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

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)

2013

Belleri, Annamaria, Spencer M. Dutton, Ulrich Filippi Oberegger, and Roberto Lollini."A Sensitivity Analysis of Natural Ventilation Design Parameters for Non Residential Buildings."13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association 25th - 28th August 2013 (2013).

Fisk, William J., Spencer M. Dutton, Mark J. Mendell, and Wanyu R. Chan."Should Title 24 Ventilation Requirements Be Amended to include an Indoor Air Quality Procedure?." (2013).

Dutton, Spencer M., Wanyu R. Chan, Mark J. Mendell, Marcella Barrios, Srinandini Parthasarathy, Meera A. Sidheswaran, Douglas P. Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J. Fisk."Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Procedure for Use in Retail Buildings." (2013).

Dutton, Spencer M., David W. Banks, Samuel L. Brunswick, and William J. Fisk."Natural Ventilation in California Offices: Estimated Health Effects and Economic Consequences."ASHRAE IAQ 2013: Environmental Health in Low Energy Buildings, Oct. 15-18 (2013).

2012

Dutton, Spencer M., Hui Zhang, Yongchao Zhai, Edward A. Arens, Youness Bennani Smires, Samuel L. Brunswick, Kyle S. Konis, and Philip Haves."Application of a stochastic window use model in EnergyPlus."SimBuild 2012, 5th National Conference of IBPSA-USA, August 1-3, 2012 (2012).

Brunswick, Samuel L., Spencer M. Dutton, David W. Banks, K. Adams, and Philip Haves."A Framework for Estimating the Technical Potential of Natural Ventilation Renovations of Existing Commercial Buildings in California."SimBuild 2012, 5th National Conference of IBPSA-USA, August 1-3, 2012 (2012).

2011

Apte, Michael G., Mark J. Mendell, Michael D. Sohn, Spencer M. Dutton, Pam M. Berkeley, and Michael Spears."Final Report: Balancing energy conservation and occupant needs in ventilation rate standards for “Big Box” stores in California: predicted indoor air quality and energy consumption using a matrix of ventilation scenarios." (2011).

2010

Dutton, Spencer M., and Li Shao."Window opening behaviour in a naturally ventilated school."SimBuild 2010, 4th National Conference of IBPSA-USA, August 11-13, 2010 (2010).