Cost-Benefit Analysis Applied to Lumen Maintenance Controls."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 28 (1998) 113-126.

1995

Clear, Robert D."Relationships between the VL and Reaction Time Models."IESNA Conference 25 (1995) 14-24.

Clear, Robert D, and Richard G Mistrick."Multilayer Polarizers: A Review of the Claims."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 25 (1995).

1994

Clear, Robert D, and Sam M Berman."Environmental and Health Aspects of Lighting: Mercury."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 23 (1994) 138-156.

1992

Clear, Robert D, and Sam M Berman."Economics and Lighting Level Recommendations."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 22 (1992).