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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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2007

Cho, Young-Hum, Xiufeng Pang, and Mingsheng Liu."VAV System Optimization through Continuous Commissioning in an Office Building."the 7th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations (2007).

Haves, Philip, and Peng Xu."The Building Controls Virtual Test Bed – a Simulation Environment for Developing and Testing Control Algorithms, Strategies and Systems."Building Simulation ’07 (2007).

Chen, Qingyan, Zhao Zhang, and Wangda Zuo."Computational fluid dynamics for indoor environment modeling: past, present, and future."the 6th International Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings Conference (IAQVEC 2007) (2007) 1-9.

Bauman, Fred S., Thomas L. Webster, Hui Jin, Wolfgang Lukaschek, Corinne Benedek, Edward A. Arens, Paul F. Linden, Anna Lui, Walter F. Buhl, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Energy Performance of Underfloor Air Distribution Systems." (2007).

Zuo, Wangda, and Qingyan Chen."Real time airflow simulation in buildings."the 6th International Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings Conference (IAQVEC 2007) (2007) 459-466.

Zuo, Wangda, and Qingyan Chen."Validation of fast fluid dynamics for room airflow."the 10th International IBPSA Conference (Building Simulation 2007) (2007) 980-983.

2006

Xu, Peng, Yu Joe Huang, Ruidong Jin, and Guoxiong Yang."Measured energy performance of a US-China demonstration energy-efficient commercial building."2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting, January 27-31, 2007 (2006).

Prasher, Ravi S., Prajesh Bhattacharya, and Patrick E. Phelan."Effect of Coloidal Chemistry on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids."International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (2006).

Wang, Liping, and Nyuk Hien Wong."The impacts of facade designs: orientations, window to wall ratios and shading devices on indoor environment for naturally ventilated residential buildings in Singapore."the 23st International conference on Passive and Low energy architecture, Geneva (2006).

Wetter, Michael."Multizone Airflow Model in Modelica."Proc. of the 5th International Modelica Conference (2006) 431-440.

Wetter, Michael."Multizone Building Model for Thermal Building Simulation in Modelica."Proc. of the 5th International Modelica Conference (2006) 517-526.

Wang, Liping, and Nyuk Hien Wong."Natural ventilation simulation by using coupling building simulation and CFD simulation program for accurate prediction of indoor thermal environment."the 23st International conference on Passive and Low energy architecture , Geneva (2006).

Wang, Liping, and Angui Li."A numerical study of Trombe wall for enhancing stack ventilation in buildings."The 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Geneva (2006).

Malhotra, Mini, and Jeff S. Haberl."An Analysis of Building Envelope Upgrades for Residential Energy Efficiency in Hot and Humid Climates."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Doebber, Ian, and Maurya McClintock."Analysis Process for Designing Double Skin Facades and Associated Case Study."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Pan, Yiqun, Zhizhong Huang, Gang Wu, and Chen Chen."The Application of Building Energy Simulation and Calibration in Two High-Rise Commercial Buildings in Shanghai."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Griffith, Brent T., Paul A. Torcellini, and John Ryan."Assessment of the Technical Potential for Achieving Zero-Energy Commercial Buildings."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

Ellis, Peter G., Brent T. Griffith, Nicholas Long, and Paul A. Torcellini."Automated Multivariate Optimization Tool for Energy Analysis."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Bhattacharya, Prajesh, S. Nara, P. Vijayan, T. Tang, W. Y. Lai, Patrick E. Phelan, Ravi S. Prasher, David W. Song, and J. Wang."Characterization of the Temperature Oscillation Technique to Measure the Thermal Conductivity of Fluids."International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 49.17-18 (2006) 2950-2956.

Haves, Philip, Robert J. Hitchcock, Kenneth L. Gillespie, Martha Brook, Christine Shockman, Joseph J Deringer, and Kristopher L. Kinney."Development of a Model Specification for Performance Monitoring Systems for Commercial Buildings."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

Kiliccote, Sila, Mary Ann Piette, David S. Watson, and Glenn D. Hughes."Dynamic Controls for Energy Efficiency and Demand Response: Framework Concepts and a New Construction Case Study in New York."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

Mahattanataw, Prechaya, Charunpat Puvanant, and Darunee Mongkolsawat."The Energy Performance of the Cold-Formed Steel-Frame and Wood-Frame Houses Developed for Thailand."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Xu, Peng."Evaluation of Demand Shifting Strategies With Thermal Mass in Large Commercial Buildings."SimBuild 2006 (2006).

Lee, Kyoung-ho, and James E. Braun."Evaluation of Methods for Determining Demand-Limiting Setpoint Trajectories in Commercial Buildings Using Short-Term Data Analysis."SimBuild 2006 (2006).