Research Themes +
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.
Strategic Initiatives +
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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About Us +
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.

Publications: Efficiency, Electrification, and Flexibility

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

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Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

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2007

Sezgen, Osman, Charles A. Goldman, and P. Krishnarao."Option Value of Electricity Demand Response."Energy 32.2 (2007) 108-119. DOI

2006

Lin, Jiang, Nan Zhou, Mark D. Levine, and David Fridley."Achieving China’s Target for Energy Intensity Reduction in 2010: An exploration of recent trends and possible future scenarios." (2006).

Energy, U.S. Department of."Benefits of Demand Response in Electricity Markets and Recommendations for Achieving Them - A Report to the United States Congress Pursant to Section 1252 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005." (2006) 122.

2005

Siddiqui, Afzal S., Emily S. Bartholomew, and Chris Marnay."Empirical Analysis of the Spot Market Implications of Price-Responsive Demand." (2005) 14.

Lin, Jiang."A Light Diet for a Giant Appetite: an Assessment of China's Fluorescent Lamp Standard."Energy 30.10 (2005) 1873 - 1887. DOI

Lin, Jiang, and Maithili Iyer."Cold or Hot Wash: How technological choices lead to cultural change and potential increase in clothes washing energy use in China."2005 ECEEE Summer Study LBNL-57382 Abs. (2005).

2004

Siddiqui, Afzal S., Chris Marnay, Jennifer L. Edwards, Ryan M. Firestone, Srijay Ghosh, and Michael Stadler."Effects of a Carbon Tax on Microgrid Combined Heat and Power Adoption."Journal of Energy Engineering (2004) 24.

Biermayer, Peter J., and Jiang Lin."Clothes washer standards in China -- The problem of water and energy trade-offs in establishing efficiency standards."2004 ACEEE Summer Study (2004).

2003

Goldman, Charles A., Rick Weston, Jeff Schlegel, Richard Sedano, Jim Lazar, Brendan J. Kirby, and Eric Hirst."Dimensions of Demand Response: Capturing Customer Based Resources in New England's Power System and Markets." (2003) 86.

2002

Lin, Jiang."Appliance Standards and Labeling Programs in China."Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 27.1 (2002) 349 - 367. DOI

Lin, Jiang, Jeanne Townend, David Fridley, Tony Silva, and Robin Clark."Energy-Efficient Appliance Labeling in China: Lessons for Successful Labeling Programs in Varied Markets."2002 ACEEE Summer Studies on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Bertoldi, Paolo, Bernard Aebischer, Charles Edlington, Craig Hershberg, Benoit Lebot, Jiang Lin, Tony Marker, Alan K. Meier, Hidetoshi Nakagami, Yoshiaki Shibata, Hans Paul Siderius, and Carrie A. Webber."Standby power consumption in Chinese households."ACEEE Summer Study 2002 (2002).

2001

Fridley, David, and Jiang Lin."Energy Saving Potential of Standards and Labeling in China." (2001).

2000

Eto, Joseph H, M. Suzie Kito, Leslie J. Shown, and Richard Sonnenblick."Where Did the Money Go? The Cost and Performance of the Largest Commercial Sector DSM Programs."The Energy Journal 21.2 (2000) 62.

1999

Sinton, Jonathan E., Mark D. Levine, David Fridley, Fuqiang Yang, and Jiang Lin."Status Report on Energy Efficiency Policy and Programs in China." (1999).

Eto, Joseph H, and John Zumerchik."Demand-Side Management."Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy (1999).

Lin, Jiang."China Green Lights Program: A Review and Recommendations." (1999).

1998

Eto, Joseph H."Guidelines for Assessing the Value and Cost-effectiveness of Regional Market Transformation Initiatives." (1998).

Eto, Joseph H, Charles A. Goldman, and Steven M. Nadel."Ratepayer-Funded Energy-Efficiency Programs in a Restructured Electricity Industry: Issues and Options for Regulators and Legislators." (1998) 77.

Eto, Joseph H, Steven Stoft, and M. Suzie Kito."DSM Shareholder Incentives: Recent Designs and Economic Theory."Utilities Policy (1998) 16. DOI

1997

Eto, Joseph H, Steven Stoft, and Timothy N Belden."The Theory and Practice of Decoupling Utility Revenues from Sales."Utilities Policy 6.1 (1997). DOI

1996

Eto, Joseph H."The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Utility Demand-Side Management Programs." (1996) 31.

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).

Golove, William H., and Joseph H Eto."Energy Efficiency, the Free Market and Rationales for Government Intervention."North American Conference of the USAEE/IAEE, Boston, Massachusetts, October 27-30, 1996 (1996) 10.

Eto, Joseph H, Charles A. Goldman, and M. Suzie Kito."Ratepayer-Funded Energy-Efficiency Programs in a Restructured Electricity Industry: Issues, Options, and Unanswered Questions."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1996).