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)

2000

Seppänen, Olli, William J. Fisk, and Mark J. Mendell."Association of ventilation rates with health and other responses in commercial and institutional buildings."Healthy Buildings 2000 Conference (2000) 1-8.

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Mark J. Mendell."Particle concentrations and sizes with normal and high efficiency filtration in a sealed air-conditioned office building."Aerosol Science & Technology 32 (2000) 527-544.

1999

Seppänen, Olli, William J. Fisk, and Mark J. Mendell."Association of ventilation rates and CO₂ -concentrations with health and other responses in commercial and institutional buildings."Indoor Air 9.4 (1999) 26. DOI

Mendell, Mark J., William J. Fisk, Maxia Dong, Marty R. Petersen, Cynthia J. Hines, David Faulkner, James A. Deddens, Avima M. Ruder, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Mark F. Boeniger."Enhanced particle filtration in a non-problem office environment: Preliminary results from a double-blind crossover intervention study."American Journal of Industrial Medicine Supplement 36.Supplement 1 (1999) 55-57. DOI

Mendell, Mark J., William J. Fisk, Marty R. Petersen, Maxia Dong, Cynthia J. Hines, David Faulkner, James A. Deddens, Avima M. Ruder, Douglas P. Sullivan, Mark F. Boeniger, and LTD Construction Research Communications."Enhanced Particle Filtration in a Non-problem Office Building: Summary of Findings from a Double Blind Crossover Intervention Study."Proceedings of Indoor Air’99 4 (1999) 974-975.

Fisk, William J., Douglas P. Sullivan, and Mark J. Mendell."Particle Concentrations in an Air-Conditioned Office Building with Normal and High Efficiency Filtration."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 4 (1999) 19-24.

1998

Brinke, Joann Ten, Steve Selvin, Alfred T. Hodgson, William J. Fisk, Mark J. Mendell, Catherine P. Koshland, and Joan M. Daisey."Development of new VOC exposure metrics and their relationship to sick building syndrome symptoms."Indoor Air 8.3 (1998) 140-152. DOI

Brinke, Joann Ten, Steve Selvin, Alfred T. Hodgson, William J. Fisk, Mark J. Mendell, Catherine P. Koshland, and Joan M. Daisey."Development of new volatile organic compound (VOC) exposure metrics and their relationship to "sick building syndrome" symptoms."Indoor Air 8.3 (1998) 140-152. DOI

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, Maxia Dong, Carole Dabrowski, James J Thomas Jr., Mark J. Mendell, Cynthia J. Hines, Avima M. Ruder, and Mark F. Boeniger."The healthy building intervention study: Objectives, methods and results of Selected Environment Measurements." (1998).

1996

Mendell, Mark J., William J. Fisk, James A. Deddens, William G. Seavey, Allan H. Smith, Daniel F. Smith, Alfred T. Hodgson, Joan M. Daisey, and Lynn R. Goldman."Elevated Symptom Prevalence Associated with Ventilation Type in Office Buildings."Epidemiology 7.6 (1996) 583-589.

Sieber, W. Karl, Leslie T. Stayner, Robert Malkin, Marty R. Petersen, Mark J. Mendell, Kenneth M. Wallingford, Michael S. Crandall, Thomas G. Wilcox, and Laurence Reed."The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Indoor Environmental Evaluation Experience. Part Three: Associations between Environmental Factors and Self-Reported Health Conditions."Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 11.12 (1996) 1387-1392. DOI

1994

Daisey, Joan M., Alfred T. Hodgson, William J. Fisk, Mark J. Mendell, and Joann Ten Brinke."Volatile Organic Compounds in Twelve California Office Buildings: Classes, Concentrations and Sources."Atmospheric Environment 28.22 (1994) 3557-3562. DOI

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, Mark J. Mendell, Douglas P. Sullivan, Alfred T. Hodgson, Janet M. Macher, Michael Boyle, Katherine Chow, Joan M. Daisey, Francis J. Offermann, and Steven Loiselle."Phase 2 of the California Healthy Building Study: A Status Report." (1994).

1993

Mendell, Mark J.."Non-Specific Symptoms In Office Workers: A Review and Summary of the Epidemiologic Literature."Indoor Air 3.4 (1993) 227-236. DOI

Fisk, William J., Mark J. Mendell, Joan M. Daisey, David Faulkner, Alfred T. Hodgson, Albert (Matty) Nematollahi, and Janet M. Macher."Phase 1 of the California Healthy Building Study: A Summary."Indoor Air 3.4 (1993) 246-254. DOI

Fisk, William J., Mark J. Mendell, Joan M. Daisey, David Faulkner, Alfred T. Hodgson, and Janet M. Macher."The California Healthy Building Study, Phase 1: A Summary."The 6th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, July 4-8, 1993 Proceedings of Indoor Air '93 (1993).

1990

Mendell, Mark J., and Allan H. Smith."Consistent pattern of elevated symptoms in air-conditioned office buildings: a reanalysis of epidemiologic studies."American Journal of Public Health 80.10 (1990) 1193-1199.