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

Shen, Eric, and Tianzhen Hong."Simulation-based assessment of the energy savings benefits of integrated control in office buildings."Building Simulation 2.4 (2009) 239-251. DOI

Xu, Tengfang T, Chuang Wang, Tianzhen Hong, and Mark D Levine."Technical Assistance to Beichuan Reconstruction: Creating and Designing Low- to Zero-carbon Communities in New Beichuan." (2009).

2008

Hong, Tianzhen, Dale A Sartor, Paul A Mathew, and Mehry Yazdanian."Comparisons of HVAC Simulations between EnergyPlus and DOE-2.2 for data centers."ASHRAE Conference 115 Part 1 (2008).

Hong, Tianzhen, Walter F Buhl, Philip Haves, Stephen E Selkowitz, and Michael Wetter."Comparing computer run time of building simulation programs."Building Simulation 1.3 (2008) 210-213. DOI

Hong, Tianzhen, Walter F Buhl, and Philip Haves."EnergyPlus Analysis Capabilities for Use in Title 24." (2008).

Hong, Tianzhen, Walter F Buhl, and Philip Haves."EnergyPlus Run Time Analysis." (2008).

2005

Hong, Tianzhen, Charles N Eley, and Erik Kolderup."Two DOE-2 Functions."IBPSA Building Simulation 2005 (2005).

Hong, Tianzhen, Charles N Eley, and Erik Kolderup."Two DOE-2 functions."IBPSA Building Simulation (2005).

2003

Hong, Tianzhen, Charles N Eley, and Erik Kolderup."VisualDOE – A Green Design Tool."The 4th International Symposium on HVAC (2003).

2000

Hong, Tianzhen, Siaw K Chou, and T.Y Bong."Building simulation: an overview of development and information sources."Building and Environment 35.4 (2000) 347-361. DOI

1999

Hong, Tianzhen, Siaw K Chou, and T.Y Bong."A design day for building load and energy estimation."Building and Environment 34.4 (1999) 469-477. DOI

1998

Hong, Tianzhen, and Yi Jiang."Outdoor synthetic temperature for the calculation of space heating load."Energy and Buildings 28.3 (1998) 269-277. DOI

1997

Hong, Tianzhen, and Yi Jiang."A new multizone model for simulation of building thermal performance."Building and Environment 32.2 (1997) 123-128. DOI

Hong, Tianzhen, and Yi Jiang."IISABRE: An integrated building simulation environment."Building and Environment 32.3 (1997) 219-224. DOI

1995

Jiang, Yi, and Tianzhen Hong."Integrated building design system."HV&AC, in Chinese (1995).

Hong, Tianzhen, and Yi Jiang."Prediction of building thermal performance under random conditions."TSINGHUA-HVAC-'95 (1995).

Hong, Tianzhen, and Yi Jiang."Stochastic weather model for building HVAC systems."Building and Environment 30.4 (1995) 521-532. DOI

1993

Jiang, Yi, and Tianzhen Hong."Stochastic analysis of building thermal processes."Building and Environment 28.4 (1993) 209-218. DOI

Jiang, Yi, and Tianzhen Hong."Stochastic analysis of overheating risk in buildings."CLIMA 2000 (1993).