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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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2002

Lee, Eleanor S., and Dennis L. DiBartolomeo."Application issues for large-area electrochromic windows in commercial buildings."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 71.4 (2002) 465–491. DOI

Byon, Eungsun, and André Anders."Bias and Self-Bias of Magnetic Macroparticle Filters for Cathodic Arc Plasmas."Journal of Applied Physics 93 (2002) 8890-8897.

Shehabi, Arman, Charles N. Eley, Dariush K. Arasteh, and Phil Degens."A Characterization of the Nonresidential Fenestration Market." (2002).

Prindle, Bill, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Energy Savings and Pollution Prevention Benefits of Solar Heat Gain Standards in the International Energy Conservation Code." (2002).

Lee, Eleanor S., Stephen E. Selkowitz, Christian Kohler, Vladimir Bazjanac, and Vorapat Inkarojrit."High-Performance Commercial Building Façades." (2002).

2001

Klems, Joseph H.."Solar Heat Gain through a Skylight in a Light Well."ASHRAE Chicago 108, Part 1 (2001) 512-524.

Richardson, Thomas J., Jonathan L. Slack, Baker Farangis, and Michael D. Rubin."Mixed Metal Films with Switchable Optical Properties."Applied Physics Letters 80.8 (2001) 1349-1351. DOI

Griffith, Brent T., Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Infrared Thermography Measurements of Window Thermal Test Specimen: Surface Temperatures."ASHRAE Seminar (2001).

Kohler, Christian, Dariush K. Arasteh, and Robin Mitchell."THERM Simulations of Window Indoor Surface Temperatures for Predicting Condensation."ASHRAE Transactions 109, Part 1 (2001) 593-599.

Arasteh, Dariush K., Robin Mitchell, Christian Kohler, Charlie Huizenga, and Dragan C. Curcija."Improving Information Technology to Maximize Fenestration Energy Efficiency."Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings VIII (2001).

Ehrlich, Charles K., Konstantinos M. Papamichael, Judy Lai, and Kenneth L. Revzan."Simulating the Operation of Photosensor-Based Lighting Controls."2001 Building Simulation 7th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference (2001).

Selkowitz, Stephen E.."Integrating Advanced Façades into High Performance Buildings."Glass Processing Days: 7th International Conference on Architectural and Automotive Glass (2001).

Richardson, Thomas J., Jonathan L. Slack, Robert D. Armitage, Robert Kostecki, Baker Farangis, and Michael D. Rubin."Switchable Mirrors Based on Nickel-Magnesium Films."Applied Physics Letters 78.20 (2001) 3047-3049. DOI

Ruck, Nancy, Øyvind Aschehoug, Sirri Aydinli, Jens Christoffersen, Gilles Courret, Ian Edmonds, Roman Jakobiak, Martin Kischkoweit-Lopin, Martin Klinger, Eleanor S. Lee, Laurent Michel, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Daylight in Buildings. A Source Book on Daylighting Systems and Components." (2001).

Arney, Michael, James Fairman, John Carmody, and Dariush K. Arasteh."The Integrated Energy-Efficiency Window-Wall System." (2001).

Ehrlich, Charles K., Konstantinos M. Papamichael, Judy Lai, and Kenneth L. Revzan."A Method for Simulating the Performance of Photosensor-Based Lighting Controls."Energy and Buildings 34 (2001) 883-889.

Group, Windows and Daylighting."THERM 5.0 User's Manual." (2001).

Mitchell, Robin, Christian Kohler, Dariush K. Arasteh, Charlie Huizenga, and Dragan C. Curcija."WINDOW 5.0 User Manual for Analyzing Window Thermal Performance." (2001).

2000

Gustavsen, Arlid, Brent T. Griffith, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Natural Convection Effects in Three-Dimensional Window Frames with Internal Cavities."ASHRAE Transactions 107, Part 2 (2000).

Gustavsen, Arlid, Brent T. Griffith, and Dariush K. Arasteh."Three-Dimensional Conjugate Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Internal Window Frame Cavities Validated Using IR Thermography."ASHRAE Transactions 107.2 (2000) 538-549.

Rubin, Michael D., and Rebecca Powles."Optical Properties of Glazing Materials at Normal Incidence."Revista della Statzione Sperimentale del Vetro (2000) 13-16.

Richardson, Thomas J., Jonathan L. Slack, and Michael D. Rubin."Electrochromism in Copper Oxide Thin Films."4th International Meeting on Electrochromism (2000).

Richardson, Thomas J., and Michael D. Rubin."Liquid Phase Deposition of Electrochromic Thin Films."Electrochimica Acta 46 (2000) 2119-2123.

Mitchell, Robin, Christian Kohler, Dariush K. Arasteh, Elizabeth U. Finlayson, Charlie Huizenga, Dragan C. Curcija, and John Carmody."THERM 2.1 NFRC Simulation Manual." (2000) 260.

Klems, Joseph H.."U-Values of Flat and Domed Skylights."2000 ASHRAE Annual Meeting 106, Part 2 (2000).