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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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2012

Larsen, Peter H., Charles A. Goldman, Donald Gilligan, and Terry E. Singer."Incorporating Non-energy Benefits into Energy Savings Performance Contracts."2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2012).

Borgeson, Merrian, Mark Zimring, and Charles A. Goldman."The Limits of Financing for Energy Efficiency."ACEEE Summer Study on Building and Energy Efficiency (2012).

Greenblatt, Jeffery B., Mia Forbes Pirie, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Sally M. Donovan, Clancy Donnelly, Craig Billingsley, and Chris Calwell."Pilot Study: Measurement of Room Illuminance to Assess Automatic Brightness Control in Televisions." (2012) 13.

Sahai, Rashmi, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Addressing Water Consumption of Evaporative Coolers with Greywater." (2012).

Hasanbeigi, Ali, William R. Morrow III, Eric R. Masanet, Jayant A. Sathaye, and Tengfang T. Xu."Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement and CO₂ Emission Reduction Potentials in the Cement Industry in China." (2012).

Price, Lynn K., Ali Hasanbeigi, Nathaniel T. Aden, Zhang Chunxia, Li Xiuping, and Shangguan Fangqin."A Comparison of Iron and Steel Production Energy Intensity in China and the U.S.."ACEEE Industrial Summer Study (2012).

Letschert, Virginie E., Louis-Benoit Desroches, Jing Ke, and Michael A. McNeil."Estimate of Technical Potential for Minimum Efficiency Performance Standards in 13 Major World Economies." (2012).

Hasanbeigi, Ali, Hongyou Lu, Christopher J. Williams, and Lynn K. Price."International Best Practices for Pre- Processing and Co-Processing Municipal Solid Waste and Sewage Sludge in the Cement Industry." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, Brandon Belford, John Cross, Tom Blair, Adam Agalloco, and Molly Lunn."Making it Easier to Complete Clean Energy Projects with QECBs." (2012).

Fujita, K. Sydny, Gary A. Fitts, and Larry L. Dale."Peak Electricity Impacts of Residential Water Use." (2012).

Price, Lynn K., Nan Zhou, Hongyou Lu, Emiel van Sambeek, Ping Yowargana, Liu Shuang, and Jiang Kejun."Policy Options for Encouraging Energy Efficiency Best Practices in Shandong Province’s Cement Industry." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, and Merrian Borgeson."Qualified Energy Conservation Bond (QECB) Update: New Guidance from the U.S. Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, and Merrian Borgeson."Using QECBs for Public Building Upgrades: Reducing Energy Bills in the City of Philadelphia." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, and Merrian Borgeson."Using QECBs for Street Lighting Upgrades: Lighting the Way to Lower Energy Bills in San Diego." (2012).

McNeil, Michael A., Nicholas Bojda, Won Young Park, Mo Zhou, Jing Ke, and Jun Young Choi."Business Case for Energy Efficiency in Support of Climate Change Mitigation, Economic and Societal Benefits in the Republic of Korea." (2012).

Lu, Hongyou, and Lynn K. Price."China’s Industrial Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Manufacturing Subsectors and in Selected Provinces." (2012).

Shen, Bo, Lynn K. Price, and Hongyou Lu."Energy Audit Practices in China: National and Local Experiences and Issues." 46 (2012).

Zheng, Nina, Nan Zhou, Cecilia Fino-Chen, David Fridley, and Nina Khanna."Evaluation of Local Enforcement of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Program in China."International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (2012).

Zhou, Nan, Nina Zheng, David Fridley, John Romankiewicz, and Nina Khanna."International Comparative Analysis of Appliance Efficiency Standards & Labeling Programs: Implications for China."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2012).

Zhou, Nan, John Romankiewicz, David Fridley, Nina Zheng, and Nina Khanna."International Comparison of Product Certification and Verification Methods for Appliances." (2012).

Zheng, Nina, Nan Zhou, Cecilia Fino-Chen, David Fridley, and Nina Khanna."Local Enforcement of Appliance Efficiency Standards and Labeling Program in China: Progress and Challenges."2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2012).

Zhou, Nan, Stephanie Ohshita, Lynn K. Price, Nina Zheng, and Nina Khanna."A Low Carbon Development Guide for Local Government Actions in China." (2012).

Ke, Jing, Nina Zheng, David Fridley, Lynn K. Price, Nan Zhou, and Nina Khanna."Potential Energy Savings and CO₂ Emissions Reduction of China’s Cement Industry." (2012).

Shehabi, Arman, William R. Morrow III, and Eric R. Masanet."United States Industrial Sector Energy End Use Analysis." (2012).

Shen, Bo, Chun Chun Ni, Girish Ghatikar, and Lynn K. Price."What China Can Learn from International Experiences in Developing a Demand Response Program."ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2012).