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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 scientific challenges across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-integrated building systems; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide.
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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 increasing reliability are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by techno-economic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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Industrial Energy Analysis

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2014

Mercado, Andrea C, Robin Mitchell, Shankar Earni, Richard C Diamond, and Elena Alschuler."Enabling Interoperability through a Common Language for Building Performance Data."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

2013

Coles, Henry C, Steve E Greenberg, and William F Tschudi."Demonstration of Data Center Energy Use Prediction Software." (2013).

Rao, Prakash, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Aimee T McKane."A Framework to Survey the Energy Efficiency of Installed Motor Systems."2013 Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems (2013).

Williams, Charles H, Andrew S Green, Douglas Dahle, John Barnett, Pat Butler, and David Kerner."Potential for the Use of Energy Savings Performance Contracts to Reduce Energy Consumption and Provide Energy and Cost Savings in Non-Building Applications." (2013).

Williams, Charles H, Andrew S Green, Douglas Dahle, John Barnett, Pat Butler, and David Kerner."Potential for the Use of Energy Savings Performance Contracts to Reduce Energy Consumption and Provide Energy and Cost Savings in Non-Building Applications." (2013).

Therkelsen, Peter L, Aimee T McKane, Ridah Sabouni, and Tracy Evans."Assessing the Costs and Benefits of the Superior Energy Performance Program."American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2013).

Therkelsen, Peter L, Aimee T McKane, Ridah Sabouni, Tracy Evans, and Paul Scheihing."Assessing the Costs and Benefits of the Superior Energy Performance Program." (2013).

McKane, Aimee T, Miriam L Goldberg, and Julia Vetromile."International Approaches to Measurement and Verification of Continual Improvement in Industrial Facilities."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2013).

Therkelsen, Peter L, and Aimee T McKane."Implementation and Rejection of Industrial Steam System Energy Efficiency Measures."Energy Policy 57 (2013) 318-328. DOI

Rapp, Vi H, Albert Pastor-Perez, Brett C Singer, and Craig P Wray."Predicting Backdrafting and Spillage for Natural-Draft Gas Combustion Appliances: Validating VENT-II." (2013). DOI

Coles, Henry C."LBNL's Novel Approach to Cooling."DatacenterDynamicsFOCUS (2013) 56-59.

Payne, Christopher T, Andrew R Weber, and Abby Semple."Energy-efficient Public Procurement Best Practice in Program Delivery SEAD Initiative Procurement Working Group." (2013).

Rao, Prakash, Peter L Therkelsen, and Aimee T McKane."Establishing Effective Industrial Energy Performance Improvement Targets." (2013).

Malone, Elizabeth L, Richard C Diamond, Amy K Wolfe, Tom Sanquist, Christopher T Payne, and Jerry Dion."Sustainable Behavior."Sustain: "Implementing Sustainability: The Behavioral-Institutional Dimension" Spring/Summer 2013.28 (2013) 28-32.

2012

Coles, Henry C, and Steve E Greenberg."Data Center Economizer Cooling with Tower Water; Demonstration of a Dual Heat Exchanger Rack Cooling Device." (2012).

Coles, Henry C, Steve E Greenberg, and Corrine Vita."Demonstration of Intelligent Control and Fan Improvements in Computer Room Air Handlers." (2012).

Therkelsen, Peter L, Eric R Masanet, and Ernst Worrell."Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Baking Industry."Energy Star Guide for Plant and Energy Managers (2012). DOI

Fujita, K Sydny, and Margaret Taylor."Achieved and Potential Energy Savings through Energy Efficient Procurement." (2012).

Earni, Shankar, Spencer Woodworth, Xiufeng Pang, Jorge Hernandez-Maldonado, Rongxin Yin, Liping Wang, Steve E Greenberg, John Fiegel, and Alma Rubalcava."Monitoring-based HVAC Commissioning of an Existing Office Building for Energy Efficiency." (2012).

Cheung, H.Y Iris, Roozbeh Mahdavi, Steve E Greenberg, Richard E Brown, William F Tschudi, Pierre Delforge, and Joyce Dickerson."Fact Sheet: Improving Energy Efficiency for Server Rooms and Closets." (2012).

Taylor, Margaret, and K Sydny Fujita."Program Potential: Estimates of Federal Energy Cost Savings from Energy Efficient Procurement." (2012).

Taylor, Margaret, and K Sydny Fujita."The Path to Savings: Understanding the Federal Purchase of Energy-Consuming Products." (2012).

Rapp, Vi H, Anthony DeFilippo, Samveg Saxena, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Robert W Dibble, Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, and Yuji Ikeda."Extending Lean Operating Limit and Reducing Emissions of Methane Spark-Ignited Engines Using a Microwave-Assisted Spark Plug." Journal of Combustion 2012 (2012). DOI

Weber, Andrew R, and Christopher T Payne."Linking Resources and Structures: Increasing the Effectiveness of Energy Efficient Government Procurement Programs." (2012).

Taylor, Margaret, and K Sydny Fujita."Who Buys What? Understanding Federal Procurement of Energy Efficient Products."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (2012).