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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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2006

Webber, Carrie A, Richard E Brown, Marla C Sanchez, and Gregory K Homan."2006 Status Report - Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program." (2006) 38.

2005

Inanici, Mehlika."Per-Pixel Lighting Data Analysis." (2005).

Pinckard, Margaret J, Richard E Brown, Evan Mills, James D Lutz, Mithra M Moezzi, Celina S Atkinson, Christopher A Bolduc, Gregory K Homan, and Katie Coughlin."Documentation of Calculation Methodology, Input Data, and Infrastructure for the Home Energy Saver Web Site." (2005) 108.

Koch, Edward, and Francis M Rubinstein."Evaluation of Alternative Field Buses for Lighting Control Applications." (2005).

2004

Golove, William H, Richard E Brown, and Edward Holt."Guide to Purchasing Green Power: Renewable Electricity, Renewable Energy Certificates and On-Site Renewable Generation." (2004).

Roberson, Judy A, Carrie A Webber, Marla C McWhinney, Richard E Brown, Margaret J Pinckard, and John F Busch."After-hours Power Status of Office Equipment and Energy Use of Miscellaneous Plug-Load Equipment." (2004) 38.

McWhinney, Marla C, Gregory K Homan, Richard E Brown, Judy A Roberson, Bruce Nordman, and John F Busch."Field Power Measurements of Imaging Equipment." (2004).

Webber, Carrie A, Richard E Brown, and Marla C McWhinney."2004 Status Report: Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program." (2004).

Roberson, Judy A, Carrie A Webber, Marla C McWhinney, Richard E Brown, Margaret J Pinckard, and John F Busch."After-hours Power Status of Office Equipment and Inventory of Miscellaneous Plug-Load Equipment." (2004) 33.

Koomey, Jonathan G."Energy Efficiency in New Office Buildings: An Investigation of Market Failures and Corrective Policies." (2004).

Inanici, Mehlika, and Jim Galvin."Evaluation of High Dynamic Range Photography as a Luminance Mapping Technique." (2004).

Koch, Edward, Francis M Rubinstein, and Sila Kiliccote."Hardware/Software Solution Unifying DALI, IBECS, and BACnet Final Report." (2004).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Pete Pettler, Joel Snook, Erik Engelking, and Sila Kiliccote."Performance of Powerline-Controlled Luminaire Final Report." (2004).

2003

Brown, Richard E, and Jonathan G Koomey."Electricity Use in California: Past Trends and Present Usage Patterns."Energy Policy 31.9 (2003) 849-864. DOI

Rubinstein, Francis M, Nesrin Colak, Judy D Jennings, and Danielle Neils."Analyzing Occupancy Profiles from a Lighting Controls Field Study."CIE Session 2003 (2003).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Mehry Yazdanian, and Jim Galvin."Draft Photosensor Characterization Report." (2003).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Stephen Treado, and Pete Pettler."Standardizing Communication Between Lighting Control Devices."2003 IEEE-IAS Conference (2003).

2002

Koomey, Jonathan G, Chris Calwell, John A Laitner, Jane Thornton, Richard E Brown, Joseph H Eto, Carrie A Webber, Cathy Cullicott, Robert H Socolow, Dennis Anderson, and John Harte."Sorry, wrong number: The use and misuse of numerical facts in analysis and media reporting of energy issues."Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 2002 27 (2002) 119-158. DOI

Koomey, Jonathan G, and Richard E Brown."The role of building technologies in reducing and controlling peak electricity demand." (2002).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Pete Pettler, and Judy D Jennings."Dimming Every Light Cheaply."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 11 (2002).

Roberson, Judy A, Gregory K Homan, Akshay Mahajan, Bruce Nordman, Carrie A Webber, Richard E Brown, Marla C McWhinney, and Jonathan G Koomey."Energy Use and Power Levels in New Monitors and Personal Computers." (2002).

Roberson, Judy A, Gregory K Homan, Akshay Mahajan, Bruce Nordman, Carrie A Webber, Richard E Brown, Marla C McWhinney, and Jonathan G Koomey."Enery Use and Power Management in New Personal Computers and Monitors." (2002) 36.

Johnson, Stephen G."LEDs - An Overview of the State of the Art in Technology and Application."Light Right 5 Conference (2002).

Johnson, Stephen G, and Jerry A Simmons."Materials for Solid State Lighting."2002 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (2002).

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, Michael K Ting, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.."Energy 27.3 (2002) 255-269. DOI