Energy Technologies Area

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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.
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

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

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2008

Dale, Larry L., and K. Sydny Fujita."An Analysis of the Price Elasticity of Demand for Household Appliances." (2008) 19.

2006

Rosenquist, Gregory J., Michael A. McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, and James E. McMahon."Energy efficiency standards for equipment: Additional opportunities in the residential and commercial sectors." 34.17 (2006) 3257–3267.

Iyer, Maithili, Willett Kempton, and Christopher T. Payne."Comparison groups on bills: Automated, personalized energy information."Energy and Buildings 38.8 (2006) 988-996. DOI

Lutz, James D., Victor H. Franco, Alexander B. Lekov, and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi."BPM Motors in Residential Gas Furnaces: What are the Savings?."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1 (2006) 12.

Lekov, Alexander B., Victor H. Franco, and James D. Lutz."Residential Two-Stage Gas Furnaces - Do They Save Energy?." (2006) 11.

Coughlin, Katie, Richard M. White, Christopher A. Bolduc, Diane C. Fisher, and Gregory J. Rosenquist."The Tariff Analysis Project: A Database and Analysis Platform for Electricity Tariffs." (2006) 51.

Ben Hagan, Essel, Robert D Van Buskirk, Alfred Ofosu-Ahenkorah, and Michael A. McNeil."Refrigerator Efficiency in Ghana: Tailoring an Appliance Market Transformation Program Design for Africa." (2006) 37.

Harris, Jeffrey P., Richard C. Diamond, Maithili Iyer, Christopher T. Payne, and Carl Blumstein."Don't Supersize Me! Toward a Policy of Consumption-Based Energy Efficiency."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006) 7-100-7-114.

Van Buskirk, Robert D."Analysis of Long-range Clean Energy Investment Scenarios for Eritrea, East Africa."Energy Policy 34 (2006) 25.

Lekov, Alexander B., Victor H. Franco, Stephen Meyers, James E. McMahon, Michael A. McNeil, and James D. Lutz."Electricity and Natural Gas Efficiency Improvements for Residential Gas Furnaces in the U.S.." (2006).

2005

McNeil, Michael A., Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, Virginie E. Letschert, and James E. McMahon."Potential Benefits from Improved Energy Efficiency of Key Electrical Products: The Case of India." (2005) 60.

Biermayer, Peter J.."Potential Water and Energy Savings from Showerheads." (2005).

Fridley, David, Jiang Lin, Andrea Denver, Peter J. Biermayer, and Tyler J. Dillavou."CFL Labeling Harmonization in the United States, China, Brazil and ELI Member Countries: Specifications, Testing, and Mutual Recognition." (2005) 30.

Pinckard, Margaret J., Richard E. Brown, Evan Mills, James D. Lutz, Mithra M. Moezzi, Celina S. Atkinson, Christopher A. Bolduc, Gregory K. Homan, and Katie Coughlin."Documentation of Calculation Methodology, Input Data, and Infrastructure for the Home Energy Saver Web Site." (2005) 108.

Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle, Larry L. Dale, and Alexander B. Lekov."Comparing Price Forecast Accuracy of Natural Gas Models and Futures Markets." (2005).

Dunham, Camilla, Victor H. Franco, Alexander B. Lekov, and James D. Lutz."Development of the Household Sample for Furnace and Boiler Life-Cycle Cost Analysis." (2005) 22.

Meyers, Stephen, James E. McMahon, and Michael A. McNeil."Realized and Prospective Impacts of U.S. Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Appliances: 2004 Update." (2005) 39.

Wiel, Stephen, and James E. McMahon."Energy-Efficiency Labels and Standards: A Guidebook for Appliances, Equipment, and Lighting - 2nd Edition." (2005).

Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle, Alexander B. Lekov, and Larry L. Dale."Natural Gas Prices Forecast Comparison — AEO vs. Natural Gas Markets." (2005) 16.

Lin, Jiang, and Maithili Iyer."Cold or Hot Wash: How technological choices lead to cultural change and potential increase in clothes washing energy use in China."2005 ECEEE Summer Study LBNL-57382 Abs. (2005).

2004

Rosenquist, Gregory J., Michael A. McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, and James E. McMahon."Energy Efficiency Standards and Codes for Residential/Commercial Equipment and Buildings: Additional Opportunities." (2004).

Rosenquist, Gregory J., Michael A. McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, and James E. McMahon."Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Commercial Equipment: Additional Opportunities." (2004).

LaCommare, Kristina Hamachi, Etan Gumerman, Chris Marnay, Peter T. Chan, and Katie Coughlin."A New Approach for Modeling the Peak Utility Impacts from a Proposed Commerical Unitary Air-Conditioning Standard." (2004) 102.

Stoops, John L., James E. McMahon, Michael Scholand, Michael Rivest, and Ron Lewis."Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Electrical Distribution Transformers. ANOPR Version." (2004).

Rosenquist, Gregory J., Katie Coughlin, James E. McMahon, Richard Williams, Sriram Somasundaram, and Michael Rivest."Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps. ANOPR Version." (2004).