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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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1997

Lee, Eleanor S., and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Design and Performance of an Integrated Envelope/Lighting System."ICBEST '97 International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technology (1997) 375-380.

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., John LaPorta, and Hannah L. Chauvet."Decision Making Through Use of Interoperable Simulation Software."Building Simulation '97 Fifth International IBPSA Conference (1997).

Mills, Evan, and Ivo Knoepfel."Energy efficiency Options for Insurance Loss Prevention." (1997).

Saïd, M. Nady A., William C. Brown, and Iain S. Walker."Long Term Monitoring of an EIFS Clad Wall."Journal of Thermal Insulation and Building Envelopes 20 (1997) 320-338.

Lee, Eleanor S., Dennis L. DiBartolomeo, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Thermal and Daylighting of an Automated Venetian Blind and Lighting System in a Full-Scale Private Office."Energy and Buildings 29 (1997) 47-63.

1996

Eto, Joseph H, Edward L. Vine, Leslie J. Shown, Richard Sonnenblick, and Christopher T. Payne."The Total Cost and Measured Performance of Utility-Sponsored Energy Efficiency Programs."The Energy Journal 17.1 (1996).

Selkowitz, Stephen E., Mary Ann Piette, Konstantinos M. Papamichael, Dale A. Sartor, Robert J. Hitchcock, and Frank Olken."Interoperable, Life-Cycle Tools for Assuring Building Performance: An Overview of a Commercial Building Initiative."U.S. Green Buildings Council Third Annual Conference (1996).

DiBartolomeo, Dennis L., Eleanor S. Lee, Francis M. Rubinstein, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."Developing a Dynamic Envelope/Lighting Control System with Field Measurements."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 26 (1996) 146-164.

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., John LaPorta, Hannah L. Chauvet, Deirdre Collins, Thomas Trzcinski, Jack A. Thorpe, and Stephen E. Selkowitz."The Building Design Advisor."ACADIA 1996 Conference (1996).

Lord, ,Deirdre, Willett Kempton, Sam Rashkin, Annette Wilson, Christine Egan, Anita Eide, Maithili Iyer, and Christopher T. Payne."Energy Star Billing: Innovative Billing Options for the Residential Sector."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1996) 2.137-2.143.

Walker, Iain S., Mark P. Modera, Adrian Tuluca, and Ian Graham."Energy effectiveness of duct sealing and insulation in two multifamily buildings."Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (1996) 247-254.

Jump, David A., Iain S. Walker, and Mark P. Modera."Field Measurements of Efficiency and Duct Retrofit Effectiveness in Residential Forced Air Distribution Systems."Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 1 (1996) 147-156.

Walker, Iain S., David J. Wilson, and Tom W. Forest."A Wind Shadow Model for Air Infiltration Sheltering by Upwind Obstacles."ASHRAE HVAC&R Research Journal 2.4 (1996) 265-283.

1995

Jennings, Judy D., Richard E. Brown, Mithra M. Moezzi, Evan Mills, and Robert Sardinsky."An Assessment of the U.S. Residential Lighting Market." (1995).

Hitchcock, Robert J.."Improving Building Life-Cycle Information Management Through Documentation and Communication of Project Objectives."CIB W78 Workshop, Modeling of Buildings Through Their Life-Cycle (1995).

Lee, Eleanor S., and Stephen E. Selkowitz."The Design and Evaluation of Integrated Envelope and Lighting Control Strategies for Commercial Buildings."ASHRAE Transactions 101.1 (1995) 326-342.

Walker, Iain S., and Tom W. Forest."Field Measurements of Ventilation Rates in Attics."Building and Environment 30.3 (1995) 333-347.

Siminovitch, Michael J., and Evan Mills."The Next Generation of Programs for Accelerating Compact Fluorescent Technology in Residential Applications."Lighting Design + Application (1995).

Olken, Frank, Evan Mills, Mary Ann Piette, Dale A. Sartor, Stephen E. Selkowitz, and Max H. Sherman."The Role of Building Life-Cycle Information Systems in the Delivery of Energy Services."Proceedings. NIST/EPRI: ATP: Information and Telecommunications for the U.S. Utilities Industry Focused Program Development (1995) 01/1995.

Walker, Iain S., Tom W. Forest, and David J. Wilson."A Simple Calculation Method for Attic Ventilation Rates."Proceedings of the 16th AIVC Conference 1 (1995) 221-232.

1994

Vine, Edward L., Joseph H Eto, Leslie J. Shown, Richard Sonnenblick, and Christopher T. Payne."Evaluation of Commercial Lighting Programs: A DEEP Assessment."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1994).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M.."New Tools for the Analysis and Design of Building Envelopes."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings V (1994).

Lee, Eleanor S., Stephen E. Selkowitz, Francis M. Rubinstein, Joseph H. Klems, Liliana O. Beltran, Dennis L. DiBartolomeo, and Robert Sullivan."Developing Integrated Envelope and Lighting Systems for Commercial Buildings."Solar '94: Golden Opportunities for Solar Prosperity (1994).

Walker, Iain S., and David J. Wilson."Practical Methods for Improving Estimates of Natural Ventilation Rates."15th AIVC Conference: The Role of Ventilation (Best Paper Award) 1 (1994) 517-526.

1993

Selkowitz, Stephen E., Eleanor S. Lee, Francis M. Rubinstein, Joseph H. Klems, Konstantinos M. Papamichael, Liliana O. Beltran, Dennis L. DiBartolomeo, and Robert Sullivan."Realizing the DSM Potential of Integrated Envelope and Lighting Systems."2nd National New Construction Programs for Demand-Side Management Conference (1993).