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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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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)

2013

Sherman, Max H, and Erin L Hult."Impacts of Contaminant Storage on Indoor Air Quality: Model Development."Atmospheric Environment 72 (2013) 41-49. DOI

Walker, Iain S, Max H Sherman, Jeffrey Joh, and Wanyu R Chan."Applying Large Datasets to Developing a Better Understanding of Air Leakage Measurement in Homes."International Journal of Ventilation 11.4 (2013) 323-338.

Walker, Iain S, and Max H Sherman."Effect of Ventilation Strategies on Residential Ozone Levels."Building and Environment 59 (2013) 456–465. DOI

Logue, Jennifer M, Max H Sherman, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Energy Impacts of Envelope Tightening and Mechanical Ventilation for the U.S. Residential Sector."Energy and Building 65 (2013) 281-291. DOI

Chan, Wanyu R, and Max H Sherman."Improving Building Envelope and Duct Airtightness of US Dwellings - the Current State of Energy Retrofits." (2013).

Sherman, Max H, Iain S Walker, and Melissa M Lunden."Uncertainties in Air Exchange using Continuous-Injection, Long-Term Sampling Tracer-Gas Methods." (2013).

2012

Turner, William J. N, and Max H Sherman."Infiltration as ventilation: Weather-induced dilution."HVAC&R Research 18.6 (2012) 1122-1135. DOI

Lunden, Melissa M, David Faulkner, Elizabeth Heredia, Sebastian Cohn, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Federico Noris, Jennifer M Logue, Toshifumi Hotchi, Brett C Singer, and Max H Sherman."Experiments to Evaluate and Implement Passive Tracer Gas Methods to Measure Ventilation Rates in Homes." (2012).

Chan, Wanyu R, Jeffrey Joh, and Max H Sherman."Air Leakage of US Homes: Regression Analysis and Improvements from Retrofit." (2012).

Chan, Wanyu R, Jeffrey Joh, and Max H Sherman."Analysis of Air Leakage Measurements from Residential Diagnostics Database." (2012).

Sherman, Max H, and Iain S Walker."Philosophy and Approaches for Airtightness Requirements in the USA."International Airtightness Workshop (2012).

Walker, Iain S, Max H Sherman, and Darryl J Dickerhoff."Development of a Residential Integrated Ventilation Controller." (2012).

2011

Logue, Jennifer M, Phillip N Price, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."A Method to Estimate the Chronic Health Impact of Air Pollutants in U.S. Residences."Environmental Health Perspectives 120.2 (2011) 216-222. DOI

Chan, Wanyu R, and Max H Sherman."Preliminary Analysis of U.S. Residential Air Leakage Database v.2011."2011 32nd AIVC Conference and 1st TightVent Conference: Towards Optimal Airtightness Performance (2011).

Logue, Jennifer M, Phillip N Price, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."Why We Ventilate."2011 32nd AIVC Conference and 1st Tightvent Conference (2011).

Mortensen, Dorthe Kragsig, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Optimization of Occupancy Based Demand Controlled Ventilation in Residences."International Journal of Ventilation 10.1 (2011) 49-60.

Sherman, Max H, Dorthe Kragsig Mortensen, and Iain S Walker."Derivation of Equivalent Continuous Dilution for Cyclic, Unsteady Driving Forces."International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 54.11-12 (2011) 2696-2702.

Logue, Jennifer M, Thomas E McKone, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."Hazard Assessment of Chemical Air Contaminants Measured in Residences."Indoor Air 21.2 (2011) 92-109. DOI

Sherman, Max H, and Iain S Walker."Meeting Residential Ventilation Standards Through Dynamic Control of Ventilation Systems."Energy and Buildings 43.8 (2011) 1904-1912.

Wray, Craig P, Max H Sherman, Damien Gondre, and Yun-Gyu Lee."Energy Performance Assessment of Ventilation Systems in Korean Apartments with Radiant Floor Heating: Final Report." (2011).

Logue, Jennifer M, Phillip N Price, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."Assessment of Indoor Air Quality Benefits and Energy Costs of Mechanical Ventilation."Proceedings of the 2011 32nd AIVC Conference and 1st Tightvent Conference, Toward Optimal Airtightness Performance (2011).

Mortensen, Dorthe Kragsig, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Energy and air quality implications of passive stack ventilation in residential buildings."ACEEE 16th Biennial Summer Study (2011).

Sherman, Max H, Iain S Walker, and Jennifer M Logue."Equivalence in Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality."HVAC&R Research (2011).

2010

Logue, Jennifer M, Phillip N Price, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."Indoor Health Benefits and Energy Costs of Residential Ventilation, Department of Housing and Urban Development Report." (2010).

Sherman, Max H."What's in the Air We Breathe."ASHRAE Journal (2010) 72-77.