Research Themes +
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 climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
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 battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2015

Mendell, Mark J., Ekaterina Eliseeva, Michael Spears, Wanyu R. Chan, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."A longitudinal study of ventilation rates in California office buildings and self-reported occupant outcomes including respiratory illness absence." 92 (2015). DOI

Maddalena, Randy L., Mark J. Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Wanyu R. Chan, Douglas P. Sullivan, Marion L. Russell, Usha Satish, and William J. Fisk."Effects of ventilation rate per person and per floor area on perceived air quality, sick building syndrome symptoms, and decision-making."Indoor Air 25.4 (2015) 362-370. DOI

Chan, Wanyu R., Meera A. Sidheswaran, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."Cooking-related PM2.5 and acrolein measured in grocery stores and comparison with other retail types."Indoor Air 26.3 (2015) 489-500. DOI

2014

Chan, Wanyu R., Sebastian Cohn, Meera A. Sidheswaran, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."Contaminant levels, source strengths, and ventilation rates in California retail stores."Indoor Air 25.4 (2014) 381-392. DOI

Destaillats, Hugo, Meera A. Sidheswaran, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."Laboratory and Field Demonstration of Energy Efficient VOC Removal Using a Manganese Oxide Catalyst at Room Temperature."Indoor Air 2014 (2014).

Dutton, Spencer M., Mark J. Mendell, Wanyu R. Chan, Marcella Barrios, Meera A. Sidheswaran, Douglas P. Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J. Fisk."Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Minimum Ventilation Rate Procedure for Use in California Retail Buildings."Indoor Air 25 (2014) 93-104. DOI

Rosado, Pablo J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Measured temperature reductions and energy savings from a cool tile roof on a central California home."Energy and Buildings 80 (2014). DOI

Chan, Wanyu R., Meera A. Sidheswaran, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."Healthy Zero Energy Buildings (HZEB) Program – Cross-Sectional Study of Contaminant Levels, Source, Strengths, and Ventilation Rates in Retail Stores." (2014).

Mendell, Mark J., Ekaterina Eliseeva, Michael Spears, Wanyu R. Chan, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."A Prospective Study of Ventilation Rates and Illness Absence in California Office Buildings." (2014).

2013

Maddalena, Randy L., Mark J. Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Wanyu R. Chan, Douglas P. Sullivan, Marion L. Russell, Michael G. Apte, Usha Satish, and William J. Fisk."Impact of Independently Controlling Ventilation Rate per Person and Ventilation Rate per Floor Area on Perceived Air Quality, Sick Building Symptoms and Decision Making." (2013).

Fisk, William J., Sebastian Cohn, Hugo Destaillats, Victor Henzel, Meera A. Sidheswaran, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Integrated Technology Air Cleaners (ITAC): Design and Evaluation." (2013).

Sidheswaran, Meera A., Wenhao Chen, Agatha Chang, Robert Miller, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P. Sullivan, William J. Fisk, Kazukiyo Kumagai, and Hugo Destaillats."Formaldehyde Emissions from Ventilation Filters Under Different Relative Humidity Conditions."Environmental Science and Technology 47.10 (2013) 5336-5343. DOI

Fisk, William J., Usha Satish, Mark J. Mendell, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Is CO₂ an Indoor Pollutant? Higher Levels of CO₂ May Diminish Decision Making Performance."ASHRAE Journal 55.3 (2013) 84-85.

Dutton, Spencer M., Wanyu R. Chan, Mark J. Mendell, Marcella Barrios, Srinandini Parthasarathy, Meera A. Sidheswaran, Douglas P. Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J. Fisk."Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Procedure for Use in Retail Buildings." (2013).

Sidheswaran, Meera A., Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Lara A. Gundel."Performance Evaluation of Real Time Formaldehyde Monitors: PTR-MS and Interscan 4160-500B Portable Monitor." (2013).

2012

Satish, Usha, Mark J. Mendell, Krishnamurthy Shekhar, Toshifumi Hotchi, Douglas P. Sullivan, Siegfried Streufert, and William J. Fisk."Is CO₂ an Indoor Pollutant? Direct Effects of Low-to-Moderate CO₂ Concentrations on Human Decision-Making Performance."Environmental Health Perspectives 120.12 (2012) 1671-1677. DOI

Satish, Usha, B. Brena, Krishnamurthy Shekhar, J. Nordgren, Douglas P. Sullivan, Y. Luo, and Chung Yan Shih."Is CO₂ an Indoor Pollutant? Direct Effects of Low-to-Moderate CO₂ Concentrations on Human Decision-Making Performance."Environmental Health Perspectives 10 (2012). DOI

Bennett, Deborah H., William J. Fisk, Michael G. Apte, X. Wu, Amber L. Trout, David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Ventilation, temperature, and HVAC characteristics in small and medium commercial buildings in California."Indoor Air 22.4 (2012) 309-320. DOI

Chan, Wanyu R., Meera A. Sidheswaran, Douglas P. Sullivan, Sebastian Cohn, and William J. Fisk."Contaminant levels and source strengths in U.S. retail stores — A pilot study."Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference (2012).

Fisk, William J., Mark J. Mendell, Molly Davies, Ekaterina Eliseeva, David Faulkner, Tianzhen Hong, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Demand Controlled Ventilation and Classroom Ventilation." (2012).

Sidheswaran, Meera A., Hugo Destaillats, Douglas P. Sullivan, Sebastian Cohn, and William J. Fisk."Energy efficient indoor VOC air cleaning with activated carbon fiber (ACF) filters."Building and Environment 47 (2012) 368-372. DOI

Chan, Wanyu R., Meera A. Sidheswaran, Douglas P. Sullivan, Sebastian Cohn, and William J. Fisk."Healthy Zero Energy Buildings (HZEB) Program– Interim Report on Cross‐Sectional Study of Contaminant Levels, Source Strengths, and Ventilation Rates in Retail Stores." (2012).

Destaillats, Hugo, Mohamad Sleiman, Douglas P. Sullivan, Catherine Jacquiod, Jean Sablayrolles, and Laurent Molins."Key parameters influencing the performance of photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) air purification under realistic indoor conditions."Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 128 (2012) 159-170. DOI

2011

Sidheswaran, Meera A., Douglas P. Sullivan, Hugo Destaillats, and William J. Fisk."Active and passive methods for indoor formaldehyde elimination."Indoor Air 2011 (2011).

Sidheswaran, Meera A., Douglas P. Sullivan, Hugo Destaillats, and William J. Fisk."Energy-efficient indoor volatile organic compound air cleaning using activated carbon fiber media with nightly regeneration."Indoor Air 2011 (2011).