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)

2017

Kim, Yang-Seon, Iain S. Walker, and William W. Delp."Development of a Standard Test Method for Reducing the Uncertainties in Measuring the Capture Efficiency of Range Hoods." (2017).

Walker, Iain S., Yang-Seon Kim, Brett C. Singer, and Wanyu R. Chan."Assessing Occupant and Outdoor Air Impacts on Indoor Air Quality in New California Homes."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Rojas, Gabriel, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Comparing extracting and recirculating residential kitchen range hoods for the use in high energy efficient housing."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Walker, Iain S., Gariel Rojas, Jordan D. Clark, and Max H. Sherman."Evaluating the Performance of Island Kitchen Range Hoods."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jordan D. Clark, and Gaelle Guyot."Residential Smart Ventilation: A Review." (2017).

Less, Brennan, and Iain S. Walker."Smart Ventilation Controls for Occupancy and Auxiliary Fan Use Across U.S. Climates." (2017).

2016

Singer, Brett C., William W. Delp, Douglas R. Black, and Iain S. Walker."Measured performance of filtration and ventilation systems for fine and ultrafine particles and ozone in an unoccupied modern California house."Indoor Air (2016). DOI

Chan, Wanyu R., Yang-Seon Kim, Brett C. Singer, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Healthy Efficient New Gas Homes (HENGH) Field Study Protocol." (2016).

Walker, Iain S., J. Chris Stratton, William W. Delp, and Max H. Sherman."Development of a Tracer Gas Capture Efficiency Test Method for Residential Kitchen Ventilation." (2016).

Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, and Sara Ticci."Development of Smart Ventilation Control Algorithms for Humidity Control in High-Performance Homes in Humid U.S. Climates." (2016).

Chan, Wanyu R., Randy L. Maddalena, J. Chris Stratton, Toshifumi Hotchi, Brett C. Singer, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Healthy Efficient New Gas Homes (HENGH) Pilot Test Results." (2016).

Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, and Ronnen M. Levinson."A Literature Review of Sealed and Insulated Attics—Thermal, Moisture and Energy Performance." (2016). DOI

Less, Brennan, and Iain S. Walker."Smart Ventilation Control of Indoor Humidity in High Performance Homes in Humid U.S. Climates."ASHRAE (2016).

2015

Turner, William J. N., Iain S. Walker, and Jordan Roux."Residential Pre-Cooling: Mechanical Cooling and Air-Side Economizers." (2015).

Less, Brennan, and Iain S. Walker."Deep Energy Retrofit Guidance for the Building America Solutions Center." (2015).

Logue, Jennifer M., William J. N. Turner, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."A simplified model for estimating population-scale energy impacts of building envelope air-tightening and mechanical ventilation retrofits."Journal of Building Performance Simulation 9.1 (2015). DOI

Chan, Wanyu R., Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Durable Airtightness in Single-Family Dwellings: Field Measurements and Analysis." (2015).

Less, Brennan, Nasim A. Mullen, Brett C. Singer, and Iain S. Walker."Indoor Air Quality in 24 California Residences Designed as High-Performance Homes." (2015). DOI

Walker, Iain S., and J. Chris Stratton."Laboratory Evaluation Of Air Flow Measurement Methods For Residential HVAC Returns."ASHRAE Transactions 21, Part 2 (2015).

2014

Turner, William J. N., and Iain S. Walker."Energy and IAQ Implications of Residential Ventilation Cooling." (2014).

Walker, Iain S., and J. Chris Stratton."Laboratory Evaluation Of Air Flow Measurement Methods For Residential HVAC Returns For New Instrument Standards." (2014).

Turner, William J. N., Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Advanced Controls for Residential Whole-House Ventilation Systems." (2014).

Walker, Iain S., and Brennan Less."An Assessment of Envelope Measures in Mild Climate Deep Energy Retrofits." (2014).

Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, and Jeremy Fisher."Deep Energy Retrofit Performance Metric Comparison: Eight California Case Studies." (2014).

Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, and Yihuan Tang."Development of an Outdoor Temperature-Based Control Algorithm for Residential Mechanical Ventilation Control." (2014).