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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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2013

Harper, Meg."Review of Strategies and Technologies for Demand-‐Side Management on Isolated Mini-‐Grids." (2013).

Addy, Nathan J, Johanna L Mathieu, Sila Kiliccote, and Duncan S Callaway."Understanding the Effect of Baseline Modeling Implementation Choices on Analysis of Demand Response Performance."ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (2013).

2012

Mills, Andrew D, and Ryan H Wiser."An Evaluation of Solar Valuation Methods Used in Utility Planning and Procurement Processes." (2012).

MacDonald, Jason S, Peter Cappers, Duncan S Callaway, and Sila Kiliccote."Demand Response Providing Ancillary Services A Comparison of Opportunities and Challenges in the US Wholesale Markets."Grid-Interop 2012 (2012).

Ghatikar, Girish, and Edward Koch."Deploying Systems Interoperability and Customer Choice within Smart Grid."Grid-Interop 2012 (2012).

Piette, Mary Ann, Sila Kiliccote, and Junqiao Han Dudley."Field Demonstration of Automated Demand Response for Both Winter and Summer Events in Large Buildings in the Pacific Northwest."Energy Efficiency (2012). DOI

Olsen, Daniel, Sasank Goli, David Faulkner, and Aimee T McKane."Opportunities for Automated Demand Response in Wastewater Treatment Facilities in California - Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant Case Study." (2012).

Ganti, Venkata, and Girish Ghatikar."Smart Grid as a Driver for Energy-Intensive Industries: A Data Center Case Study."Grid-Interop 2012 (2012).

Kiliccote, Sila, Mary Ann Piette, James D Fine, Oren Schetrit, Junqiao Han Dudley, and Heather Langford."LEED Demand Response Credit: A Plan for Research towards Implementation."2012 Greenbuild Conference & Expo (2012).

Holmberg, David G, Girish Ghatikar, Edward Koch, and Jim Boch."OpenADR Advances."ASHRAE Journal 54.11 (2012).

Stadler, Michael, Gonçalo Cardoso, Mohammad Bozchalui, Ratnesh Sharma, Chris Marnay, Afzal S Siddiqui, and Markus Groissböck."Microgrid Modeling Using the Stochasting Distributed Energy Resources Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM)." (2012).

Earni, Shankar, Spencer Woodworth, Xiufeng Pang, Jorge Hernandez-Maldonado, Rongxin Yin, Liping Wang, Steve E Greenberg, John Fiegel, and Alma Rubalcava."Monitoring-based HVAC Commissioning of an Existing Office Building for Energy Efficiency." (2012).

Saxena, Samveg, Stephen H Schneider, Salvador Aceves, and Robert W Dibble."Wet ethanol in HCCI engines with exhaust heat recovery to improve the energy balance of ethanol fuels."Applied Energy 98 (2012) 448-457. DOI

Cappers, Peter, Andrew D Mills, Charles A Goldman, Ryan H Wiser, and Joseph H Eto."An assessment of the role mass market demand response could play in contributing to the management of variable generation integration issues."Energy Policy 48 (2012) 420 - 429. DOI

Saxena, Samveg, Iván Dario Bedoya, Nihar Shah, and Amol A Phadke."Understanding Loss Mechanisms and Efficiency Improvement Options for HCCI Engines Using Detailed Exergy Analysis." (2012). DOI

Feng, Wei, Nan Zhou, Chris Marnay, Michael Stadler, and Judy Lai."Building Distributed Energy Performance Optimization for China - a Regional Analysis of Building Energy Costs and CO₂ Emissions."2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 12-17, 2012 (2012).

DeForest, Nicholas, Michael Stadler, Chris Marnay, and Jonathan Donadee."Microgrid Dispatch for Macrogrid Peak-Demand Mitigation."2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2012).

Mendes, Gonçalo, Michael Stadler, Chris Marnay, Paulo Ferrão, and Chistos Loakimidis."Modeling of Plug-in Electric Vehicles' Interactions with a Sustainable Community Grid in the Azores."2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 12-17, 2012 (2012).

Piette, Mary Ann, Jessica Granderson, Michael Wetter, and Sila Kiliccote."Responsive and Intelligent Building Information and Control for Low-Energy and Optimized Grid Integration."ACEEE 2012 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 12-17, 2012 (2012).

Rapp, Vi H, Anthony DeFilippo, Samveg Saxena, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Robert W Dibble, Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, and Yuji Ikeda."Extending Lean Operating Limit and Reducing Emissions of Methane Spark-Ignited Engines Using a Microwave-Assisted Spark Plug." Journal of Combustion 2012 (2012). DOI

Mendes, Gonçalo, Paulo Ferrão, Christos Ioakimidis, Michael Stadler, and Chris Marnay."Multi-building microgrids for a distributed energy future in Portugal."International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2012 (2012).

Scott, Doug, Ryan Hoest, Fei Yang, Sasank Goli, and Daniel Olsen."The Impact of Control Technology on the Demand Response Potential of California Industrial Refrigerated Facilities Final Report." (2012).

Wikler, Greg, Phil Martin, Bo Shen, Girish Ghatikar, Chun Chun Ni, and Junqiao Han Dudley."Addressing Energy Demand through Demand Response: International Experiences and Practices." (2012).

Mills, Andrew D, and Ryan H Wiser."Changes in the Economic Value of Variable Generation at High Penetration Levels: A Pilot Case Study of California." (2012).

Piette, Mary Ann, Jessica Granderson, Michael Wetter, and Sila Kiliccote."Intelligent Building Energy Information and Control Systems for Low-Energy Operations and Optimal Demand Response."IEEE Design and Test of Computers 29.4 (2012) 8-16. DOI