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)

2024

Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, Cara Lozinsky, David M. Lorenzetti, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Michael D. Sohn."Compartmentalization and Ventilation System Impacts on Air and Contaminant Transport for Multifamily Buildings."International Journal of Ventilation. (2024). DOI

2023

Bueno de Mesquita, P. Jacob, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, Iain S. Walker, Brennan Less, and Brett C. Singer."Quantifying the Potential Health Impacts of Unvented Combustion in Homes – A Meta-Analysis."43rd AIVC-11th TightVent & 9th Venticool Conference, 4-5 October 2023, Copenhagen (2023).

Walker, Iain S., Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Brennan Less."Challenges and Opportunities for Home Decarbonization." (2023).

2022

Casquero-Modrego, Nuria, WR Chan, Brennan Less, and Iain S. Walker."Getting to Scale for Decarbonizing Homes in the US: An Industry Survey."SBE22Delft - Innovations for the Urban Energy Transition: Preparing for the European Renovation Wave (2022). DOI

Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, David M. Lorenzetti, Michael D. Sohn, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Compartmentalization and Ventilation System Impacts on Air and Contaminant Transport for a Multifamily Building."Buildings XV Conference (2022).

Less, Brennan, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Iain S. Walker."Home Energy Upgrades as a Pathway to Home Decarbonization in the US: A Literature Review."Energies (2022). DOI

Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Leo I. Rainer."The Costs of Home Decarbonization in the US."Proceedings of the 2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. (2022).

Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Pathways to Home Decarbonization."Proceedings of the 2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. (2022).

Delp, William W., Brennan Less, Haoran Zhao, Spencer M. Dutton, Wanyu R. Chan, and Brett C. Singer."Simulation-Based Analysis of Impacts of Reduced Envelope and Duct Air Leakage on Indoor Air Pollutant Concentrations in Occupied Manufactured Homes." (2022).

Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, David M. Lorenzetti, and Michael D. Sohn."Analysis of Zoned Residential Ventilation Systems."AIVC/ASHRAE IAQ 2020 Conference (2022).

Zhao, Haoran, Iain S. Walker, Michael D. Sohn, and Brennan Less."A Time-Varying Model for Predicting Formaldehyde Emission Rates in Homes." (2022). DOI

Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Carbon and Energy Cost Impacts of Electrification of Space Heating with Heat Pumps in the US." (2022). DOI

2021

Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, David M. Lorenzetti, and Michael D. Sohn."Development of Advanced Smart Ventilation Controls for Residential Applications."Energies (2021). DOI

Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Emerging Pathways to Upgrade the US Housing Stock: A Review of the Home Energy Upgrade Literature." (2021).

Chan, Wanyu R., Brennan Less, and Iain S. Walker."DOE Deep Energy Retrofit Cost Survey." (2021).

Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Leo I. Rainer."The Cost of Decarbonization and Energy Upgrade Retrofits for US Homes." (2021).

2020

Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, David M. Lorenzetti, Evan Mills, Vi H. Rapp, Spencer M. Dutton, Michael D. Sohn, Xiwang Li, Jordan D. Clark, and Max H. Sherman."Smart Ventilation for Advanced California Homes." (2020).

Young, Matthew, Brennan Less, Spencer M. Dutton, Iain S. Walker, Max H. Sherman, and Jordan D. Clark."Assessment of peak power demand reduction available via modulation of building ventilation systems."Energy and Buildings (2020). DOI

Walker, Iain S., and Brennan Less."Measured Moisture Performance of Sealed and Insulated Attics with Permeable Insulation In California Homes."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings XIV (2020).

2019

Less, Brennan, Spencer M. Dutton, Iain S. Walker, Max H. Sherman, and Jordan D. Clark."Energy savings with outdoor temperature-based smart ventilation control strategies in advanced California homes."Energy and Buildings 194 (2019) 317 - 327. DOI

Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, Jonathan L. Slack, Leo I. Rainer, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Sealed and Insulated Attic Hygrothermal Performance in New California Homes Using Vapor and Air Permeable Insulation—Field Study and Simulations." (2019).

Clark, Jordan D., Brennan Less, Spencer M. Dutton, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Efficacy of occupancy-based smart ventilation control strategies in energy-efficient homes in the United States."Building and Environment 156 (2019) 253 - 267. DOI

Less, Brennan, Spencer M. Dutton, Xiwang Li, Jordan D. Clark, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Smart Ventilation for Advance California Homes – Single Zone Technology Task." (2019).

Chan, Wanyu R., Yang-Seon Kim, Brennan Less, Brett C. Singer, and Iain S. Walker."Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in New California Homes with Gas Appliances and Mechanical Ventilation." (2019).

2018

Clark, Jordan D., Iain S. Walker, Brennan Less, Spencer M. Dutton, Xiwang Li, and Max H. Sherman."Energy Savings Estimates for Occupancy and Temperature-based Smart Ventilation Control Approaches in Single-family Homes."ASHRAE (2018).