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)

2014

Rosado, Pablo J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Measured temperature reductions and energy savings from a cool tile roof on a central California home."Energy and Buildings 80 (2014). DOI

2013

Walker, Iain S., Darryl J. Dickerhoff, David Faulkner, and William J. N. Turner."System Effects of High Efficiency Filters in Homes."ASHRAE Annual Conference (2013).

Walker, Iain S., Darryl J. Dickerhoff, David Faulkner, and William J. N. Turner."Energy Implications of In-‐Line Filtration in California." (2013).

2012

Walker, Iain S., Darryl J. Dickerhoff, David Faulkner, and William J. N. Turner."Energy Implications of In-Line Filtration in California Homes."ASHRAE Transactions 19.2 (2012) 99-417.

Olsen, Daniel, Sasank Goli, David Faulkner, and Aimee T. McKane."Opportunities for Automated Demand Response in Wastewater Treatment Facilities in California - Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant Case Study." (2012).

Lunden, Melissa M., David Faulkner, Elizabeth Heredia, Sebastian Cohn, Darryl J. Dickerhoff, Federico Noris, Jennifer M. Logue, Toshifumi Hotchi, Brett C. Singer, and Max H. Sherman."Experiments to Evaluate and Implement Passive Tracer Gas Methods to Measure Ventilation Rates in Homes." (2012).

Bennett, Deborah H., William J. Fisk, Michael G. Apte, X. Wu, Amber L. Trout, David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Ventilation, temperature, and HVAC characteristics in small and medium commercial buildings in California."Indoor Air 22.4 (2012) 309-320. DOI

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).

2010

Olsen, Daniel, Sasank Goli, David Faulkner, and Aimee T. McKane."Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Demand Response in the California Cement Industry." (2010).

Fisk, William J., Douglas P. Sullivan, David Faulkner, and Ekaterina Eliseeva."CO₂ Monitoring for Demand Controlled Ventilation in Commercial Buildings." (2010).

Fisk, William J., Douglas P. Sullivan, and David Faulkner."Recommended Changes to Specifications for Demand Controlled Ventilation in California’s Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards." (2010).

2009

Apte, Michael G., Deborah H. Bennett, David Faulkner, Randy L. Maddalena, Marion L. Russell, Michael Spears, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Amber L. Trout."Indoor Air Quality Assessment of the San Francisco Federal Building." (2009).

2008

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Accuracy of CO₂ sensors."IAQ Applications 9 (2008) 15-17.

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).

McKane, Aimee T., Mary Ann Piette, David Faulkner, Girish Ghatikar, Anthony Radspieler Jr., Bunmi Adesola, Scott Murtishaw, and Sila Kiliccote."Opportunities, Barriers and Actions for Industrial Demand Response in California." (2008).

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."A Pilot study of the accuracy of CO₂ sensors in commercial buildings."IAQ 2007 Healthy and Sustainable Buildings (2008).

2006

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Accuracy of CO₂ Sensors in Commercial Buildings: A Pilot Study." (2006).

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Measuring Outdoor Airflow into HVAC Systems."ASHRAE Journal 48 (2006) 50-57.

2005

Tschudi, William F., David Faulkner, and Allen Hebert."Energy Efficiency Strategies for Cleanrooms without Compromising Environmental Conditions."ASHRAE Symposium 3 (2005).

Fisk, William J., Olli Seppänen, David Faulkner, and Yu Joe Huang."Economic benefits of an economizer system: energy savings and reduced sick leave."ASHRAE Transactions 111 (2005) 673-679.

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."An Evaluation Of Three Commercially Available Technologies For Real-Time Measurement Of Rates Of Outdoor Airflow Into Hvac Systems."ASHRAE Transactions 111 (2005) 443-455.

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., Ian S. Buchanan, David Faulkner, William J. Fisk, Chi-Ming Lai, Michael Spears, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Improving Ventilation and Saving Energy: Laboratory Study in a Modular Classroom Test Bed." (2005).

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).

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, Christopher Y.H. Chao, Man-Pun Wan, Leah Zagreus, and Thomas L. Webster."Performance of Underfloor Air Distribution in a Field Setting."International Journal of Ventilation 5 (2005) 291-300.