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

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R. Chan, Chrissi Antonopoulos, Eric Martin, Paul Francisco, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Mechanical Ventilation and IAQ in Recently Constructed US Homes."Indoor Air 2024 (2024).

Zhao, Haoran, Iain S. Walker, William W. Delp, and Brett C. Singer."Performance and usage of mechanical residential kitchen ventilation."ASHRAE Winter 2024 (2024).

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).

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

2021

Singer, Brett C., Haoran Zhao, Chelsea V. Preble, William W. Delp, Jovan Pantelic, Michael D. Sohn, and Thomas W. Kirchstetter."Measured Influence of Overhead HVAC on Exposure to Airborne Contaminants from Simulated Speaking in a Meeting and a Classroom."Indoor Air (2021). DOI

Singer, Brett C., Wanyu R. Chan, William W. Delp, Iain S. Walker, and Haoran Zhao."Effective Kitchen Ventilation for Healthy Zero Net Energy Homes with Natural Gas." (2021).

2020

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R. Chan, William W. Delp, Hao Tang, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Factors Impacting Range Hood Use in California Houses and Low-Income Apartments."International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (2020). DOI

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R. Chan, Sebastian Cohn, William W. Delp, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Dataset: Indoor air quality in new and renovated low‐income apartments with mechanical ventilation and natural gas cooking in California." (2020). DOI

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R. Chan, Sebastian Cohn, William W. Delp, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Indoor Air Quality in New and Renovated Low‐Income Apartments with Mechanical Ventilation and Natural Gas Cooking in California."Indoor Air (2020). DOI

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R. Chan, William W. Delp, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Measured Performance of Over the Range Microwave Range Hoods." (2020).

Zhao, Haoran, Woody Delp, Wanyu R. Chan, Brett C. Singer, and Iain S. Walker."Performance of Microwave Range Hoods Compared to Traditional Range Hoods."Indoor Air Conference (2020).