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.

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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)

1988

Berman, Sam M., Daniel S. Greenhouse, Ian L. Bailey, Robert D. Clear, and Thomas W. Raasch."Human Electroretinogram Responses to Video Displays."Journal of Optometry and Vision Science 68 (1988) 645-662.

Sullivan, Robert, Dariush K. Arasteh, Konstantinos M. Papamichael, Jong-Jin Kim, Russell Johnson, Stephen E. Selkowitz, and Ross McCluney."An Indices Approach for Evaluating the Performance of Fenestration Systems in Nonresidential Buildings."ASHRAE Transactions 94 (1988).

Jewett, Don L., Sam M. Berman, M.R. Greenberg, George Fein, and Richard M. Nahass."The Lack of Effects on Human Muscle Strength of Light Spectrum and Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation in Electric Lighting."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society (1988).

Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, and K. Srikrishna."Magnetization reversal in nucleation controlled magnets. I. Theory."Journal of Applied Physics 64 (1988) 6406-6415. DOI

Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, G. Thomas, and B.M. Ma."Magnetization reversal in nucleation controlled magnets. II. Effect of grain size and size distribution on intrinsic coercivity of Fe-Nd-B magnets."Journal of Applied Physics 64 (1988) 6416-6423. DOI

Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, G. Thomas, S.M. Green, Y. Mei, C. Jiang, and H.L. Luo."Microstructure of Pb-modified Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O superconductor."Applied Physics Letters 53 (1988) 1759-1761. DOI

Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, G. Van Tendeloo, G. Thomas, S.M. Green, and H.L. Luo."New modulated structure in a Pb-doped Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O superconductor."Applied Physics Letters 53 (1988) 2220-2222. DOI

Verderber, Rudolph R.."The Phase III - Efficient Lighting for U. S. Naval Ships - Interim Report." (1988).

Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, G. Thomas, S. Green, C. Jiang, Y. Mei, M.L. Rudee, and H.L. Luo."Polytypoid structure of Pb-modified Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O superconductor."Physical Review B 38 (1988) 7070-7073. DOI

Ward, Gregory J., Francis M. Rubinstein, and Robert D. Clear."A Ray Tracing Solution for Diffuse Interreflection."Computer Graphics 22 (1988).

Taha, Haider, Hashem Akbari, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, and Yu Joe Huang."Residential cooling loads and the urban heat island—the effects of albedo."Building and Environment 23 (1988) 271-283. DOI

Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, G. Thomas, S.M. Green, M.L. Rudee, and H.L. Luo."Structure and composition of the 115 K superconducting phase in the Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O system."Applied Physics Letters 53 (1988) 520-522. DOI

Akbari, Hashem, Mashuri Warren, Anibal T De Almeida, Deborah J. Connell, and Jeffrey P. Harris."Use of energy management systems for performance monitoring of industrial load-shaping measures."Energy 13 (1988) 253-263. DOI

Arasteh, Dariush K., and M. Susan Reilly."WINDOW 3.1: A PC Program for Analyzing Window Thermal Performance (Program Disk and Tutorial)." (1988).

1987

Pennisi, Agata R., and Carl M Lampert."Optical Properties of Electrochromic Nickel Oxide Devices Utilizing a Polymeric Electrolyte."International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering (1987).

Lessner, Philip M., Frank R. McLarnon, Jack Winnick, and Elton J. Cairns."Kinetics of Aqueous Polysulfide Solutions Part III. Investigation of Homogeneous and Electrode Kinetics by the Rotating Disk Method."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 134 (1987) 2669-2677. DOI

Kahn, Edward P, and Charles A. Goldman."Impact of tax reform on renewable energy and cogeneration projects."Energy Economics 9.4 (1987) 215-226. DOI

Klems, Joseph H., and H. Keller."Measurement of Fenestration Thermal Performance Under Realistic Conditions Using the MoWiTT."3rd International Congress on Building Energy Management (1987).

Sullivan, Robert, Dariush K. Arasteh, Glenn Sweitzer, Russell Johnson, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."The Influence of Glazing Selection on Commercial Building Energy Performance in Hot and Humid Climates."ASHRAE Conference on Air Conditioning in Hot Climates (1987).

Akbari, Hashem, Yu Joe Huang, Haider Taha, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."The potential of vegetation in reducing summer cooling loads in residential buildings."Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 26.9 (1987) 1103-1116. DOI

Dexter, Arthur L., Mahroo M. Eftekhari, Philip Haves, and Fábio Gonçalves Jota."The Use of Dynamic Simulation Models to Evaluate Algorithms for Building Energy Control: Experience with HVACSIM+."International Congress on Building Energy Management 8 (1987).

Rothkopf, Michael H., Edward P Kahn, Thomas J. Teisberg, Joseph H Eto, and Jean-Michel Nataf."Designing PURPA Power Purchase Auctions: Theory and Practice." (1987).

Eto, Joseph H."The GE-BOMA Energy Use in Office Buildings Project: A Second Look at the Data." (1987).

Clear, Robert D., and Sam M. Berman."Lighting Recommendations as Input to Cost-Benefit Calculations."1987 IES National Conference (1987).

Verderber, Rudolph R., Oliver C. Morse, Francis M. Rubinstein, and Michael J. Siminovitch."Measurement of Optical Efficiency of Fluorescent Luminaires."1987 IES National Conference (1987).