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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.
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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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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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2003

Rubinstein, Francis M, Nesrin Colak, Judy D Jennings, and Danielle Neils."Analyzing Occupancy Profiles from a Lighting Controls Field Study."CIE Session 2003 (2003).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Mehry Yazdanian, and Jim Galvin."Draft Photosensor Characterization Report." (2003).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Stephen Treado, and Pete Pettler."Standardizing Communication Between Lighting Control Devices."2003 IEEE-IAS Conference (2003).

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).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Pete Pettler, and Judy D Jennings."Dimming Every Light Cheaply."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 11 (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.

Johnson, Stephen G."LEDs - An Overview of the State of the Art in Technology and Application."Light Right 5 Conference (2002).

Johnson, Stephen G, and Jerry A Simmons."Materials for Solid State Lighting."2002 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (2002).

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

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).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Danielle Neils, and Nesrin Colak."Daylighting, Dimming, and the Electricity Crisis in California."2001 IESNA National Conference (2001).

Keith, David M, and Francis M Rubinstein."Effect of Occupancy Sensors on Energy Usage and Peak Demand in Commercial Office Buildings: Part 1."2001 Conference of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) (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).

Osborn, Julie G, Frances Wood, R. R Cooper Richey, Sandy Sanders, Walter Short, and Jonathan G Koomey."A Sensitivity Analysis of the Treatment of Wind Energy in the AEO99 Version of NEMS." (2001) 43.

Rubinstein, Francis M, and Pete Pettler."Final Report on Internet Addressable Light Switch." (2001).

Rubinstein, Francis M, and Pete Pettler."IBECS Network/Ballast Interface - Final Report." (2001).

Jennings, Judy D, Nesrin Colak, and Francis M Rubinstein."Occupancy and Time-Based Lighting Controls in Open Offices."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 31 (2001) 86-100.

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).

Rubinstein, Francis M, and Stephen G Johnson."IBECS: An Integrated Building Environmental Communications System--Its Not Your Fathers Network."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).

Mitchell, Jeffrey C, Michael J Siminovitch, Erik Page, Kevin W Gauna, and Doug A Avery."Integrated Lighting Approach Saves Energy in Post Office Facilities."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).

Koomey, Jonathan G."Rebuttal to Testimony on ‘Kyoto and the Internet: The Energy Implications of the Digital Economy’." (2000).

Diamond, Richard C, and Mithra M Moezzi."Revealing Myths about People, Energy, and Buildings." (2000) 12.