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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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Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Energy Markets & Planning

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Systems and Energy Technologies Analysis

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Building & Industrial Energy Systems (BIES)

Energy Analysis (EA)

Energy Technologies & Systems (ETS)

2026

Um, Chai Yoon, Chelsea V Preble, Haoran Zhao, William W Delp, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Jiayu Li, Stefano Schiavon, and Brett C Singer."Influence of overhead HVAC and aerosol control strategies on coarse mode particle dispersion and exposure in a full-scale room experiment."Building and Environment 293 (2026). DOI

2025

Zhao, Haoran, Eric Martin, Tanvir Khan, David Chasar, Jeffrey Sonne, Charles R Withers Jr, Marion L Russell, William W Delp, Wanyu R Chan, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Mechanical ventilation and indoor air quality in recently constructed homes in the humid climate of the Southeast U.S.."Indoor Environments 2.4 (2025). DOI

2024

Li, Jiayu, Haoran Zhao, Marion L Russell, William W Delp, Alexandra L Johnson, Xiaochen Tang, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Air pollutant exposure concentrations from cooking a meal with a gas or induction cooktop and the effectiveness of two recirculating range hoods with filters."Indoor Environments 1.4 (2024). DOI

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R Chan, Chrissi Antonopoulos, Eric Martin, Paul Francisco, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Mechanical Ventilation and IAQ in Recently Constructed US Homes."Indoor Air 2024 (2024).

Zhao, Haoran, Iain S Walker, William W Delp, and Brett C Singer."Performance and usage of mechanical residential kitchen ventilation."ASHRAE Winter 2024 (2024).

2022

Delp, William W, Brennan Less, Haoran Zhao, Spencer M Dutton, Wanyu R Chan, and Brett C Singer."Simulation-Based Analysis of Impacts of Reduced Envelope and Duct Air Leakage on Indoor Air Pollutant Concentrations in Occupied Manufactured Homes." (2022).

Zhao, Haoran, Iain S Walker, Michael D Sohn, and Brennan Less."A Time-Varying Model for Predicting Formaldehyde Emission Rates in Homes."International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022). DOI

2021

Singer, Brett C, Haoran Zhao, Chelsea V Preble, William W Delp, Jovan Pantelic, Michael D Sohn, and Thomas W Kirchstetter."Measured Influence of Overhead HVAC on Exposure to Airborne Contaminants from Simulated Speaking in a Meeting and a Classroom."Indoor Air (2021). DOI

Singer, Brett C, Wanyu R Chan, William W Delp, Iain S Walker, and Haoran Zhao."Effective Kitchen Ventilation for Healthy Zero Net Energy Homes with Natural Gas." (2021).

2020

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R Chan, William W Delp, Hao Tang, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Factors Impacting Range Hood Use in California Houses and Low-Income Apartments."International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (2020). DOI

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R Chan, Sebastian Cohn, William W Delp, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Dataset: Indoor air quality in new and renovated low‐income apartments with mechanical ventilation and natural gas cooking in California." (2020). DOI

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R Chan, Sebastian Cohn, William W Delp, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Indoor Air Quality in New and Renovated Low‐Income Apartments with Mechanical Ventilation and Natural Gas Cooking in California."Indoor Air (2020). DOI

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R Chan, William W Delp, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Measured Performance of Over the Range Microwave Range Hoods." (2020).

Zhao, Haoran, Woody Delp, Wanyu R Chan, Brett C Singer, and Iain S Walker."Performance of Microwave Range Hoods Compared to Traditional Range Hoods."Indoor Air Conference (2020).