Research Themes +
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.
Publications
News +
For media inquiries, please email:

[email protected]
About Us +
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.

Publications: IEG Commercial Buildings

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Energy Markets & Planning

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Systems and Energy Technologies Analysis

Publications by Division

Building & Industrial Energy Systems (BIES)

Energy Analysis (EA)

Energy Technologies & Systems (ETS)

Reset Search

2015

Dutton, Spencer M, and William J Fisk."Energy and IAQ Implications of Alternative Minimum Ventilation Rates in California Retail and School Buildings." (2015).

Fisk, William J, Wanyu R Chan, and Toshifumi Hotchi."Prototype Systems for Measuring Outdoor Air Intake Rates in Rooftop Air Handlers." (2015).

2014

Dutton, Spencer M, and William J Fisk."Energy and Indoor air quality implications of alternative minimum ventilation rates in California offices."Building and Environment 82 (2014) 121-127. DOI

Belleri, Annamaria, Roberto Lollini, and Spencer M Dutton."Natural ventilation design: An analysis of predicted and measured performance."Building and Environment (2014). DOI

Chan, Wanyu R, Sebastian Cohn, Meera A Sidheswaran, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Contaminant levels, source strengths, and ventilation rates in California retail stores."Indoor Air 25.4 (2014) 381-392. DOI

Dutton, Spencer M, Mark J Mendell, Wanyu R Chan, Marcella Barrios, Meera A Sidheswaran, Douglas P Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J Fisk."Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Minimum Ventilation Rate Procedure for Use in California Retail Buildings."Indoor Air 25 (2014) 93-104. DOI

Mendell, Mark J, and William J Fisk."Developing evidence-based prescriptive ventilation rate standards for commercial buildings in California: a proposed framework." (2014).

Chan, Wanyu R, Meera A Sidheswaran, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Healthy Zero Energy Buildings (HZEB) Program – Cross-Sectional Study of Contaminant Levels, Source, Strengths, and Ventilation Rates in Retail Stores." (2014).

Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Michael Spears, Wanyu R Chan, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."A Prospective Study of Ventilation Rates and Illness Absence in California Office Buildings." (2014).

2013

Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Morris G Davies, Michael Spears, Agnes B Lobscheid, William J Fisk, and Michael G Apte."Association of Classroom Ventilation with Reduced Illness Absence: A Prospective Study in California Elementary Schools."Indoor Air 23.6 (2013) 515-528. DOI

Maddalena, Randy L, Mark J Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Wanyu R Chan, Douglas P Sullivan, Marion L Russell, Michael G Apte, Usha Satish, and William J Fisk."Impact of Independently Controlling Ventilation Rate per Person and Ventilation Rate per Floor Area on Perceived Air Quality, Sick Building Symptoms and Decision Making." (2013).

Dutton, Spencer M, David W Banks, Samuel L Brunswick, and William J Fisk."Health and economic implications of natural ventilation in California offices."Building and Environment 67 (2013) 34-45. DOI

Belleri, Annamaria, Spencer M Dutton, Ulrich Filippi Oberegger, and Roberto Lollini."A Sensitivity Analysis of Natural Ventilation Design Parameters for Non Residential Buildings."13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association 25th - 28th August 2013 (2013).

Fisk, William J, Spencer M Dutton, Mark J Mendell, and Wanyu R Chan."Should Title 24 Ventilation Requirements Be Amended to include an Indoor Air Quality Procedure?." (2013).

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, William J Fisk, and Thomas E McKone."Effect Of Ventilation On Chronic Health Risks In Schools And Offices." (2013).

Black, Douglas R, Steven Lanzisera, Judy Lai, Richard E Brown, and Brett C Singer."Evaluation of Miscellaneous and Electronic Device Energy Use in Hospitals."World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 10.1/2/3 (2013) 113-128. DOI

Dutton, Spencer M, Wanyu R Chan, Mark J Mendell, Marcella Barrios, Srinandini Parthasarathy, Meera A Sidheswaran, Douglas P Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J Fisk."Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Procedure for Use in Retail Buildings." (2013).

Dutton, Spencer M, David W Banks, Samuel L Brunswick, and William J Fisk."Natural Ventilation in California Offices: Estimated Health Effects and Economic Consequences."ASHRAE IAQ 2013: Environmental Health in Low Energy Buildings, Oct. 15-18 (2013).

2012

Satish, Usha, Mark J Mendell, Krishnamurthy Shekhar, Toshifumi Hotchi, Douglas P Sullivan, Siegfried Streufert, and William J Fisk."Is CO₂ an Indoor Pollutant? Direct Effects of Low-to-Moderate CO₂ Concentrations on Human Decision-Making Performance."Environmental Health Perspectives 120.12 (2012) 1671-1677. DOI

Dutton, Spencer M, Hui Zhang, Yongchao Zhai, Edward A Arens, Youness Bennani Smires, Samuel L Brunswick, Kyle S Konis, and Philip Haves."Application of a stochastic window use model in EnergyPlus."SimBuild 2012, 5th National Conference of IBPSA-USA, August 1-3, 2012 (2012).

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, Wanyu R Chan, William J Fisk, and Thomas E McKone."Modeling indoor exposures to VOCs and SVOCs as ventilation rates vary."Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference (2012).

Chan, Wanyu R, Meera A Sidheswaran, Douglas P Sullivan, Sebastian Cohn, and William J Fisk."Contaminant levels and source strengths in U.S. retail stores — A pilot study."Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference (2012).

Fisk, William J, Mark J Mendell, Molly Davies, Ekaterina Eliseeva, David Faulkner, Tianzhen Hong, and Douglas P Sullivan."Demand Controlled Ventilation and Classroom Ventilation." (2012).

Fisk, William J, Douglas R Black, and Gregory Brunner."Changing Ventilation Rates in U.S. Offices: Implications for Health, Work Performance, Energy, and Associated Economics."Building and Environment 47 (2012) 368-372. DOI

Brunswick, Samuel L, Spencer M Dutton, David W Banks, K Adams, and Philip Haves."A Framework for Estimating the Technical Potential of Natural Ventilation Renovations of Existing Commercial Buildings in California."SimBuild 2012, 5th National Conference of IBPSA-USA, August 1-3, 2012 (2012).