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

2022

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).

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

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

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).

2017

Singer, Brett C., Rebecca Zarin Pass, William W. Delp, David M. Lorenzetti, and Randy L. Maddalena."Pollutant concentrations and emission rates from natural gas cooking burners without and with range hood exhaust in nine California homes."Building and Environment 122 (2017) 215 - 229. DOI

2016

Herring, Steven J., Simon Batchelor, Paul E. Bieringer, Bry Lingard, David M. Lorenzetti, Simon T. Parker, Luna Rodriguez, Michael D. Sohn, Dan Steinhoff, and Matthew Wolski."Providing pressure inputs to multizone building models."Building and Environment 101 (2016) 32 - 44. DOI

Herring, Steven J., Simon Batchelor, Paul E. Bieringer, Bry Lingard, David M. Lorenzetti, Simon T. Parker, Luna Rodriguez, Michael D. Sohn, Dan Steinhoff, and Matthew Wolski."Providing pressure inputs to multizone building models."Building and Environment 101 (2016) 32 - 44. DOI

2014

Parker, Simon T., David M. Lorenzetti, and Michael D. Sohn."Implementing state-space methods for multizone contaminant transport."Building and Environment 71 (2014) 131 - 139. DOI

Lorenzetti, David M., and Craig P. Wray."Air-Handling System Modeling in EnergyPlus: Recommendations for Meeting Stakeholder Needs." (2014).

2013

Lorenzetti, David M., W. Stuart Dols, Andrew K. Persily, and Michael D. Sohn."A stiff, variable time step transport solver for CONTAM."Building and Environment 67 (2013) 260 - 264. DOI

2012

Walter, Travis, David M. Lorenzetti, and Michael D. Sohn."Siting Samplers to Minimize Expected Time to Detection."Risk Analysis 32.12 (2012) 2032 - 2042. DOI

2011

Lorenzetti, David M., and Michael D. Sohn."Numerical Solution of the Polanyi-DR Isotherm in Linear Driving Force Models."Environmental Science & Technology 45.23 (2011) 10091 - 10095. DOI

2009

Sohn, Michael D., and David M. Lorenzetti."Indoor Sampler Siting."11th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (2009).

2007

Lorenzetti, David M., Astrid H. Kristoffersen, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Effect of room air recirculation delay on the decay rate of tracer gas concentration."Indoor Air (2007) 7.

Sohn, Michael D., and David M. Lorenzetti."Siting Bio-Samplers in Buildings."Risk Analysis 27 (2007) 877-886.

2005

Sohn, Michael D., Richard G. Sextro, and David M. Lorenzetti."Assessing Sheltering-In-Place Responses to Outdoor Toxic Releases."10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005, Sept. 4-9, 2005 2(6) (2005) 1792-1796.

2004

Jayaraman, Buvaneswari, David M. Lorenzetti, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Coupled model for simulation of indoor airflow and pollutant transport." (2004).

2003

Koomey, Jonathan G., Paul P. Craig, Ashok J. Gadgil, and David M. Lorenzetti."Improving Long-Range Energy Modeling: A Plea for Historical Retrospectives."The Energy Journal 24.4 (2003) 75-92.

Price, Phillip N., Michael D. Sohn, Ashok J. Gadgil, William W. Delp, David M. Lorenzetti, Elizabeth U. Finlayson, Tracy L. Thatcher, Richard G. Sextro, Elisabeth A. Derby, and Sondra A. Jarvis."Protecting Buildings From a Biological or Chemical Attack: actions to take before or during a release." (2003).

2002

Price, Phillip N., William W. Delp, Michael D. Sohn, Tracy L. Thatcher, David M. Lorenzetti, Richard G. Sextro, Ashok J. Gadgil, Elisabeth A. Derby, and Sondra A. Jarvis."Advice for first responders to a building during a chemical or biological attack." (2002).

Lorenzetti, David M.."Assessing multizone airflow simulation software."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002, Monterey, CA 1 (2002) 267-271.

Lorenzetti, David M.."Computational Aspects of Nodal Multizone Airflow Systems."Building and Environment 37 (2002) 1083-1090.

Price, Phillip N., David M. Lorenzetti, Ashok J. Gadgil, Michael D. Sohn, William W. Delp, and Sondra A. Jarvis."Information for first responders to a chemical or biological attack." (2002).

Sextro, Richard G., David M. Lorenzetti, Michael D. Sohn, and Tracy L. Thatcher."Modeling the spread of anthrax in buildings."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 4 (2002) 506-511.