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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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2011

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Michael A McNeil, Nina Zheng, Virginie E Letschert, Jing Ke, and Nina Khanna."Analysis of Potential Energy Saving and CO₂ Emission Reduction of Home Appliances and Commercial Equipments in China." (2011).

2010

Letschert, Virginie E, and Michael A McNeil."Material World: Forecasting Household Appliance Ownership in a Growing Global Economy."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) 2009 Summer Study (2010) 8.

McKane, Aimee T, and Ali Hasanbeigi."Motor Systems Efficiency Supply Curves." (2010).

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Jayant A Sathaye."Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program FINAL PROJECT REPORT California Energy Balance Update and Decomposition Analysis for the Industry and Building Sectors." (2010).

Price, Lynn K, Xuejun Wang, and Jiang Yun."The Challenge of Reducing Energy Consumption of the Top-1000 Largest Industrial Enterprises in China."Energy Policy 38.11 (2010) 6485-6498. DOI

Hasanbeigi, Ali, Christoph Menke, and Lynn K Price."The CO₂ Abatement Cost Curve for the Thailand's Cement Industry."Journal of Cleaner Production 18.15 (2010) 1509-1518. DOI

Shehabi, Arman, Eric R Masanet, Hillary Price, Arpad Horvath, and William W Nazaroff."Data center design and location: Consequences for electricity use and greenhouse-gas emissions."Building and Environment 46.5 (2010) 990–998. DOI

Mundaca, Luis, Lena Neij, Ernst Worrell, and Michael A McNeil."Evaluating Energy Efficiency Policies with Energy-Economy Models." (2010).

Fuller, Merrian C, Cathy Kunkel, Mark Zimring, Ian M Hoffman, Katie L Soroye, Charles A Goldman, and Merrian Borgeson."Driving Demand for Home Energy Improvements." (2010) 136.

Fuller, Merrian C, Cathy Kunkel, Mark Zimring, Ian M Hoffman, Katie L Soroye, and Charles A Goldman."Driving Demand for Home Energy Improvements: Case Studies." (2010).

Goldman, Charles A, Merrian C Fuller, Elizabeth Stuart, Jane S Peters, Marjorie McRae, Nathaniel Albers, Susan Lutzenhiser, Mersiha Spahic, and Merrian Borgeson."Energy Efficiency Services Sector: Workforce Size and Expectations for Growth." (2010) 106.

Hasanbeigi, Ali."Energy-Efficiency Improvement Opportunities for the Textile Industry." (2010).

Lutz, James D, Peter J Biermayer, Richard E Brown, Alan K Meier, James E McMahon, and Energy Analysis Department."How to Make Appliance Standards Work: Improving Energy and Water Efficiency Test Procedures." (2010) 10.

Zimring, Mark, Michael Karlosky, Wayne Seaton, Jeff Pitkin, Brett Johnson, and Brandon Belford."Taking Advantage of Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds (QECBs)." (2010).

Sathaye, Jayant A, Tengfang T Xu, and Christina Galitsky."Bottom-up Representation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Technologies in Integrated Assessment Models for the Cement Sector." (2010).

Meyers, Stephen, Victor H Franco, Alexander B Lekov, Lisa Thompson, and Andrew Sturges."Do Heat Pump Clothes Dryers Make Sense for the U.S. Market?." (2010) 15.

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Jayant A Sathaye, Lynn K Price, and Michael A McNeil."Energy Efficiency Indicators Methodology Booklet." (2010).

Franco, Victor H, Alexander B Lekov, Stephen Meyers, and Virginie E Letschert."Heat Pump Water Heaters and American Homes: A Good Fit?." (2010) 15.

Zimring, Mark, Ian M Hoffman, Merrian C Fuller, and Merrian Borgeson."PACE Status Update."Clean Energy Financing Policy Brief (2010) 6.

Satchwell, Andrew, Charles A Goldman, Peter H Larsen, Donald Gilligan, and Terry E Singer."A Survey of the U.S. ESCO Industry: Market Growth and Development from 2008 to 2011." (2010) 31.

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Michael A McNeil, Nina Zheng, Virginie E Letschert, Jing Ke, and Nina Khanna."Analysis of Potential Energy Saving and CO₂ Emission Reduction of Home Appliances and Commercial Equipments in China."The 2010 American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy's Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2010).

Fridley, David, Nina Zheng, Nan Zhou, and Nina Khanna."Comparison of Test Procedures and Energy Efficiency Criteria in Selected International Standards &Labeling Programs for Clothes Washers, Water Dispensers, Vending Machines and CFLs." (2010).

McNeil, Michael A, and Virginie E Letschert."Modeling diffusion of electrical appliances in the residential sector."Energy and Buildings 42.6 (2010) 783-790. DOI

Zimring, Mark, Merrian C Fuller, and Merrian Borgeson."Accelerating the Payment of PACE Assessments."Clean Energy Financing Policy Brief (2010) 4.

Price, Lynn K, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Hongyou Lu, and Arpad Horvath."Evaluation of Efficiency Activities in the Industrial Sector Undertaken in Response to Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets." (2010).