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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

Ma, Ookie, Nasr Alkadi, Peter Cappers, Paul Denholm, Junqiao Han Dudley, Sasank Goli, Marissa Hummon, Sila Kiliccote, Jason S MacDonald, Nance Matson, Daniel Olsen, Cody Rose, Michael D Sohn, Michael Starke, Brendan J Kirby, and Mark O'Malley."Demand Response for Ancillary Services."IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid 4 (2013).

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Annika Todd-Blick, and Charles A Goldman."Getting the Biggest Bang for the Buck: Exploring the Rationales and Design Options for Energy Efficiency Financing Programs." (2013).

Cappers, Peter, Jason S MacDonald, Charles A Goldman, and Ookie Ma."An assessment of market and policy barriers for demand response providing ancillary services in U.S. electricity markets."Energy Policy 62 (2013) 1031-1039. DOI

Stuart, Elizabeth, Peter H Larsen, Charles A Goldman, and Donald Gilligan."Current Size and Remaining Market Potential of the U.S. Energy Service Company Industry." (2013).

Satchwell, Andrew, Galen L Barbose, Charles A Goldman, Ryan Hledik, and Ahmed Faruqui."Incorporating Demand Response into Western Interconnection Transmission Planning." (2013).

Hoffman, Ian M, Merrian Borgeson, and Mark Zimring."Implications of Cost Effectiveness Screening Practices in a Low Natural Gas Price Environment: Case Study of a Midwestern Residential Energy Upgrade Program." (2013).

Cappers, Peter, Jason S MacDonald, and Charles A Goldman."Market and Policy Barriers for Demand Response Providing Ancillary Services in U.S. Markets." (2013).

Barbose, Galen L, Charles A Goldman, Ian M Hoffman, and Megan A Billingsley."The Future of Utility Customer-Funded Energy Efficiency Programs in the United States: Projected Spending and Savings to 2025." (2013). DOI

2012

Dworkin, Michael, Katie Johnson, Donald Kreis, Carey Rosser, Jonathan Voegele, Steve Weissman, Megan A Billingsley, and Charles A Goldman."A Regulator's Privacy Guide to Third Party Data Access for Energy Efficiency." (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).

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.

Cappers, Peter, Andrew Satchwell, Charles A Goldman, and Jeff Schlegel."Benefits and Costs of Aggressive Energy Efficiency Programs and the Impacts of Alternative Sources of Funding: Case Study of Massachusetts."ACEEE Summer Study, Pacific Grove, CA, Aug. 15-20, 2010 (2010) 22.

Cappers, Peter, and Charles A Goldman."Financial Impact of Energy Efficiency under a Federal Renewable Electricity Standard: Case Study of a Kansas “super-utility”." (2010) 28.

Goldman, Charles A, Jane S Peters, Nathaniel Albers, Elizabeth Stuart, Merrian C Fuller, and Merrian Borgeson."Energy Efficiency Services Sector: Workforce Education and Training Needs." (2010) 72.

Goldman, Charles A, Michael Reid, Roger Levy, and Alison Silverstein."Coordination of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response." (2010) 74.

2009

Barbose, Galen L, Charles A Goldman, and Jeff Schlegel."The Shifting Landscape of Ratepayer-Funded Energy Efficiency in the U.S.." (2009) 41.

Cappers, Peter, and Charles A Goldman."Empirical Assessment of Shareholder Incentive Mechanisms Designs under Aggressive Savings Goals: Case Study of a Kansas “Super-Utility”." (2009) 15.

Cappers, Peter, Charles A Goldman, Michele Chait, George Edgar, Jeff Schlegel, and Wayne Shirley."Financial Analysis of Incentive Mechanisms to Promote Energy Efficiency: Case Study of a Prototypical Southwest Utility." (2009) 83.

2008

Cappers, Peter, Charles A Goldman, Michele Chait, George Edgar, Jeff Schlegel, and Wayne Shirley."Quantitative Financial Analysis of Alternative Energy Efficiency Shareholder Incentive Mechanisms."ACEEE 2008 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2008) 15.

Fridley, David, Nina Zheng, Nan Zhou, Nathaniel T Aden, Jiang Lin, Jianhong Cheng, Tomoyuki Sakamoto, and Nina Khanna."China Refrigerator Information Label: Specification Development and Potential Impact." (2008).

Puckett, Curt D, Timothy P Hennessy, Grayson C Heffner, and Charles A Goldman."Regional Approaches to Measurement and Verification of Load Management Programs."IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 23.1 (2008) 204 - 212. DOI

2007

Fridley, David, Nathaniel T Aden, Nan Zhou, and Jiang Lin."Impacts of China’s Current Appliance Standards and Labeling Program to 2020." (2007).

Lin, Jiang."Energy Conservation Investments: a Comparison Between China and the US."Energy Policy 35.2 (2007) 916 - 924. DOI