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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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2007

Wang, Liping, and Julie Gwilliam."Discussion of strategies for UK zero energy building design."2nd PALENC conference and 28th AIVC conference, 27-29 September (2007).

Papa, , Renata Pietra, Patricia Romeiro da Silva Jota, and Eleonora Assis."Energy Index Evaluation of Buildings in Function of the External Temperature."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Bourdoukan, Paul, Etienne Wurtz, Maurice Spérandio, and Patrice Joubert."Global Efficiency of Direct Flow Vacuum Collectors in Autonomous Solar Desiccant Cooling: Simulation and Experimental Results."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Hollmuller, Pierre, Joyce Carlo, Martin Ordenes, Fernando Westphal, and Roberto Lamberts."Potential of Buried Pipes Systems and Derived Techniques for Passive Cooling of Buildings in Brazilian Climates."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Gu, Lixing."A Simplified Hot Water Distribution System Model (DOE-2)."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Choudhary, Ruchi, Godfried Augenbroe, Russell Gentry, and Huafen Hu."Simulation Enhanced Prototyping of an Experimental Solar House."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Ellis, Peter G., Paul A. Torcellini, and Drury B. Crawley."Simulation of Energy Management Systems in EnergyPlus."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Liu, Junjie, Wenshen Li, and Xiaojie Zhou."The Study of a Simple HVAC Interface of EnergyPlus in the Chinese Language."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Hernandez, Alberto, Flávio Neto, and Augusto Sanzovo Fiorelli."Use of Simulation Tools for Managing Buildings Energy Demand."Proc. Building Simulation 2007 (2007).

Wang, Liping, Nyuk Hien Wong, and Shuo Li."Facade design optimization for naturally ventilated residential buildings in Singapore."Energy and Buildings 39.8 (2007) 954-961.

Gallachóir, Brian Ó, Marcus Keane, Elmer Morrissey, and James O'Donnell."Using Indicators to Profile Energy Consumption and Inform Energy Policy in a University - A Case Study in Ireland."Energy and Buildings 39.8 (2007) 913-922. DOI

Sen, Arunabha, Nibedita Das, Ling Zhou, Bao Hong Shen, Sudheendra Murthy, and Prajesh Bhattacharya."Coverage Problem for Sensors Embedded in Temperature Sensitive Environments."IEEE Infocom, 2007 (2007).

Feng, Jingjuan, Mingsheng Liu, and Xiufeng Pang."Economizer Control Using Mixed Air Enthalpy."the 7th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations (2007).

Wu, Lixia, Mingsheng Liu, Gang Wang, and Xiufeng Pang."Integrated Static Pressure Reset with Fan Air Flow Station in Dual-duct VAV System Control."ASME Energy Sustainability (2007).

Wang, Liping, and Nyuk Hien Wong."Investigation of the possibility of applying natural ventilation for thermal comfort in residential buildings in Singapore."Architectural Science Review 50 (2007) 190-199.

Haves, Philip, Moosung Kim, Massieh Najafi, and Peng Xu."A Semi-automated Commissioning Tool for VAV Air Handling Units: Functional Test Analyzer."ASHRAE Transactions 113.Pt. 1 (2007) 380-391.

Cho, Young-Hum, Xiufeng Pang, and Mingsheng Liu."VAV System Optimization through Continuous Commissioning in an Office Building."the 7th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations (2007).

Haves, Philip, and Peng Xu."The Building Controls Virtual Test Bed – a Simulation Environment for Developing and Testing Control Algorithms, Strategies and Systems."Building Simulation ’07 (2007).

Chen, Qingyan, Zhao Zhang, and Wangda Zuo."Computational fluid dynamics for indoor environment modeling: past, present, and future."the 6th International Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings Conference (IAQVEC 2007) (2007) 1-9.

Bauman, Fred S., Thomas L. Webster, Hui Jin, Wolfgang Lukaschek, Corinne Benedek, Edward A. Arens, Paul F. Linden, Anna Lui, Walter F. Buhl, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Energy Performance of Underfloor Air Distribution Systems." (2007).

Zuo, Wangda, and Qingyan Chen."Real time airflow simulation in buildings."the 6th International Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings Conference (IAQVEC 2007) (2007) 459-466.

Zuo, Wangda, and Qingyan Chen."Validation of fast fluid dynamics for room airflow."the 10th International IBPSA Conference (Building Simulation 2007) (2007) 980-983.

2006

Xu, Peng, Yu Joe Huang, Ruidong Jin, and Guoxiong Yang."Measured energy performance of a US-China demonstration energy-efficient commercial building."2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting, January 27-31, 2007 (2006).

Prasher, Ravi S., Prajesh Bhattacharya, and Patrick E. Phelan."Effect of Coloidal Chemistry on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids."International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (2006).

Wang, Liping, and Nyuk Hien Wong."The impacts of facade designs: orientations, window to wall ratios and shading devices on indoor environment for naturally ventilated residential buildings in Singapore."the 23st International conference on Passive and Low energy architecture, Geneva (2006).