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)

1996

Little, John C., Alfred T. Hodgson, and Bruce A. Tichenor."A Strategy for Characterizing Homogeneous, Diffusion-Controlled, Indoor Sources and Sinks."ASTM STP 1287, Characterizing Sources of Infoor Air Pollution and Related Sink Effects (1996) 294-304.

Lofland, S.E., M. Dominguez, S.D. Tyagi, S.M. Bhagat, M.C. Robson, C. Kwon, Z. Trajanovic, I. Takeuchi, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, and T. Venkatesan."Surface resistance of thin Perovskite films - High-temperature superconductors and giant magnetoresistance manganites."Thin Solid Films 288 (1996) 256-261.

Ogale, S.B., V. Talyansky, C.H. Chen, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, R.L. Greene, and T. Venkatesan."Unusual Electric field effects in Nd0.7Sr0.3MnO3."Physical Review Letters 77 (1996) 1159-1162. DOI

Anders, André, Ian G. Brown, and R.G MacGill."Vacuum-Spark Metal Ion Source Based on a Modified Marx Generator." (1996).

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

Stetiu, Corina, Helmut E. Feustel, and Yukio Nakano."Ventilation Control Strategies for Buildings with Hydronic Radiant Cooling in Hot Humid Climates."Proceedings of the RoomVent 1996, Yokohama, Japan (1996).

Mahanama, Kariyawasam R. R., and Joan M. Daisey."Volatile N-nitrosamines in Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Sampling, Analysis, Emission Factors and Indoor Air Exposures."Environmental Science and Technology 30 (1996) 1477-1484.

Warren, W.L., G.E. Pike, D. Dimos, K. Vanheusden, H.N. Al-Shareef, B.A. Tuttle, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, and J.T. Jr.."Voltage shifts and defect-dipoles in ferroelectric capacitors."Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings 433 (1996) 257-266.

Walker, Iain S., David J. Wilson, and Tom W. Forest."A Wind Shadow Model for Air Infiltration Sheltering by Upwind Obstacles."ASHRAE HVAC&R Research Journal 2.4 (1996) 265-283.

Rainer, Leo I., Steve E. Greenberg, and Alan K. Meier."You Won't Find These Leaks with a Blower Door: The Latest in "Leaking Electricity" in Homes." (1996).

1995

Price, Phillip N., Anthony V. Nero, and Andrew Gelman."Bayesian Prediction of Mean Indoor Radon Concentrations for Minnesota Counties."Health Physics (1995).

Özer, Nilgün, Carl M Lampert, and Michael D. Rubin."Optical and Electrochemical Characteristics of Niobium Oxide Films Prepared by Sol-Gel Process and Magnetron Sputtering: A Comparison."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 40.4 (1995) 285-296. DOI

Özer, Nilgün, Din-Guo Chen, and Carl M Lampert."Preparation and Properties of Spin-Coated Nb₂O₅ Films by the Sol-Gel Process for Electrochemical Applications."Thin Solid Films 277.1-2 (1995) 162-168.

Chan, James S., Nathan W. Cheung, Lawrence F. Schloss, Erin C. Jones, William S. Wong, Nathan Newman, Xiaohong Liu, Eicke R. Weber, A. Gassman, and Michael D. Rubin."Thermal Annealing Characteristics of Si and Mg-implanted GaN Thin Films."Applied Physics Letters 68.19 (1995) 2702-2704. DOI

Klems, Joseph H., Jeffrey L. Warner, and Guy O. Kelley."A Comparison Between Calculated and Measured SHGC For Complex Fenestration Systems."ASHRAE Transactions 102, Part 1 (1995).

Finlayson, Elizabeth U., Dariush K. Arasteh, Michael D. Rubin, John Sadlier, Robert Sullivan, Charlie Huizenga, Dragan C. Curcija, and Mark Beall."Advances in Thermal and Optical Simulations of Fenestration Systems: The Development of WINDOW 5."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI Conference (1995).

Koomey, Jonathan G., Mike Cramer, Mary Ann Piette, and Joseph H Eto."Efficiency Improvements in U.S. Office Equipment: Expected Policy Impacts and Uncertainties." (1995).

Özer, Nilgün, and Carl M Lampert."Electrochemical Lithium Insertion in Sol-gel Deposited LiNbO₃ Films."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 39.2-4 (1995) 367-375. DOI

Griffith, Brent T., Fredric A. Beck, Dariush K. Arasteh, and Daniel Turler."Issues Associated with the Use of Infrared Thermography for Experimental Testing of Insulated Systems."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI Conference (1995).

Shannon, Mark A., Xianglei Mao, Alberto J Fernández, Wing-Tat Chan, and Richard E. Russo."Laser Ablation Mass Removal versus Incident Power Density during Solid Sampling for Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy."Analytical Chemistry 67.24 (1995) 4522-4529. DOI

Koomey, Jonathan G., Alan H. Sanstad, and Leslie J. Shown."Magnetic Fluorescent Ballasts: Market Data, Market Imperfections, and Policy Success." (1995).

Klems, Joseph H., Mehry Yazdanian, and Guy O. Kelley."Measured Performance of Selective Glazings."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI Conference (1995).

Kahn, Edward P, and Steven Stoft."Organization of Bulk Power Markets: A Concept Paper." (1995).

Sullivan, Robert, Michael D. Rubin, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Reducing Residential Cooling Requirements Through the Use of Electrochromic Windows."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI Conference Proceedings (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).