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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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2001

TenWolde, Anton, and Iain S. Walker."Interior Moisture Design Loads for Residences."Proceedings of the ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Thermal Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings VIII, Clearwater Beach, FL (2001).

Walker, Iain S., Jeffrey A. Siegel, and Gwladys Degenetais."Simulation of Residential HVAC System Performance."Proceedings of the ESIM 2001 Conference, Ontario, Canada (2001) 43-50.

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).

Shockman, Christine, and Mary Ann Piette."Innovation Adoption Processes for Third Party Property Management Companies."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Efficiency and Sustainability (2000).

Rosen, Karen, Alan K. Meier, and Stefan Zandelin."National Energy Use of Consumer Electronics in 1999." (2000).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M.."Desktop Radiance: A New Tool for Computer-Aided Daylighting Design." (2000).

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar T. Khalsa, and Philip Haves."Use of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System to Improve Building Operations."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Efficiency and Sustainability (2000).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., Vineeta Pal, Norman Bourassa, John J. Loffeld, and Guedi Capeluto."An Expandable Software Model for Collaborative Decision Making During the Whole Building Life Cycle."ACADIA 2000 Conference. Eternity, Infinity and Virtuality in Architecture (2000).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M.."Green Building Performance Prediction/Assessment."Building Research & Information 28 (2000) 394-402.

Shugars, John, Philip Coleman, Christopher T. Payne, and Laura Van Wie McGrory."Bridging the Efficiency Gap: Commercial Packaged Rooftop Air Conditioners."Proceedings from the 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 10 (2000) 217-226.

Coleman, Philip, and Alexander T. Shaw."Guide Specifications: An Overlooked Avenue for Promoting Building Energy Efficiency."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 4 (2000) 47-54.

Walker, Iain S., and Max H. Sherman."Assessing the Longevity of Residential Duct Sealants."Durability of Building and Construction Sealants, (A.T. Wolf Ed.) (2000) 71-86.

Walker, Iain S.."Assessing the longevity of residential duct sealants."Proceedings of the RILEM 3rd International Symposium, France (2000) 71-86.

Siegel, Jeffrey A., Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Delivering Tons to the Register: Energy Efficient Design and Operation of Residential Cooling System."Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study 2000, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (2000) 295-306.

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jeffrey A. Siegel, and Mark P. Modera."Effects of Duct Improvement and ENERGYSTAR Equipment on Comfort and Energy Efficiency." (2000).

Payne, Christopher T., Christine Egan, and Jennifer Thorne."Interim Findings of an Evaluation of the U.S. EnergyGuide Label."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).

Sherman, Max H., Iain S. Walker, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Stopping Duct Quacks: Longevity of Residential Duct Sealants."Proceedings of the ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (2000) 273-284.

Payne, Christopher T.."Utility Bill Comprehension in the Commercial and Industrial Sector: Results of Field Research."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).

Walker, Iain S.."What Does Duct Cleaning Do?."Home Energy Magazine 17.2 March/April (2000).

1999

Walker, Iain S.."Distribution System Leakage Impacts on Apartment Building Ventilation Rates."ASHRAE Transactions 105 (1999) 943-950.

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar Kinney, Philip Haves, Peter Rumsey, Kristopher L. Kinney, Eng Lock Lee, Anthony Sebald, Kumar Chellapilla, and Christine Shockman."Performance Assessment and Adoption Processes of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System Prototype." (1999).

Hitchcock, Robert J., Mary Ann Piette, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."A Building Life-Cycle Information System for Tracking Building Performance Metrics."8th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (1999).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M.."Digital Media in Architecture:Opportunities and Challenges."ACADIA '99 (1999).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., Hannah L. Chauvet, John LaPorta, and Robin W. Dandridge."Product Modeling for Computer-aided Decision-Making."Automation in Construction 8.3 (1999) 339-350.

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jeffrey A. Siegel, Duo Wang, Christopher R. Buchanan, and Mark P. Modera."Leakage Diagnostics, Sealant Longevity, Sizing and Technology Transfer in Residential Thermal Distribution Systems; Part II." (1999).