Energy Technologies Area

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 by Research Area

Buildings

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Energy Storage

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Transportation

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

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2002

Motegi, Naoya, Mary Ann Piette, and Scott Wentworth."From Design Through Operations-Results from New Construction Performance Contract and Beyond."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar Kinney, Mark S. Levi, David McBride, and Stephen May."GEMnet Status and Accomplishments: GSA's Energy and Maintenance Network."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Piette, Mary Ann, Norman Bourassa, Tudi Hassl, David Sellers, Hannah Friedman, and Kenneth L. Gillespie."A New Guide for Commissioning Air Handling Systems: Using a Model Functional Test."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., Judy Lai, Daniel Fuller, and Tara Tariq."A Web-Based Virtual Lighting Simulator."ACADIA 2002 Conference (2002).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., and Vineeta Pal."Barriers in Developing and Using Simulation-Based Decision-Support Software."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002) 7.179.

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar Kinney, Norman Bourassa, Peng Xu, Philip Haves, and Christine Shockman."Early evaluation of a second generation information monitoring and diagnostic system." (2002).

Potter, Amanda, Hannah Friedman, Tudi Haasl, and David Claridge."Investigation of the Persistence of New Building Commissioning."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., and Vineeta Pal."Bridging the Gap Between Building Science and Design Studios."Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) Conference (2002).

Hitchcock, Robert J.."Metracker Version 1.5: Life-Cycle Performance Metrics Tracking." (2002).

Bazjanac, Vladimir, James Forester, Philip Haves, Darko Sucic, and Peng Xu."HVAC Component Data Modeling Using Industry Foundation Classes."5th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings 2002 (2002).

2001

Laine, Tuomas, Risto Kosonen, Kim Hagström, Panu Mustakallio, De-Wei Yin, Philip Haves, and Qingyan Chen."Better IAQ through Integrating Design Tools for the HVAC Industry."Healthy Buildings 2000 Conference 4 (2001) 279-284.

Bazjanac, Vladimir."Acquisition of Building Geometry in the Simulation of Energy Performance."7th International IBPSA Conference Building Simulation 2001 (2001) 305-312.

Haves, Philip, Tim I. Salsbury, David Claridge, and Mingsheng Liu."Use of Whole Building Simulation in On-Line Performance Assessment: Modeling and Implementation Issues."Seventh International IBPSA Conference Building Simulation 2001 (2001) 335-344.

Friedman, Hannah, and Mary Ann Piette."Comparative Guide to Emerging Diagnostic Tools for Large Commercial HVAC Systems." (2001).

Kinney, Satkartar, Mary Ann Piette, Lixing Gu, and Philip Haves."Demand Relief and Weather Sensitivity in Large California Commercial Office Buildings."International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations (ICEBO) (2001).

Friedman, Hannah, and Mary Ann Piette."Evaluation of Emerging Diagnostic Tools for Commercial HVAC Systems."International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations (ICEBO) (2001).

Pal, Vineeta, and Konstantinos M. Papamichael."Integrated Simulation Environment for Lighting Design."2001 IESNA Conference (2001).

Friedman, Hannah, and Mary Ann Piette."Comparison of Emerging Diagnostic Tools for Large Commercial HVAC Systems."9th National Conference on Building Commisioning (2001).

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar Kinney, and Hannah Friedman."EMCS and Time-Series Energy Data Analysis in a Large Government Office Building."9th National Conference on Building Commissioning (2001).

Pal, Vineeta, Konstantinos M. Papamichael, Norman Bourassa, and John J. Loffeld."Incorporating LCA Tools in Integrated Simulation Environments."Seventh International IBPSA Conference, Building Simulation 2001 (2001) 689-696.

Sreedharan, Priya."Evaluation of Chiller Modeling Approaches and Their Usability for Fault Detection."Mechanical Engineering (2001).

Gu, Lixing, and Philip Haves."Guideline for the Operation of Demand-Responsive HVAC Systems." (2001).

Bazjanac, Vladimir, Yu Joe Huang, and Frederick C. Winkelmann."Impact of Perimeter Insulation on Heat Flow through Slabs in Residential Buildings." (2001).

2000

Shockman, Christine, and Mary Ann Piette."Innovation Adoption Processes for Third Party Property Management Companies."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Efficiency and Sustainability (2000).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M.."Desktop Radiance: A New Tool for Computer-Aided Daylighting Design." (2000).