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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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2008

Najafi, Massieh, David M. Auslander, Peter L. Bartlett, and Philip Haves."Application of Machine Learning in Fault Diagnostics of Mechanical Systems."International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Control (2008).

Keller, Martin, James O'Donnell, Karsten Menzel, Marcus Keane, and Ufuk Gökçe."Integrating the Specification, Acquisition and Processing of Building Performance Information."12th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (2008).

Wetter, Michael, and Philip Haves."A Modular Building Controls Virtual Test Bed for the Integration of Heterogeneous Systems."SimBuild 2008, July 30-August 1 (2008).

Wetter, Michael, Philip Haves, Michael A. Moshier, and Edward F. Sowell."Using SPARK as a solver for Modelica."Proc. of the 3rd SimBuild Conference (2008).

McGibney, Alan, Martin Klepal, and James O'Donnell."Design of Underlying Network Infrastructure of Smart Buildings."2008 IET 4th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (2008).

Bazjanac, Vladimir."IFC BIM-based Methodology for Semi-Automated Building Energy Performance Simulation."CIB W78, Proc. 25th conf (2008).

Wetter, Michael."A Modelica-Based Model Library for Building Energy and Control Systems."Building Simulation '09 (2008).

O'Donnell, James, Marcus Keane, and Vladimir Bazjanac."Specification of an Information Delivery Tool to Support Optimal Holistic Environmental and Energy Management in Buildings."SimBuild 2008 (2008).

Wetter, Michael, Philip Haves, Michael A. Moshier, and Edward F. Sowell."Using SPARK as a Solver for Modelica."SimBuild 2008 (2008).

Bhattacharya, Prajesh."Convergence of IT and Facilities Real-Time and Historic Data Leads to Data Center Efficiency."ITHERM (2008).

Wang, Liping, and Nyuk Hien Wong."Coupled simulations for naturally ventilated residential buildings."Automation in Construction 17.4 (2008) 386-398.

Haves, Philip, Brian E. Coffey, and Scott Williams."Benchmarking and Equipment and Controls Assessment for a ‘Big Box’ Retail Chain."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (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).

Nytsch-Geusen, Christoph, and Thierry Stephane Nouidui."Gebäudesimulation mit adaptiven Modellierungsansätzen."BAUSIM 2008 (2008).

Nouidui, Thierry Stephane, Christoph Nytsch-Geusen, Andreas Holm, and Klaus Sedlbauer."Object-oriented hygrothermal building physics library as a tool to predict and to ensure a thermal and hygric indoor comfort in building construction by using a Predicted-Mean-Vote (PMV) control ventilation system."8th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries 2008 2 (2008) pp.825-832.

O'Donnell, James, Marcus Keane, and Vladimir Bazjanac."Utilisation of Whole Building Energy Simulation Output to Provide Optimum Decision Support for Building Managers."SimBuild 2008 (2008).

2007

Wang, Liping, and Nyuk Hien Wong."The impacts of facade and ventilation strategies on indoor thermal environment for a naturally ventilated residential building in Singapore."Building and Environment 42.12 (2007) 4006-4015.

Pedersen, Curtis O.."Advanced Zone Simulation in EnergyPlus: Incorporation of Variable Properties and Phase Change Material (PCM) Capability."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Gu, Lixing."Airflow Network Modeling in EnergyPlus."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Trcka, Marija, Michael Wetter, and Jan Hensen."Comparison of co-simulation approaches for building and HVAC/R system simulation. ."Proc. of the 10th IBPSA Conference (2007) 1418-1425.

Trcka, Marija, Michael Wetter, and Jan Hensen."Comparison of Co-Simulation Approaches for Building and HVAC/R System Simulation."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Monfet, Danielle, Radu Zmeureanu, Roland Charneux, and Nicolas Lemire."Computer Model of a University Building Using the EnergyPlus Program."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Wang, Liping, and Nyuk Hien Wong."A convenient coupled simulation method for thermal environment prediction in naturally ventilated buildings."2nd PALENC conference and 28th AIVC conference, 27-29 September (2007).