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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)

2019

Clark, Jordan D, Brennan Less, Spencer M Dutton, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Efficacy of occupancy-based smart ventilation control strategies in energy-efficient homes in the United States."Building and Environment 156 (2019) 253 - 267. DOI

Walker, Iain S, William W Delp, and Brett C Singer."Are low-cost sensors good enough for IAQ controls?."Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations (REHVA) Journal 56.1 (2019).

Guyot, Gaelle, Max H Sherman, and Iain S Walker."A review of smart ventilation energy and IAQ performance in residential buildings."39th AIVC Conference (2019).

Less, Brennan, Spencer M Dutton, Xiwang Li, Jordan D Clark, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Smart Ventilation for Advance California Homes – Single Zone Technology Task." (2019).

Chan, Wanyu R, Yang-Seon Kim, Brennan Less, Brett C Singer, and Iain S Walker."Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in New California Homes with Gas Appliances and Mechanical Ventilation." (2019).

Walker, Iain S, Brett C Singer, and Wanyu R Chan."Ventilation and Measured IAQ in new US homes."40th AIVC Conference (2019).

2018

Guyot, Gaelle, Max H Sherman, and Iain S Walker."Smart ventilation energy and indoor air quality performance in residential buildings: A review."Energy and Buildings 165 (2018) 416 - 430. DOI

Kim, Yang-Seon, Iain S Walker, and William W Delp."Development of a standard capture efficiency test method for residential kitchen ventilation."Science and Technology for the Built Environment 24 (2018) 176–187. DOI

Walker, Iain S, William W Delp, and Brett C Singer."Are low-cost sensors good enough for IAQ controls?."39th AIVC Conference (2018).

Sherman, Max H, Iain S Walker, and Benjamin Jones."Economics of Indoor Air Quality."39th AIVC Conference (2018).

Clark, Jordan D, Iain S Walker, Brennan Less, Spencer M Dutton, Xiwang Li, and Max H Sherman."Energy Savings Estimates for Occupancy and Temperature-based Smart Ventilation Control Approaches in Single-family Homes."ASHRAE (2018).

Clark, Jordan D, Iain S Walker, Brennan Less, Spencer M Dutton, Xiwang Li, and Max H Sherman."Energy Savings Estimates for Occupancy- and Temperature-based Smart Ventilation Control Approaches in Single-family California Homes."ASHRAE (2018).

Walker, Iain S, Gabriel Rojas, and Jordan D Clark."Measured Pollutant Performance of Island Overhead Kitchen Exhaust."39th AIVC Conference (2018).

Walker, Iain S, and Brennan Less."Rethinking Occupancy-Based Ventilation Controls."39th AIVC Conference (2018).

2017

Kim, Yang-Seon, Iain S Walker, and William W Delp."Development of a Standard Test Method for Reducing the Uncertainties in Measuring the Capture Efficiency of Range Hoods." (2017).

Walker, Iain S, Yang-Seon Kim, Brett C Singer, and Wanyu R Chan."Assessing Occupant and Outdoor Air Impacts on Indoor Air Quality in New California Homes."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Rojas, Gabriel, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Comparing extracting and recirculating residential kitchen range hoods for the use in high energy efficient housing."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Walker, Iain S, Gariel Rojas, Jordan D Clark, and Max H Sherman."Evaluating the Performance of Island Kitchen Range Hoods."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Walker, Iain S, Max H Sherman, Jordan D Clark, and Gaelle Guyot."Residential Smart Ventilation: A Review." (2017).

Less, Brennan, and Iain S Walker."Smart Ventilation Controls for Occupancy and Auxiliary Fan Use Across U.S. Climates." (2017).

2016

Singer, Brett C, William W Delp, Douglas R Black, and Iain S Walker."Measured performance of filtration and ventilation systems for fine and ultrafine particles and ozone in an unoccupied modern California house."Indoor Air (2016). DOI

Chan, Wanyu R, Yang-Seon Kim, Brett C Singer, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Healthy Efficient New Gas Homes (HENGH) Field Study Protocol." (2016).

Walker, Iain S, J Chris Stratton, William W Delp, and Max H Sherman."Development of a Tracer Gas Capture Efficiency Test Method for Residential Kitchen Ventilation." (2016).

Less, Brennan, Iain S Walker, and Ronnen M Levinson."A Literature Review of Sealed and Insulated Attics—Thermal, Moisture and Energy Performance." (2016). DOI

Less, Brennan, Iain S Walker, and Sara Ticci."Development of Smart Ventilation Control Algorithms for Humidity Control in High-Performance Homes in Humid U.S. Climates." (2016).