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)

2015

Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Michael Spears, Wanyu R Chan, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."A longitudinal study of ventilation rates in California office buildings and self-reported occupant outcomes including respiratory illness absence." 92 (2015). DOI

Maddalena, Randy L, Mark J Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Wanyu R Chan, Douglas P Sullivan, Marion L Russell, Usha Satish, and William J Fisk."Effects of ventilation rate per person and per floor area on perceived air quality, sick building syndrome symptoms, and decision-making."Indoor Air 25.4 (2015) 362-370. DOI

Mendell, Mark J."A Research Agenda on Assessing and Remediating Home Dampness and Mold to Reduce Dampness-Related Health Effects." (2015).

2014

Dutton, Spencer M, Mark J Mendell, Wanyu R Chan, Marcella Barrios, Meera A Sidheswaran, Douglas P Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J Fisk."Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Minimum Ventilation Rate Procedure for Use in California Retail Buildings."Indoor Air 25 (2014) 93-104. DOI

Mendell, Mark J, and William J Fisk."Developing evidence-based prescriptive ventilation rate standards for commercial buildings in California: a proposed framework." (2014).

Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Michael Spears, Wanyu R Chan, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."A Prospective Study of Ventilation Rates and Illness Absence in California Office Buildings." (2014).

2013

Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Morris G Davies, Michael Spears, Agnes B Lobscheid, William J Fisk, and Michael G Apte."Association of Classroom Ventilation with Reduced Illness Absence: A Prospective Study in California Elementary Schools."Indoor Air 23.6 (2013) 515-528. DOI

Maddalena, Randy L, Mark J Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Wanyu R Chan, Douglas P Sullivan, Marion L Russell, Michael G Apte, Usha Satish, and William J Fisk."Impact of Independently Controlling Ventilation Rate per Person and Ventilation Rate per Floor Area on Perceived Air Quality, Sick Building Symptoms and Decision Making." (2013).

Fisk, William J, Spencer M Dutton, Mark J Mendell, and Wanyu R Chan."Should Title 24 Ventilation Requirements Be Amended to include an Indoor Air Quality Procedure?." (2013).

Fisk, William J, Usha Satish, Mark J Mendell, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Douglas P Sullivan."Is CO₂ an Indoor Pollutant? Higher Levels of CO₂ May Diminish Decision Making Performance."ASHRAE Journal 55.3 (2013) 84-85.

Dutton, Spencer M, Wanyu R Chan, Mark J Mendell, Marcella Barrios, Srinandini Parthasarathy, Meera A Sidheswaran, Douglas P Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J Fisk."Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Procedure for Use in Retail Buildings." (2013).

2012

Satish, Usha, Mark J Mendell, Krishnamurthy Shekhar, Toshifumi Hotchi, Douglas P Sullivan, Siegfried Streufert, and William J Fisk."Is CO₂ an Indoor Pollutant? Direct Effects of Low-to-Moderate CO₂ Concentrations on Human Decision-Making Performance."Environmental Health Perspectives 120.12 (2012) 1671-1677. 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).

2011

Mendell, Mark J, Anna G Mirer, Kerry Cheung, My Tong, and Jeroen Douwes."Respiratory and Allergic Health Effects of Dampness, Mold, and Dampness-Related Agents: A Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence."Environmental Health Perspectives 119.6 (2011) 748-756. DOI

Satish, Usha, William J Fisk, Mark J Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Toshifumi Hotchi, Douglas P Sullivan, Lisa B Cleckner, Krishnamurthy Shekhar, and Kaeling Teng."Impact of CO₂ on human decision making and productivity."Indoor Air 2011 (2011).

Apte, Michael G, Mark J Mendell, Michael D Sohn, Spencer M Dutton, Pam M Berkeley, and Michael Spears."Final Report: Balancing energy conservation and occupant needs in ventilation rate standards for “Big Box” stores in California: predicted indoor air quality and energy consumption using a matrix of ventilation scenarios." (2011).

2010

Fisk, William J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and Mark J Mendell."Association of residential dampness and mold with respiratory tract infections and bronchitis: a meta analysis."Environmental Health 9.72 (2010).

2009

Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Michael Spears, and William J Fisk."Development and Field-Testing of a Study Protocol, including a Web-Based Occupant Survey Tool, for Use in Intervention Studies of Indoor Environmental Quality." (2009).

Mendell, Mark J, Anna G Mirer, Kerry Cheung, Jeroen Douwes, Torben Sigsgaard, Maija-Riitta Hirvonen, Marjut Roponen, Elisabeth Heseltine, and Jerome Rosen."Health Effects Associated with Dampness and Mould."WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Dampness and Mould (2009) 63-92.

Mendell, Mark J, and Anna G Mirer."Indoor Thermal Factors and Symptoms in Office Workers: Findings from the U.S. EPA BASE Study."Indoor Air 19.4 (2009) 291-302.

Fisk, William J, Michael Spears, Douglas P Sullivan, and Mark J Mendell."Ozone Removal by Filters Containing Activated Carbon: a Pilot Study."Proceedings of the Healthy Buildings 2009 Conference (2009).

Fisk, William J, Anna G Mirer, and Mark J Mendell."Quantitative relationship of sick building syndrome symptoms with ventilation rates."Indoor Air 19 (2009) 159-165.

2008

Buchanan, Ian S, Mark J Mendell, Anna G Mirer, and Michael G Apte."Air Filter Materials, Outdoor Ozone and Building-Related Symptoms in the BASE Study."Indoor Air 18 (2008) 144-155.

Apte, Michael G, Ian S Buchanan, and Mark J Mendell."Outdoor Ozone and Building Related Symptoms in the BASE Study."Indoor Air 18 (2008) 156-170.

Fisk, William J, Anna G Mirer, and Mark J Mendell."Quantification of the association of ventilation rates with sick building syndrome symptoms."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2008 (2008).