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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2004

Webster, Thomas L.."Alternative Air Conditioning Technologies: Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)." (2004).

Yee, , Gaymond, and Thomas L. Webster."Trends in Energy Management Technology - Part 3: State of Practice of Energy Management, Control, and Information Systems." (2004).

Yee, , Gaymond, and Thomas L. Webster."Trends in Energy Management Technology - Part 4: Review of Advanced Applications in Energy Management, Control, and Information Systems." (2004).

Coleman, Philip, and Jeffrey P. Harris."Public Sector Leadership: Government Purchasing of Energy-efficient Products to Save Energy and “Pull” the Market."Kuwait ASST Workshop on Energy Conservation in Buildings (2004).

2002

Payne, Christopher T., Anthony Radspieler Jr., and Jack Payne."Hurdling barriers through market uncertainty: Case studies in innovative technology adoption."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Mauritz, Donald, E. Thomas Morehouse Jr., and John Shugars."A Public Work in Progress: Incorporating Energy Efficiency Into Guide Specifications for New Federal Construction."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Janda, Kathryn B., Christopher T. Payne, Rick Kunkle, and Loren Lutzenhiser."What organizations did (and didn't) do: Three factors that shaped conservation responses to California's 2001 "crisis"."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Lutzenhiser, Loren, Kathryn B. Janda, Rick Kunkle, and Christopher T. Payne."Understanding the response of commercial and institutional organizations to the California energy crisis." (2002).

2001

Webster, Thomas L.."Trends in Energy Management Technology: Trends Affecting Building Control System Development." (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).

Webster, Thomas L.."Trends in Energy Management Technology: BCS Integration Technologies - Open Communications Networking." (2001).

Webster, Thomas L.."Chiller Controls Energy Saving Opportunities in Federal Facilities." (2001).

Piette, Mary Ann, Joseph H Eto, Iain S. Walker, Stephen E. Selkowitz, Craig P. Wray, Bruce Nordman, Alan K. Meier, Philip Haves, Richard C. Diamond, Jeffrey P. Harris, Mithra M. Moezzi, Christopher T. Payne, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Demand-Responsive and Efficient Building Systems as a Resource for Electricity Reliability." (2001).

2000

Shugars, John, Philip Coleman, Christopher T. Payne, and Laura Van Wie McGrory."Bridging the Efficiency Gap: Commercial Packaged Rooftop Air Conditioners."Proceedings from the 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 10 (2000) 217-226.

Coleman, Philip, and Alexander T. Shaw."Guide Specifications: An Overlooked Avenue for Promoting Building Energy Efficiency."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 4 (2000) 47-54.

Ware, , Michelle J.."Establishing an Energy Efficiency Recommendation for Commercial Boilers." (2000).

Payne, Christopher T., Christine Egan, and Jennifer Thorne."Interim Findings of an Evaluation of the U.S. EnergyGuide Label."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).

Payne, Christopher T.."Utility Bill Comprehension in the Commercial and Industrial Sector: Results of Field Research."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).

1998

Webster, Thomas L.."Technology Assessment: Energy Savings in Refrigerated Walk-In Boxes." (1998).

Coleman, Philip."Reducing ‘Search Cost’ and Risk in Energy-efficiency Investments: Two Success Stories."1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 4 (1998) 91-98.

Webster, Thomas L., and Peter Benenson."Duty Cycling Controllers Revisited: FEMP Technology Assessment Report." (1998).

Dolin, Jennifer R., and Ned R. Raynolds."The ENERGY STAR Purchasing Initiative."ACEEE Volume 7 (1998).

Payne, Christopher T.."Organizational Dynamics and Energy Policy."1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1998).

1996

Eto, Joseph H, Edward L. Vine, Leslie J. Shown, Richard Sonnenblick, and Christopher T. Payne."The Total Cost and Measured Performance of Utility-Sponsored Energy Efficiency Programs."The Energy Journal 17.1 (1996).