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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 scientific challenges across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-integrated building systems; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide.

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    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 increasing reliability are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by techno-economic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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Publications by Research Area

Buildings
Demand Response
Energy Markets & Planning
Energy Efficiency
Energy Storage
Industrial Energy Analysis
Systems and Energy Technologies Analysis
Transportation

Publications by Division

Building & Industrial Energy Systems (BIES)
Energy Analysis (EA)
Energy Technologies & Systems (ETS)
X Author: Cindy Zhu

2025

Zhu, Cindy, and Cynthia Regnier."Packages of Distributed Energy Technologies Demonstrating Demand Flexibility at Community Scale." (2025). DOI

2018

Mathew, Paul A, Nancy Wallace, Paulo Issler, Baptiste Ravache, Philip Coleman, and Cindy Zhu."Do energy costs really affect commercial mortgage default risk? New results and implications for energy efficiency investments."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018). DOI
Zhu, Cindy, Andrew White, Paul A Mathew, Jeff Deason, and Philip Coleman."Raising the Rent Premium: Moving Green Building Research Beyond Certifications and Rent."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018). DOI

2016

Alschuler, Elena, Cindy Zhu, Evan Mills, Andrew White, and Theddi Wright Chappell."Appraising Green: Show me the Market Value."2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 21-26, 2016 (2016).
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