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)

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).

2012

Bennett, Deborah H., William J. Fisk, Michael G. Apte, X. Wu, Amber L. Trout, David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Ventilation, temperature, and HVAC characteristics in small and medium commercial buildings in California."Indoor Air 22.4 (2012) 309-320. DOI

Singer, Brett C., William W. Delp, Michael G. Apte, and Phillip N. Price."Performance of Installed Cooking Exhaust Devices."Indoor Air 22.3 (2012) 224-234. DOI

2011

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, Randy L. Maddalena, Marion L. Russell, and Michael G. Apte."Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Formaldehyde Emissions in Temporary Housing Units."Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 61 (2011). DOI

Sidheswaran, Meera A., Regina N. Williams, Lara A. Gundel, Melissa M. Lunden, William J. Fisk, Michael G. Apte, and Hugo Destaillats."Characterization Of Reaction Products And Ultrafine Particles From Ozone-initiated Chemistry On Filters From Ventilation Systems In Commercial Buildings."12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, June 5-10, 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).

Singer, Brett C., William W. Delp, and Michael G. Apte."Natural Gas Variability In California: Environmental Impacts And Device Performance - Experimental Evaluation Of Installed Cooking Exhaust Fan Performance." (2011).

Destaillats, Hugo, Wenhao Chen, Michael G. Apte, Nuan Li, Michael Spears, Jérémie Almosni, Gregory Brunner, Jianshun (Jensen) Zhang, and William J. Fisk."Secondary pollutants from ozone reactions with ventilation filters and degradation of filter media additives."Atmospheric Environment 45.21 (2011) 3561-3568.

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, Thomas E. McKone, and Michael G. Apte."Ventilation Relevant Contaminants of Concern in Commercial Buildings Screening Process and Results." (2011).

2010

Ortiz, Anna C., Marion L. Russell, Wen-Yee Lee, Michael G. Apte, and Randy L. Maddalena."Identifying Sources of Volatile Organic Compounds and Aldehydes in a High Performance Building." (2010) 29.

Dudley, Junqiao Han, Douglas R. Black, Michael G. Apte, Mary Ann Piette, and Pam M. Berkeley."Comparison of Demand Response Performance with an EnergyPlus Model in a Low Energy Campus Building."2010 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2010).

Singer, Brett C., William W. Delp, and Michael G. Apte."Experimental Evaluation of Installed Cooking Exhaust Fan Performance." (2010).

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, Randy L. Maddalena, Marion L. Russell, and Michael G. Apte."Field Derived Emission Factors For Formaldehyde and other Volatile Organic Compounds in FEMA Temporary Housing Units." (2010).

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, Michael Spears, Randy L. Maddalena, Marion L. Russell, and Michael G. Apte."A Formaldehyde Exposure Assessment Tool for Occupants of FEMA Temporary Housing Units." (2010).

Apte, Michael G., and Joshua S. Apte."A Pilot Study of the Effectiveness of Indoor Plants for Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Air in a Seven-Story Office Building." (2010).

Maddalena, Randy L., Marion L. Russell, Moya Melody, and Michael G. Apte."Small‐Chamber Measurements of Chemical‐Specific Emission Factors for Drywall." (2010).

Narayanan, Satish, Michael G. Apte, Philip Haves, Mary Ann Piette, and John Elliott."Systems Approach to Energy Efficient Building Operation: Case Studies and Lessons Learned in a University Campus."2010 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2010).

Ruzer, Lev S., and Michael G. Apte."Unattached radon progeny as an experimental tool for dosimetry of nanoaerosols: Proposed method and research strategy."Inhalation Toxicology 22 (2010) 760-766.

2009

Destaillats, Hugo, Wenhao Chen, Michael G. Apte, Nuan Li, Michael Spears, Jérémie Almosni, Jianshun Zheng, and William J. Fisk."Laboratory Measurement of Secondary Pollutant Yields from Ozone Reaction with HVAC Filters."Proceedings of the Healthy Buildings 2009 Conference (2009).

Destaillats, Hugo, Michael G. Apte, and William J. Fisk."Are ventilation filters degrading indoor air quality in California classrooms?." (2009).

Maddalena, Randy L., Marion L. Russell, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Michael G. Apte."Formaldehyde and Other Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions in Four FEMA Temporary Housing Units."Environmental Science and Technology 43 (2009) 5626-5632.

Apte, Michael G., Deborah H. Bennett, David Faulkner, Randy L. Maddalena, Marion L. Russell, Michael Spears, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Amber L. Trout."Indoor Air Quality Assessment of the San Francisco Federal Building." (2009).

Singer, Brett C., Michael G. Apte, Douglas R. Black, Toshifumi Hotchi, Donald Lucas, Melissa M. Lunden, Anna G. Mirer, Michael Spears, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Natural Gas Variability in California: Environmental Impacts and Device Performance - Experimental Evaluation of Pollutant Emissions from Residential Appliances." (2009).

Ruzer, Lev S., and Michael G. Apte."Radon Progeny as a experimental tool for dosimetry of nanoaerosols."Radiation Biology. Radioecology (Russian) 49.3 (2009) 395-404.