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

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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2013

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

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).

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).

Mahdavi, Roozbeh, and William F. Tschudi."Wireless Sensor Network for Improving the Energy Efficiency of Data Centers." (2012).

2011

2010

Mathew, Paul A., William F. Tschudi, Dale A. Sartor, and James Beasley."Cleanroom Energy Efficiency: Metrics and Benchmarking."ASHRAE Journal 52 (2010).

Shehabi, Arman, Srirupa Ganguly, Lara A. Gundel, Arpad Horvath, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Melissa M. Lunden, William F. Tschudi, Ashok J. Gadgil, and William W. Nazaroff."Can combining economizers with improved filtration save energy and protect equipment in data centers?."Building and Environment 45.3 (2010) 718-726. DOI

Sartor, Dale A., and Mark Wilson."Money for Research, Not for Energy Bills: Finding Energy and Cost Savings in High Performance Computer Facility Designs."Computing in Science and Engineering 12 (2010) 19-Nov.

2009

Bell, Geoffrey C., Bill Storey, and Michael K. Patterson."Control of Computer Room Air Conditioning using IT Equipment Sensors." (2009).

Singer, Brett C., Paul A. Mathew, Steve E. Greenberg, William F. Tschudi, Dale A. Sartor, Susan Strom, and Walter Vernon."Hospital Energy Benchmarking Guidance." (2009) 32.

Bell, Geoffrey C., and Clifford C. Federspiel."Demonstration of Datacenter Automation Software and Hardware (DASH) at the California Franchise Tax Board." (2009).

Singer, Brett C., and William F. Tschudi."High Performance Healthcare Buildings: A Roadmap to Improved Energy Efficiency." 515 (2009) 5264-69.

Mathew, Paul A., Steve E. Greenberg, Srirupa Ganguly, Dale A. Sartor, and William F. Tschudi."How Does Your Data Center Measure Up? Energy Efficiency Metrics and Benchmarks for Data Center Infrastructure Systems."HPAC Journal (2009).

Mills, Evan, and Paul A. Mathew."Monitoring Based Commissioning: Benchmarking Analysis of 24 UC/CSU/IOU Projects." (2009).

Mathew, Paul A., Dale A. Sartor, and William F. Tschudi."Self-benchmarking Guide for Cleanrooms: Metrics, Benchmarks, Actions." (2009).

Mathew, Paul A., Srirupa Ganguly, Steve E. Greenberg, and Dale A. Sartor."Self-benchmarking Guide for Data Centers: Metrics, Benchmarks, Actions." (2009).

Mathew, Paul A., Steve E. Greenberg, and Dale A. Sartor."Self-benchmarking Guide for Laboratory Buildings: Metrics, Benchmarks, Actions." (2009).

2008

Mathew, Paul A.."An Estimate of Energy Use in Laboratories, Cleanrooms, and Data Centers in New York." (2008).

Mathew, Paul A., Steve E. Greenberg, Dale A. Sartor, and Peter Rumsey."Metrics and Benchmarks for Energy Efficiency in Laboratories."ASHRAE Journal (2008) 40-47.

2007

Amon, Dan, Tom Smith, and Paul A. Mathew."System Static Pressure Optimization." (2007).

Tschudi, William F., and Charles H. Williams."Power Supply Options for Data Centers." (2007).

Shehabi, Arman, William F. Tschudi, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Data Center Economizer Contamination and Humidity Study." (2007).

Xu, Tengfang T., and Steve E. Greenberg."Data Center Energy Benchmarking: Part 1-5." (2007).

Xu, Tengfang T., Jan Eudy, and Chuck Berndt."New Challenges in Contamination Control: The Leadership Role of IEST in Shaping Future Research and Practices."CleanRooms Magazine (2007) 18-20.