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

Buildings

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Energy Storage

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Transportation

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2012

Delp, William W, and Brett C Singer."Performance Assessment of U.S. Residential Cooking Exhaust Hoods."Environmental Science & Technology 46.11 (2012) 6167-6173. DOI

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

Logue, Jennifer M, Phillip N Price, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."Why We Ventilate."2011 32nd AIVC Conference and 1st Tightvent Conference (2011).

Klug, Victoria L, Agnes B Lobscheid, and Brett C Singer."Cooking Appliance Use in California Homes – Data Collected from a Web-Based Survey." (2011).

Tonse, Shaheen R, and Brett C Singer."Natural Gas Variability In California: Environmental Impacts And Device Performance, Combustion Modeling of Pollutant Emissions From a Residential Cooking Range." (2011).

Lobscheid, Agnes B, Neil E Klepeis, and Brett C Singer."Modeling Population Exposures to Pollutants Emitted From Natural Gas Cooking Burners."Proceedings of the The 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (2011).

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

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).

Sleiman, Mohamad, Peyton Jacob III, Emma Smith, Kevin R Wilson, Musahid Ahmed, Neal L Benowitz, James F Pankow, Brett C Singer, Lara A Gundel, and Hugo Destaillats."After the Smoke Clears: Indoor Chemistry of Thirdhand Smoke."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2011, The International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (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).

Klug, Victoria L, Brett C Singer, Tod Bedrosian, and Chris D’Cruz."Characteristics of Range Hoods in California Homes — Data Collected from a Real Estate Web Site." (2011).

Tonse, Shaheen R, and Brett C Singer."Modeling of Pollutant Emissions From a Residential Cooking Range." (2011).

Singer, Brett C, William W Delp, and Michael G Apte."Natural Gas Variability In California: Environmental Impacts And Device Performance - Experimental Evaluation Of Installed Cooking Exhaust Fan Performance." (2011).

Singer, Brett C, Alexander D Sherman, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Douglas P Sullivan."Pollutant Removal Efficiency of Residential Cooking Exhaust Hoods."Proceedings of the The 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (2011).

Matt, Georg E, Penelope J. E Quintana, Hugo Destaillats, Lara A Gundel, Mohamad Sleiman, Brett C Singer, Peyton Jacob III, Neal L Benowitz, Jonathan P Winickoff, Virender Rehan, Prue Talbot, Suzaynn F Schick, Jonathan M Samet, Yinisheng Wang, Bo Hang, Manuela Martins-Green, James F Pankow, and Melbourne F Hovell."Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke: Emerging Evidence and Arguments for a Multidisciplinary Research Agenda."Environmental Health Perspectives 119 (2011) 1218-1226. DOI

2010

Logue, Jennifer M, Phillip N Price, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."Indoor Health Benefits and Energy Costs of Residential Ventilation, Department of Housing and Urban Development Report." (2010).

Logue, Jennifer M, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer."Health Hazards in Indoor Air."Proceedings of 2010 31st AIVC Conference, Low Energy and Sustainable Ventilation Technologies for Green Buildings (2010).

Willem, Henry, and Brett C Singer."Chemical Emissions of Residential Materials and Products: Review of Available Information." (2010).

Singer, Brett C, William W Delp, and Michael G Apte."Experimental Evaluation of Installed Cooking Exhaust Fan Performance." (2010).

Sleiman, Mohamad, Lara A Gundel, James F Pankow, Peyton Jacob III, Brett C Singer, and Hugo Destaillats."Formation of carcinogens indoors by surface-mediated reactions of nicotine with nitrous acid, leading to potential thirdhand smoke hazards."Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) 107.15 (2010) 6576-6581.

Sherman, Max H, Jennifer M Logue, and Brett C Singer."Infiltration Effects on Residential Pollutant Concentrations for Continuous and Intermittent Mechanical Ventilation Approaches."HVAC&R Research 17.2 (2010) 159. DOI

2009

Singer, Brett C, Paul A Mathew, Steve E Greenberg, William F Tschudi, Dale A Sartor, Susan Strom, and Walter Vernon."Hospital Energy Benchmarking Guidance." (2009) 32.

Singer, Brett C, and William F Tschudi."High Performance Healthcare Buildings: A Roadmap to Improved Energy Efficiency." 515 (2009) 5264-69.

Singer, Brett C, Michael G Apte, Douglas R Black, Toshifumi Hotchi, Donald Lucas, Melissa M Lunden, Anna G Mirer, Michael Spears, and Douglas P Sullivan."Natural Gas Variability in California: Environmental Impacts and Device Performance - Experimental Evaluation of Pollutant Emissions from Residential Appliances." (2009).

Singer, Brett C, Jennifer L Coughlin, and Paul A Mathew."Summary of Information and Resources Related to Energy Use in Healthcare Facilities - Version 1." 78 (2009).