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)

2008

Mendell, Mark J., Quanhong Lei-Gomez, Anna G. Mirer, Olli Seppänen, and Gregory Brunner."Risk factors in heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems for occupant symptoms in U.S. office buildings: the U.S. EPA BASE study."Indoor Air 18 (2008) 1.2, 1.7.

2007

Mendell, Mark J., Anna G. Mirer, and Quanhong Lei-Gomez."Contaminants in Buildings and Occupied Spaces as Risk Factors for Occupant Symptoms in U.S. Office Buildings: Findings from the U.S. EPA BASE Study." (2007).

Fisk, William J., Quanhong Lei-Gomez, and Mark J. Mendell."Meta-Analyses of the Associations of Respiratory Health Effects with Dampness and Mold in Homes."Indoor Air 17 (2007) 284-96. DOI

2006

Mendell, Mark J., Myrna Cozen, Quanhong Lei-Gomez, and Howard S. Brightman."Indicators of moisture and microbial contamination in U.S. office buildings as risk factors for respiratory and mucous membrane symptoms: analyses of the EPA BASE data."Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 3.5 (2006) 225-233.

Seppänen, Olli, William J. Fisk, Quanhong Lei-Gomez, and Quanhong Lei."Effect of temperature on task performance in office environment."5th International Conference on Cold Climate Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (2006) 53-16.

Mendell, Mark J., Quanhong Lei-Gomez, Myrna Cozen, Howard S. Brightman, Michael G. Apte, Christine A. Erdmann, Gregory Brunner, and John R. Girman."Indoor Environmental Risk Factors for Occupant Symptoms in 100 U.S. Office Buildings: Summary of Three Analyses from the EPA BASE Study."Healthy Buildings 2006 Conference 111 (2006) 371-376.

Seppänen, Olli, William J. Fisk, Quanhong Lei-Gomez, and Quanhong Lei."Room temperature and productivity in office work."Healthy Buildings 2006 Conference 1 (2006) 243-247.

Seppänen, Olli, William J. Fisk, and Quanhong Lei-Gomez."Ventilation and Work Performance in office work."Indoor Air 16 (2006) 28-36. DOI

2005

Mendell, Mark J., Quanhong Lei-Gomez, Michael G. Apte, William J. Fisk, and Quanhong Lei."Estimated Ventilation Rates and Work-Related Symptoms in U.S. Office Buildings - The Base Study."10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 5(6) (2005) 3758-3762.

Mendell, Mark J., Myrna Cozen, Quanhong Lei-Gomez, Howard S. Brightman, Christine A. Erdmann, John R. Girman, Susan E. Womble, and Quanhong Lei."Indicators Of Moisture And Ventilation System Contamination In U.S. Office Buildings as Risk Factors for Respiratory and Mucous Membrane Symptoms: Analyses of the EPA Base Data."10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 5(6) (2005) 3763-3767.

Mendell, Mark J., Quanhong Lei-Gomez, Michael G. Apte, William J. Fisk, and Quanhong Lei."Outdoor Air Ventilation and Work-Related Symptoms in U.S. Office Buildings - Results from the Base Study." (2005).

2003

Mendell, Mark J., Quanhong Lei-Gomez, Myrna Cozen, Derek G. Shendell, and Quanhong Lei."Association of Airborne Moisture-Indicating Microorganisms with Building-Related Symptoms and Water Damage in 100 U.S. Office Buildings: Analyses of the U.S. EPA BASE Data." (2003).