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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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2012

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Ian M Hoffman, Charles A Goldman, Elizabeth Stuart, Annika Todd-Blick, and Megan A Billingsley."Boulder, Colorado's SmartRegs: Minimum Performance Standards for Residential Rental Housing." (2012).

McNeil, Michael A, Jing Ke, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Virginie E Letschert, and James E McMahon."Business Case for Energy Efficiency in Support of Climate Change Mitigation, Economic and Societal Benefits in India." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Ian M Hoffman, Charles A Goldman, Elizabeth Stuart, Annika Todd-Blick, and Megan A Billingsley."Scaling Energy Efficiency in the Heart of the Residential Market: Increasing Middle America's Access to Capital for Energy Improvements." (2012).

Xu, Tengfang T, Joris Flapper, Jing Ke, Klaas Jan Kramer, and Jayant A Sathaye."Development of a Computer-based Benchmarking and Analytical Tool: Benchmarking and Energy & Water Savings Tool in Dairy Plants (BEST-Dairy)." (2012).

Zhou, Nan, Nina Zheng, David Fridley, and Nina Khanna."International Review of the Development and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Programs." (2012).

Williams, Alison A, Barbara A Atkinson, Karina Garbesi, Erik Page, and Francis M Rubinstein."Lighting Controls in Commercial Buildings."Leukos: The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 8.3 (2012) 19. DOI

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Jayant A Sathaye."Analysis of the Energy Intensity of Industries in California."2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2012).

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Jayant A Sathaye."Analysis and Decomposition of the Energy Intensity of Industries in California."Energy Policy 46 (2012) 234-245.

Xu, Tengfang T, Jayant A Sathaye, and Klaas Jan Kramer."Bottom-up Representation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Technologies in Integrated Assessment Models for the U.S. Pulp and Paper Sector." (2012).

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T Xu, and Jayant A Sathaye."Industrial Sector Energy Efficiency Modeling (ISEEM) Framework Documentation." (2012).

Mills, Evan, and Paul A Mathew."Monitoring-Based Commissioning: Benchmarking Analysis of 24 University Buildings in California."Energy Engineering (2012).

2011

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Ian M Hoffman, Charles A Goldman, Elizabeth Stuart, Annika Todd-Blick, and Megan A Billingsley."Delivering Energy Efficiency to Middle Income Single Family Households." (2011) 102.

McNeil, Michael A, Nicholas Bojda, Jing Ke, Yining Qin, Stephane de la Rue du Can, David Fridley, Virginie E Letschert, and James E McMahon."Business Case for Energy Efficiency in Support of Climate Change Mitigation, Economic and Societal Benefits in China." (2011).

Zhou, Nan, Nina Zheng, Cecilia Fino-Chen, David Fridley, Cao Ning, and Nina Khanna."Status of the Local Enforcement of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Program in China." (2011).

Zhou, Nan, Lynn K Price, Stephanie Ohshita, Nina Zheng, Hu Min, and Nina Khanna."A Guidebook for Low-Carbon Development at the Local Level." (2011).

Brush, Adrian, Eric R Masanet, and Ernst Worrell."Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Dairy Processing Industry." (2011).

Zhou, Nan, Lynn K Price, Nina Zheng, Jing Ke, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Nina Khanna."National Level Co-Control Study of the Targets for Energy Intensity and Sulfur Dioxide in China." (2011).

Garbesi, Karina, Vagelis Vossos, Alan H Sanstad, and Gabriel Burch."Optimizing Energy Savings from Direct-DC in U.S. Residential Buildings." (2011) 59.

Williams, Alison A, Barbara A Atkinson, Karina Garbesi, Francis M Rubinstein, and Erik Page."A Meta-Analysis of Energy Savings from Lighting Controls in Commercial Buildings." (2011) 25.

Stuart, Elizabeth."The Value of Energy Performance and Green Attributes in Buildings: A Review of Existing Literature and Recommendations for Future Research."Clean Energy Program Policy Brief (2011) 10.

Fridley, David, Michael A McNeil, Nina Zheng, Virginie E Letschert, Jing Ke, Yamina Saheb, and Nina Khanna."Analysis of Potential Energy Saving and CO₂ Emission Reduction of Home Appliances and Commercial Equipments in China."Energy Policy 39.8 (2011) 4541-4550. DOI

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter H Larsen, and Charles A Goldman."Combining Energy Efficiency Building Retrofits and Onsite Generation: An Emerging Business Model from the ESCO Industry."2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2011).

Billingsley, Megan A, and Elizabeth Stuart."Contractor Sales Training: Providing the Skills Necessary to Sell Comprehensive Home Energy Upgrades."Clean Energy Program Policy Brief (2011) 5.

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Nihar Shah, and Amol A Phadke."Country Review of Energy-Efficiency Financial Incentives in the Residential Sector." (2011).

Masanet, Eric R, Richard E Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers." (2011).