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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) 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

Siegel, Jeffrey A., Jennifer A. McWilliams, and Iain S. Walker."Comparison between predicted duct effectiveness from proposed ASHRAE standard 152P and measured field data for residential forced air cooling systems."ASHRAE Transactions 109 (2002).

Bazjanac, Vladimir, James Forester, Philip Haves, Darko Sucic, and Peng Xu."HVAC Component Data Modeling Using Industry Foundation Classes."5th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings 2002 (2002).

Matson, Nance, Craig P. Wray, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Potential Benefits of Commissioning California Homes." (2002).

Abushakra, Bass, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."A study of pressure losses in residential air distribution systems."Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (2002) 1-14.

2001

Siegel, Jeffrey A., and Iain S. Walker."Deposition of Biological Aerosols on HVAC Heat Exchangers." (2001).

Walker, Iain S.."Sensitivity of forced air distribution system efficiency to climate, duct location, air leakage and insulation." (2001).

Laine, Tuomas, Risto Kosonen, Kim Hagström, Panu Mustakallio, De-Wei Yin, Philip Haves, and Qingyan Chen."Better IAQ through Integrating Design Tools for the HVAC Industry."Healthy Buildings 2000 Conference 4 (2001) 279-284.

Bazjanac, Vladimir."Acquisition of Building Geometry in the Simulation of Energy Performance."7th International IBPSA Conference Building Simulation 2001 (2001) 305-312.

Eto, Joseph H, Jonathan G. Koomey, Bryan Lehman, Nathan C. Martin, Evan Mills, Carrie A. Webber, and Ernst Worrell."Scoping Study on Trends in the Economic Value of Electricity Reliability to the U.S. Economy." (2001) 148.

Haves, Philip, Tim I. Salsbury, David Claridge, and Mingsheng Liu."Use of Whole Building Simulation in On-Line Performance Assessment: Modeling and Implementation Issues."Seventh International IBPSA Conference Building Simulation 2001 (2001) 335-344.

Friedman, Hannah, and Mary Ann Piette."Comparative Guide to Emerging Diagnostic Tools for Large Commercial HVAC Systems." (2001).

Kinney, Satkartar, Mary Ann Piette, Lixing Gu, and Philip Haves."Demand Relief and Weather Sensitivity in Large California Commercial Office Buildings."International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations (ICEBO) (2001).

Friedman, Hannah, and Mary Ann Piette."Evaluation of Emerging Diagnostic Tools for Commercial HVAC Systems."International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations (ICEBO) (2001).

Pal, Vineeta, and Konstantinos M. Papamichael."Integrated Simulation Environment for Lighting Design."2001 IESNA Conference (2001).

Friedman, Hannah, and Mary Ann Piette."Comparison of Emerging Diagnostic Tools for Large Commercial HVAC Systems."9th National Conference on Building Commisioning (2001).

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar Kinney, and Hannah Friedman."EMCS and Time-Series Energy Data Analysis in a Large Government Office Building."9th National Conference on Building Commissioning (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).

Pal, Vineeta, Konstantinos M. Papamichael, Norman Bourassa, and John J. Loffeld."Incorporating LCA Tools in Integrated Simulation Environments."Seventh International IBPSA Conference, Building Simulation 2001 (2001) 689-696.

Piette, Mary Ann, Joseph H Eto, Iain S. Walker, Stephen E. Selkowitz, Craig P. Wray, Bruce Nordman, Alan K. Meier, Philip Haves, Richard C. Diamond, Jeffrey P. Harris, Mithra M. Moezzi, Christopher T. Payne, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Demand-Responsive and Efficient Building Systems as a Resource for Electricity Reliability." (2001).

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jacob Wempen, Duo Wang, Jennifer A. McWilliams, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Development of a New Duct leakage Test: Delta Q." (2001).

Sreedharan, Priya."Evaluation of Chiller Modeling Approaches and Their Usability for Fault Detection."Mechanical Engineering (2001).

Walker, Iain S., Craig P. Wray, Darryl J. Dickerhoff, and Max H. Sherman."Evaluation of flow hood measurements for residential register flows." (2001).

Gu, Lixing, and Philip Haves."Guideline for the Operation of Demand-Responsive HVAC Systems." (2001).

Sherman, Max H., and Iain S. Walker."Heat Recovery in Building Envelopes."Proceedings of the ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Thermal Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VIII, Clearwater Beach, FL (2001).

Bazjanac, Vladimir, Yu Joe Huang, and Frederick C. Winkelmann."Impact of Perimeter Insulation on Heat Flow through Slabs in Residential Buildings." (2001).