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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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2014

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

Logue, Jennifer M, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."A Method for Quantifying the Acute Health Impacts of Residential Non-Biological Exposure Via Inhalation." (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

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).

Fisk, William J, Usha Satish, Mark J Mendell, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Douglas P Sullivan."Is CO₂ an Indoor Pollutant? Higher Levels of CO₂ May Diminish Decision Making Performance."ASHRAE Journal 55.3 (2013) 84-85.

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

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).

Fisk, William J."Health benefits of particle filtration."Indoor Air (2013). DOI

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

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).

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

Mullen, Nasim A, Jina Li, and Brett C Singer."Impact of Natural Gas Appliances on Pollutant Levels in California Homes." (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

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, Randy L Maddalena, Marion L Russell, and Michael G Apte."Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Formaldehyde Emissions in Temporary Housing Units."Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 61 (2011). DOI

Fisk, William J, Gregory Brunner, and Douglas R Black."Benefits and costs of increasing ventilation rates in U.S. offices."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2011, a219 2 (2011).

Sundell, Jan, Hal Levin, William W Nazaroff, William S Cain, William J Fisk, David T Grimsrud, Finn Gyntelberg, Yuguo Li, Andrew K Persily, Anthony C Pickering, Jonathan M Samet, John D Spengler, Steven T Taylor, and Charles J Weschler."Ventilation rates and health: multidisciplinary review of the scientific literature."Indoor Air 21.3 (2011) 191-204. DOI

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

Coles, Henry C, Tae Won Han, Phillip N Price, Ashok J Gadgil, and William F Tschudi."Air Corrosivity in U.S. Outdoor-Air-Cooled Data Centers is Similar to That in Conventional Data Centers." (2011).

Satish, Usha, William J Fisk, Mark J Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Toshifumi Hotchi, Douglas P Sullivan, Lisa B Cleckner, Krishnamurthy Shekhar, and Kaeling Teng."Impact of CO₂ on human decision making and productivity."Indoor Air 2011 (2011).

Noris, Federico, Brett C Singer, and William J Fisk."Indoor environment quality and energy retrofits in low-income apartments: retrofit selection protocol."Indoor Air 2011 (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).