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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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Building & Industrial Energy Systems (BIES)

Energy Analysis (EA)

Energy Technologies & Systems (ETS)

2003

Klepeis, Neil E, Michael G Apte, Lara A Gundel, Richard G Sextro, and William W Nazaroff."Determining Size-Specific Emission Factors for Environmental Tobacco Smoke Particles."Aerosol Science & Technology 37.10 (2003) 780-790. DOI

Apte, Michael G, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Toshifumi Hotchi, Alfred T Hodgson, Seung-Min Lee, Shawna M Liff, Leo I Rainer, Derek G Shendell, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Simultaneous Energy Savings and IEQ Improvements in Relocatable Classrooms." (2003) 13. DOI

Shendell, Derek G, Richard J Prill, William J Fisk, Michael G Apte, David Blake, and David Faulkner."Associations between classroom CO₂ concentrations and student attendance." (2003).

Daisey, Joan M, Michael G Apte, and William J Angell."Indoor air quality, ventilation and health symptoms in schools: An analysis of existing information."Indoor Air 13 (2003) 53-64.

Shendell, Derek G, Michael G Apte, James Hyungkwan Kim, and Svetlana Smorodinsky."School Indoor Environmental Quality Assessments and Interventions: Benefits of Effective Partnerships in California." (2003).

Apte, Michael G, Alfred T Hodgson, Derek G Shendell, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Toshifumi Hotchi, Seung-Min Lee, Shawna M Liff, Leo I Rainer, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Simultaneous Improvements in Relocatable Classrooms."ASHRAE IAQ Applications (2003) 7-10.

2002

Apte, Michael G, and Christine A Erdmann."Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentrations, VOCs, Environmental Sensitivity Association with Mucous Membrane and Lower Respiratory Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms in the Base Study: Analyses of the 100 Building Dataset." (2002).

Apte, Michael G, Lara A Gundel, Raymond L Dod, Gee-Minn Chang, and Richard G Sextro."A pilot study of the behavior of gas- and particle-phase ETS tracers in residences."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 2 (2002) 500-505.

Apte, Michael G, Alfred T Hodgson, Derek G Shendell, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Toshifumi Hotchi, Satish Kumar, Seung-Min Lee, Shawna M Liff, Leo I Rainer, Richard C Schmidt, Douglas P Sullivan, Richard C Diamond, and William J Fisk."Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality in Relocatable Classrooms."Indoor Air 2002, 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate II (2002) 62-69.

Shendell, Derek G, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, William J Fisk, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Seung-Min Lee, Douglas P Sullivan, Michael G Apte, and Leo I Rainer."Final methodology for a field study of indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency in new relocatable classrooms in Northern California." (2002).

Hodgson, Alfred T, Michael G Apte, Derek G Shendell, David Beal, and Janet E.R McIlvaine."Implementation of VOC Source Reduction Practices in a Manufactured House and in School Classrooms."Indoor Air 2002, June 30 - July 5, 2002 3 (2002) 576-581.

Erdmann, Christine A, Kate C Steiner, and Michael G Apte."Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms in the Base Study Revisited: Analyses of the 100 Building Dataset."Indoor Air 2002, June 30 - July 5, 2002 3 (2002) 443-448.

Russell, Marion L, Regine Goth-Goldstein, Michael G Apte, and William J Fisk."Method for measuring the size distribution of airborne rhinovirus."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 1 (2002) 40-45.

2001

Apte, Michael G, William J Fisk, Alfred T Hodgson, Marion L Russell, and Derek G Shendell."California Demonstration Energy Efficiency-Indoor Environmental Quality Project: Predicted Relocatable Classroom Indoor Air Quality due to Low-Emitting Interior Materials and Enhanced Ventilation."11th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, November 4-8, 2001 (2001).

Shendell, Derek G, Michael G Apte, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, William J Fisk, Alfred T Hodgson, Satish Kumar, Douglas P Sullivan, and Leo I Rainer."Linking Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality to Provide Thermal Comfort and Reduce Children's Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds: Demonstration Project in New Relocatable Classrooms at Northern California Public Schools."11th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, November 4-8, 2001 (2001) 148.

Hodgson, Alfred T, William J Fisk, Derek G Shendell, and Michael G Apte."Predicted Concentrations in New Relocatable Classrooms of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted from Standard and Alternate Interior Finish Materials." (2001).

Apte, Michael G, and Allen S Lefohn."Letters to the Editor."Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 51.3 (2001) 322-338. DOI

Apte, Michael G, William W Delp, Richard C Diamond, Alfred T Hodgson, Satish Kumar, Derek G Shendell, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Report on HVAC Option Selections for a Relocatable Classroom Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Field Study." (2001).

Shendell, Derek G, Michael G Apte, Richard L Corsi, Peggy L Jenkins, James Hyungkwan Kim, Svetlana Smorodinsky, Vince Torres, and Jed M Waldman."Studying the Public School Environment and Classroom Indoor Air Quality: Community-based Exposure Assessments Through Public-Private-Government Partnerships, Examples from CA and TX." (2001).

2000

Apte, Michael G, William J Fisk, and Joan M Daisey."Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and SBS in Office Workers."Healthy Buildings 2000, August 6-10, 2000 (2000).

Apte, Michael G, William J Fisk, and Joan M Daisey."Associations between Indoor CO₂ Concentrations and Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms in US Office Buildings: An Analysis of the 1994-1996 BASE Study Data."Indoor Air 10.4 (2000) 246-257. DOI

Tsai, Feng C, Michael G Apte, and Joan M Daisey."An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Mortality and the Chemical Composition of Airborne Particulate Matter."Inhalation Toxicology 12.Supplement 2 (2000) 121-135. DOI

1999

Apte, Michael G, and Joan M Daisey."VOCs and "Sick Building Syndrome": Application of a New Statistical Approach for SBS Research to U.S. EPA BASE Study Data."Indoor Air '99, August 8-13, 1999 1 (1999) 117-112.

Apte, Michael G, S. S Katharine Hammond, Lara A Gundel, and Daniel Cox."A New Carbon Monoxide Occupational Dosimeter: Results from a Worker Exposure Assessment Survey."Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 9.6 (1999) 546-559.

Klepeis, Neil E, Michael G Apte, Lara A Gundel, William W Nazaroff, and Richard G Sextro."Characterizing ETS Emissions from Cigars: Chamber Measurements of Nicotine, Particle Mass, and Particle Size."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99 Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland 2 (1999) 903-908.