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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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2002

Shehabi, Arman, Charles N Eley, Dariush K Arasteh, and Phil Degens."A Characterization of the Nonresidential Fenestration Market." (2002).

Berdahl, Paul H, Hashem Akbari, and Leanna S Rose."Aging of reflective roofs: soot deposition."Applied Optics 41 (2002) 2355-2360.

Byon, Eungsun, and André Anders."Bias and Self-Bias of Magnetic Macroparticle Filters for Cathodic Arc Plasmas."Journal of Applied Physics 93 (2002) 8890-8897.

Levinson, Ronnen M, and Hashem Akbari."Effects of composition and exposure on the solar reflectance of portland cement concrete."Cement and Concrete Research 32 (2002) 1679-1698. DOI

Prindle, Bill, and Dariush K Arasteh."Energy Savings and Pollution Prevention Benefits of Solar Heat Gain Standards in the International Energy Conservation Code." (2002).

Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari."Energy savings for heat-island reduction strategies in Chicago and Houston." (2002).

Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari."Energy Savings of Heat-Island Reduction Strategies in Chicago and Houston (Including Updates for Baton Rouge, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City)." (2002).

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Christian Kohler, Vladimir Bazjanac, and Vorapat Inkarojrit."High-Performance Commercial Building Façades." (2002).

Zhai, Zhiqiang, Qingyan Chen, Philip Haves, and Joseph H Klems."On Approaches to Couple Energy Simulation and Computational Fluid Dynamics Programs."Building and Environment 37 (2002).

Mattinson, Bill, Ross DePaola, and Dariush K Arasteh."What Should I Do About My Windows?."Home Energy Magazine (2002) 24-31.

2001

Klems, Joseph H."Solar Heat Gain through a Skylight in a Light Well."ASHRAE Chicago 108, Part 1 (2001) 512-524.

Richardson, Thomas J, Jonathan L Slack, Baker Farangis, and Michael D Rubin."Mixed Metal Films with Switchable Optical Properties."Applied Physics Letters 80.8 (2001) 1349-1351. DOI

Griffith, Brent T, Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K Arasteh."Infrared Thermography Measurements of Window Thermal Test Specimen: Surface Temperatures."ASHRAE Seminar (2001).

Kohler, Christian, Dariush K Arasteh, and Robin Mitchell."THERM Simulations of Window Indoor Surface Temperatures for Predicting Condensation."ASHRAE Transactions 109, Part 1 (2001) 593-599.

Wenzel, Thomas P."Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of the Phoenix IM240 program."Environmental Science & Policy 4.6 (2001). DOI

Arasteh, Dariush K, Robin Mitchell, Christian Kohler, Charlie Huizenga, and D. D Charlie Curcija."Improving Information Technology to Maximize Fenestration Energy Efficiency."Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings VIII (2001).

Wenzel, Thomas P."Reducing emissions from in-use vehicles: an evaluation of the Phoenix inspection and maintenance program using test results and independent emissions measurements."Environmental Science & Policy 4.6 (2001) 359-376. DOI

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar T Khalsa, and Philip Haves."Analysis of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System to Improve Building Operations."Energy and Buildings 33.8 (2001) 783-792. DOI

Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S Rose."Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of metropolitan Chicago, Illinois." (2001).

Webber, Carrie A, Judy A Roberson, Richard E Brown, Christopher T Payne, Bruce Nordman, and Jonathan G Koomey."Field Surveys of Office Equipment Operating Patterns." (2001).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Danielle Neils, and Nesrin Colak."Daylighting, Dimming, and the Electricity Crisis in California."2001 IESNA National Conference (2001).

Keith, David M, and Francis M Rubinstein."Effect of Occupancy Sensors on Energy Usage and Peak Demand in Commercial Office Buildings: Part 1."2001 Conference of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) (2001).

Rees, Simon J, James J McGuirk, and Philip Haves."Numerical Investigation of Transient Buoyant Flow in a Room with a Displacement Ventilation and Chilled Ceiling System."International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 44.16 (2001) 3067-3080. DOI

Ehrlich, Charles K, Konstantinos M Papamichael, Judy Lai, and Kenneth L Revzan."Simulating the Operation of Photosensor-Based Lighting Controls."2001 Building Simulation 7th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference (2001).

Zhai, Zhiqiang, Qingyan Chen, Joseph H Klems, and Philip Haves."Strategies for Coupling Energy Simulation Programs and Computational Fluid Dynamics Programs."Building Sim 2001 1 (2001) 59-66.