Environmental Energy Technologies Division
Our Vision
Sustainable economic and environmental development is essential for a thriving and just world. Major changes in energy systems are needed to achieve such a world.
Of these changes, energy efficiency has a special role.
- Countless energy-efficiency opportunities are cost effective (i.e., pay for themselves). Net economic impacts are huge.
- e.g., U.S. economy grew 35% between 1973 and 1986, energy grew 0%, and the annual saving is more than $200 billion/yr.
- Environmental benefits of energy efficiency are very large, considering that about 70% of pollutants are from energy production.
We believe that our R&D and analysis can contribute to increases in energy efficiency and associated improvements in the environment beyond our limited resources by
- Developing improved energy technologies,
- Performing energy analyses that influence policies in industrialized and developing countries,
- Developing innovative techniques to improve the environment (especially related to energy use).
Impact of EETD Technologies
- Lab to Marketplace
- Energy Research at DOE: Was It Worth It? Energy Efficiency and Fossil Energy Research 1978 to 2000 (2001), National Academies Press