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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Interim Communications Manager
Kiran Julin

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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.

Katie Kirbus

Principal Administrator: Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division

Principal Supervisor, Admin Scvs

(510) 486-6650

KVKirbus@lbl.gov

eta.lbl.gov/people/Katie-Kirbus

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Bio

Katie Kirbus is a Principal Administrator in the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She provides a broad range of operational management and support services to the EAEI Division and research initiatives.

Previously, Katie worked in a variety of industries including international development, corporate event planning and hospitality.

Katie has a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Chico. She is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.

Awards

Spot: Rachel Foushee, Erin Harbin, Katie Kirbus - October 19th 2022

For successfully coordinating funding, logistics and administrative procedures to allow tens of people to attend ACEEE summer study 2022.

Spot: Dana Robson, Katie Kirbus and Kelly Perce - January 23rd 2017

Exceptional administrative support for the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division's participation in the Energy Technologies Area Lab Director Area Review.