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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

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Building & Industrial Energy Systems (BIES)

Energy Analysis (EA)

Energy Technologies & Systems (ETS)

2002

Price, Phillip N, David M Lorenzetti, Ashok J Gadgil, Michael D Sohn, William W Delp, and Sondra A Jarvis."Information for first responders to a chemical or biological attack." (2002).

Fisk, William J, David Faulkner, Douglas P Sullivan, and William W Delp."Measuring rates of outdoor airflow into HVAC systems." (2002).

2001

Modera, Mark P, Olivier Brzozowski, François Rémi Carrié, Darryl J Dickerhoff, William W Delp, William J Fisk, Ronnen M Levinson, and Duo Wang."Sealing Ducts in Large Commercial Buildings with Aerosolized Sealant Particles."Energy & Buildings 34.7 (2001) 705-714. DOI

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).

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).

2000

Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Mark P Modera."Effects of airflow infiltration on the thermal performance of internally insulated ducts."Energy and Buildings 32.3 (2000) 345-354. DOI

Fisk, William J, William W Delp, Richard C Diamond, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Ronnen M Levinson, Mark P Modera, Albert Nematollahi, and Duo Wang."Duct systems in large commercial buildings: physical characterization, air leakage and heat conduction gains."Energy and Buildings 32.1 (2000) 109-119.

Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Mark P Modera."Effects of air infiltration on the effective thermal conductivity of internal fiberglass insulation and on the delivery of thermal capacity via ducts." (2000).

Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Mark P Modera."Effects of Airflow Infiltration on the Thermal Performance of Internally-insulated Ducts."Energy & Buildings 32 (2000) 345-354.

Wray, Craig P, Mary Ann Piette, Max H Sherman, Ronnen M Levinson, Nance Matson, Debbie A Driscoll, Jennifer A McWilliams, Tengfang T Xu, and William W Delp."Residential Commissioning: A Review of Related Literature." (2000).

1998

Delp, William W."A Simplified Model for Predicting Thermal Losses in Duct-work Systems." (1998).

Delp, William W, Nance Matson, and Mark P Modera."Exterior Exposed Ductwork: Delivery Effectiveness and Efficiency."ASHRAE Transactions 104 (1998) 709-721.

1997

Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, William J Fisk, Albert Nematollahi, Ingar Stordahl, Christophe Torre, Duo Wang, Richard C Diamond, and Mark P Modera."Commercial Thermal Distribution Systems FINAL REPORT for California Institute for Energy Efficiency." (1997).

Delp, William W, Nance Matson, Eric Tschudy, Mark P Modera, and Richard C Diamond."Field Investigation of Duct System Performance in California-Light Commercial Buildings." (1997).