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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 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.
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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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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 by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2005

Jayaraman, Buvaneswari, Elizabeth U. Finlayson, Emily E. Wood, Tracy L. Thatcher, Phillip N. Price, Richard G. Sextro, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Comparison between experiments and CFD predictions of mixed convection flows in an atrium."Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 3(3) (2005) 2849-2853.

Thatcher, Tracy L., Emily E. Wood, Eve Edelson, and Richard G. Sextro."Simplifying the assessment of building vulnerability to chemical, biological and radiological releases." (2005).

2004

Black, Douglas R., Tracy L. Thatcher, Richard G. Sextro, William W. Delp, Sheng-Chieh Chang, Emily E. Wood, Jean C. Deputy, Toshifumi Hotchi, Mark R. Sippola, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Joint Urban 2003: Indoor Measurements Final Data Report." (2004).

Finlayson, Elizabeth U., Ashok J. Gadgil, Tracy L. Thatcher, and Richard G. Sextro."Pollutant Dispersion in a Large Indoor Space Part 2 -- Computational Fluid Dyamics (CF) Predictions and Comparisons with a Model Experiment for Isothermal Flow."Indoor Air 14 (2004) 272-283.

2002

Thatcher, Tracy L., Alvin C.K. Lai, Rosa Moreno-Jackson, Richard G. Sextro, and William W. Nazaroff."Effects of Room Furnishings and Air Speed on Particle Deposition Rates Indoors."Atmospheric Environment 36.11 (2002) 1811-1819. DOI

Price, Phillip N., William W. Delp, Michael D. Sohn, Tracy L. Thatcher, David M. Lorenzetti, Richard G. Sextro, Ashok J. Gadgil, Elisabeth A. Derby, and Sondra A. Jarvis."Advice for first responders to a building during a chemical or biological attack." (2002).

Fischer, Marc L., Melissa M. Lunden, Tracy L. Thatcher, David Littlejohn, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Susanne V. Hering, Richard G. Sextro, and Nancy J. Brown."Building a predictive model of indoor concentrations of outdoor PM-2.5 for a residential research house in Clovis, California." (2002).

Thatcher, Tracy L., Melissa M. Lunden, Richard G. Sextro, Susanne V. Hering, and Nancy J. Brown."The effect of penetration factor, deposition, and environmental factors on the indoor concentration of pm2.5 sulfate, nitrate, and carbon."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 1 (2002) 846-851.

Thatcher, Tracy L., Melissa M. Lunden, Kenneth L. Revzan, Richard G. Sextro, and Nancy J. Brown."Experimental investigation of the effect of changes in house environment on the indoor concentration of particles of outdoor origin within a residence." (2002).

McKone, Thomas E., Tracy L. Thatcher, William J. Fisk, Richard G. Sextro, Michael D. Sohn, William W. Delp, and William J. Riley."Factors affecting the concentration of outdoor particles indoors: existing data and data needs."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 1 (2002) 176-181.

Hering, Susanne V., Melissa M. Lunden, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Tracy L. Thatcher, Kenneth L. Revzan, Richard G. Sextro, Nancy J. Brown, John G. Watson, and Judith C. Chow."Indoor, Outdoor And Regional Profiles Of Pm2.5 Sulfate, Nitrate And Carbon."9th International Conference on Indoor Air 2002 1 (2002) 874-879.

Sextro, Richard G., David M. Lorenzetti, Michael D. Sohn, and Tracy L. Thatcher."Modeling the spread of anthrax in buildings."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 4 (2002) 506-511.

Fischer, Marc L., Melissa M. Lunden, Tracy L. Thatcher, Richard G. Sextro, and Nancy J. Brown."Predicting Indoor PM2.5 Of Outdoor Origin: Testing a transient size-resolved Model Using Intensive Measurements From A Residence."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 1 (2002) 152-157.

Lunden, Melissa M., Tracy L. Thatcher, David Littlejohn, Marc L. Fischer, Susanne V. Hering, Richard G. Sextro, and Nancy J. Brown."The Transformation Of Outdoor Ammonium Nitrate Aerosols In The Indoor Environment."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 5 (2002) 74-79.

2001

Thatcher, Tracy L., Thomas E. McKone, William J. Fisk, Michael D. Sohn, William W. Delp, William J. Riley, and Richard G. Sextro."Factors Affecting the Concentration of Outdoor Particles Indoors (COPI): Identification of Data Needs and Existing Data." (2001).

Lunden, Melissa M., Tracy L. Thatcher, David Littlejohn, Marc L. Fischer, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Nancy J. Brown, Susanne V. Hering, and Mark Stolzenburg."Building a predictive model of indoor concentrations of outdoor PM-2.5 in homes." (2001).

Fischer, Marc L., Phillip N. Price, Tracy L. Thatcher, Carrie A. Schwalbe, Mathias J. Craig, Emily E. Wood, Richard G. Sextro, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Rapid Measurement and Mapping of Tracer Gas Concentrations in a Large Indoor Space."Atmospheric Environment 35 (2001) 2837-2844. DOI

2000

Thatcher, Tracy L., Alvin C.K. Lai, Rosa Moreno-Jackson, Richard G. Sextro, and William W. Nazaroff."Experimental Determination Of Size Resolved Particle Deposition Rates As A Function Of Room Furnishing And Room Air Velocity, Section 11PC."Proceedings of the 19th Annual American Association of Aerosol Research, November 6-10, 2000 (2000) 332.

Gadgil, Ashok J., Elizabeth U. Finlayson, Marc L. Fischer, Phillip N. Price, Tracy L. Thatcher, Mathias J. Craig, Ki-Hyuck Hong, J. Housman, Carrie A. Schwalbe, David J. Wilson, Emily E. Wood, and Richard G. Sextro."Pollutant transport and dispersion in large indoor spaces: A status report for the large space effort of the Interiors Project." (2000).

Thatcher, Tracy L., Melissa M. Lunden, Marc L. Fischer, James D. Fine, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Susanne V. Hering, Richard G. Sextro, and Nancy J. Brown."A Concentration Rebound Method For Measuring Particle Penetration Into A Residence, Section 12A1."Proceedings of the 19th Annual American Association for Aerosol Research, St. Louis, MO (2000).

Thatcher, Tracy L., Richard G. Sextro, and Don Ermak."Database of Physical, Chemical, and Toxicological Properties of Chemical and Biological (CB) Warfare Agents for Modeling Airborne Dispersion In and Around Buildings." (2000).

Thatcher, Tracy L., and Joan M. Daisey."Reducing mortality from urban terrorist releases of chemical and biological agents: I. Filtration for ventilation systems in commercial buildings." (2000).

1999

Thatcher, Tracy L., William W. Nazaroff, and Richard G. Sextro."Determining transfer factors for outdoor aerosol plumes entering buildings."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 5 (1999) 331-334.

Thatcher, Tracy L., Marc L. Fischer, Phillip N. Price, William J. Fisk, Ashok J. Gadgil, and Richard G. Sextro."Measuring dispersion of gases in a large scale indoor environment using an open path tunable diode laser."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 4 (1999) 449-450.

Sippola, Mark R., William W. Nazaroff, and Tracy L. Thatcher."Particle deposition from turbulent duct flow."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 2 (1999) 24-29.

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