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 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.
Strategic Initiatives +
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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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 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

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2013

Maddalena, Randy L, Na Li, Alfred T Hodgson, Francis J Offermann, and Brett C Singer."Maximizing Information from Residential Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds."Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference (2013).

2008

Hodgson, Alfred T, Hugo Destaillats, Toshifumi Hotchi, and William J Fisk."Benefits and technological challenges in the implementation of TiO₂-based ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation (UVPCO) air cleaners."Indoor Air 2008 (2008) 17-22.

Maddalena, Randy L, Hugo Destaillats, Marion L Russell, Alfred T Hodgson, and Thomas E McKone."Indoor pollutants emitted by electronic office equipment."Indoor Air 2008 (2008).

Quici, Natalia, Daria Kibanova, María L Vera, Hyeok Choi, Dionysios D Dionysiou, Marta I Litter, Javiera Cervini-Silva, Alfred T Hodgson, and Hugo Destaillats."Investigation of Key Parameters Influencing the Efficient Photocatalytic Oxidation of Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)."Indoor Air 2008 (2008).

Coleman, Beverly K, Hugo Destaillats, Alfred T Hodgson, and William W Nazaroff."Ozone consumption and byproduct formation from surface reaction with common materials in aircraft passenger cabins."Atmospheric Environment 42.4 (2008) 642-654. DOI

Apte, Michael G, Norman Bourassa, David Faulkner, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Michael Spears, Douglas P Sullivan, and Duo Wang."Improving Ventilation and Saving Energy: Final Report on Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Monitoring in Sixteen Relocatable Classrooms." (2008).

Destaillats, Hugo, Randy L Maddalena, Brett C Singer, Alfred T Hodgson, and Thomas E McKone."Indoor pollutants emitted by office equipment: A review of reported data and information needs."Atmospheric Environment 42 (2008) 1371-1388.

2007

Hodgson, Alfred T, Hugo Destaillats, Toshifumi Hotchi, and William J Fisk."Evaluation of a Combined Ultraviolet Photocatalytic Oxidation (UVPCO) / Chemisorbent Air Cleaner for Indoor Air Applications." (2007).

Weschler, Charles J, Armin Wisthaler, Shannon Cowlin, Gyöngyi Tamás, Peter Strøm-Tejsen, Alfred T Hodgson, Hugo Destaillats, Jason Herrington, Junfeng Zhang, and William W Nazaroff."Ozone-initiated chemistry in an occupied simulated aircraft cabin."Environmental Science and Technology 41.17 (2007) 6177-6184. DOI

Hodgson, Alfred T, Hugo Destaillats, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Performance of ultra-violet Photocatalytic Oxidation for Indoor Air Cleaning Applications."Indoor Air 17 (2007) 305-316.

Singer, Brett C, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Katherine Y Ming, Richard G Sextro, Emily E Wood, and Nancy J Brown."Sorption of organic gases in residential rooms."Atmospheric Environment 41 (2007) 3251-3265.

2006

Hodgson, Alfred T, Hugo Destaillats, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Photocatalytic Reactor System with Tungsten Oxide-Modified Titanium Dioxide for Indoor Air Applications."The 11th International Conference on Ti02 Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications (Ti02-11), September 25-28, 2006 (2006).

Singer, Brett C, Hugo Destaillats, Alfred T Hodgson, and William W Nazaroff."Cleaning Products and Air Freshners: Emissions and Resulting Concentrations of Glycol Ethers and Terpenoids."Indoor Air 16.3 (2006) 179-191.

Hotchi, Toshifumi, Alfred T Hodgson, and William J Fisk."Indoor Air Quality Impacts of a Peak Load Shedding Strategy for a Large Retail Building." (2006).

Singer, Brett C, Beverly K Coleman, Hugo Destaillats, Alfred T Hodgson, Melissa M Lunden, Charles J Weschler, and William W Nazaroff."Indoor secondary pollutants from cleaning product and air freshener use in the presence of ozone."Atmospheric Environment 40 (2006) 6696-6710.

Destaillats, Hugo, Melissa M Lunden, Brett C Singer, Beverly K Coleman, Alfred T Hodgson, Charles J Weschler, and William W Nazaroff."Indoor Secondary Pollutants from Household Product Emissions in the Presence of Ozone: A Bench-Scale Chamber Study."Environmental Science and Technology 40 (2006) 4421-4428.

2005

Hodgson, Alfred T, Neil Moyer, and David Beal."Effect of Residential Ventilation Techniques for Hot and Humid Climates on Indoor Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds." (2005).

Hodgson, Alfred T, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Evaluation of Ultra-Violet Photocatalytic Oxidation (UVPCO) for Indoor Air Applications: Conversion of Volatile Organic." (2005).

Hodgson, Alfred T, and David Beal."Implementation of Source Reduction Practices for Volatile Organic Compounds in Manufactured House Construction: Pilot Demonstration Project." (2005).

Apte, Michael G, David Faulkner, William J Fisk, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Chi-Ming Lai, Michael Spears, Douglas P Sullivan, and Duo Wang."Improving Relocatable Classroom HVAC For Improved IEQ And Energy Efficiency."Indoor Air 2005 Conference - The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 1 (2005) 1121-1125.

Apte, Michael G, David Faulkner, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Michael Spears, Douglas P Sullivan, and Duo Wang."Improving Ventilation and Saving Energy: Relocatable Classroom Field Study Interim Report." (2005).

Singer, Brett C, Alfred T Hodgson, Hugo Destaillats, Toshifumi Hotchi, Kenneth L Revzan, and Richard G Sextro."Indoor sorption of surrogates for sarin and related nerve agents."Environmental Science & Technology 39.9 (2005) 3203-3214.

Hodgson, Alfred T, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Parametric Evaluation of an Innovative Ultra-Violet Photocatalytic Oxidation (UVPCO) Air Cleaning Technology for Indoor Applications." (2005).

Destaillats, Hugo, Brett C Singer, Beverly K Coleman, Melissa M Lunden, Alfred T Hodgson, Charles J Weschler, and William W Nazaroff."Secondary Pollutants From Cleaning Products And Air Fresheners In The Presence Of Ozone."Proceedings of The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 2(9) (2005) 2081-2085.

Singer, Brett C, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Katherine Y Ming, Richard G Sextro, Emily E Wood, and Nancy J Brown."Sorption of organic gases in residential bedrooms and bathrooms."Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 2(9) (2005) 2314-2319.