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)

2020

Preble, Chelsea V, Sharon S Chen, Toshifumi Hotchi, Michael D Sohn, Randy L Maddalena, Marion L Russell, Nancy J Brown, Corinne D Scown, and Thomas W Kirchstetter."Air Pollutant Emission Rates for Dry Anaerobic Digestion and Composting of Organic Municipal Solid Waste."Environmental Science & Technology (2020). DOI

2017

Piette, Mary Ann, Tianzhen Hong, William J Fisk, Norman Bourassa, Wanyu R Chan, Yixing Chen, H.Y Iris Cheung, Toshifumi Hotchi, Margarita Kloss, Sang Hoon Lee, Phillip N Price, Oren Schetrit, Kaiyu Sun, Sarah C Taylor-Lange, and Rongpeng Zhang."Small and Medium Building Efficiency Toolkit and Community Demonstration Program." (2017). DOI

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).

2015

Fisk, William J, Wanyu R Chan, and Toshifumi Hotchi."Prototype Systems for Measuring Outdoor Air Intake Rates in Rooftop Air Handlers." (2015).

2014

Hult, Erin L, Henry Willem, Phillip N Price, Toshifumi Hotchi, Marion L Russell, and Brett C Singer."Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde exposure mitigation in US residences: In-home measurements of ventilation control and source control." (2014).

2013

Noris, Federico, Gary Adamkiewicz, William W Delp, Toshifumi Hotchi, Marion L Russell, Brett C Singer, Michael Spears, Kimberly Vermeer, and William J Fisk."Indoor environmental quality benefits of apartment energy retrofits."Building Environment 68 (2013) 170–178. DOI

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.

Willem, Henry, Erin L Hult, Toshifumi Hotchi, Marion L Russell, Randy L Maddalena, and Brett C Singer."Ventilation Control of Volatile Organic Compounds in New U.S. Homes: Results of a Controlled Field Study in Nine Residential Units." (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

Lunden, Melissa M, David Faulkner, Elizabeth Heredia, Sebastian Cohn, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Federico Noris, Jennifer M Logue, Toshifumi Hotchi, Brett C Singer, and Max H Sherman."Experiments to Evaluate and Implement Passive Tracer Gas Methods to Measure Ventilation Rates in Homes." (2012).

2011

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).

Singer, Brett C, Alexander D Sherman, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Douglas P Sullivan."Pollutant Removal Efficiency of Residential Cooking Exhaust Hoods."Proceedings of the The 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (2011).

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).

2008

Hodgson, Alfred T, Hugo Destaillats, Toshifumi Hotchi, and William J Fisk."Benefits and technological challenges in the implementation of TiO₂-based ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation (UVPCO) air cleaners."Indoor Air 2008 (2008) 17-22.

Apte, Michael G, Norman Bourassa, David Faulkner, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Michael Spears, Douglas P Sullivan, and Duo Wang."Improving Ventilation and Saving Energy: Final Report on Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Monitoring in Sixteen Relocatable Classrooms." (2008).

2007

Hodgson, Alfred T, Hugo Destaillats, Toshifumi Hotchi, and William J Fisk."Evaluation of a Combined Ultraviolet Photocatalytic Oxidation (UVPCO) / Chemisorbent Air Cleaner for Indoor Air Applications." (2007).

Singer, Brett C, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Katherine Y Ming, Richard G Sextro, Emily E Wood, and Nancy J Brown."Sorption of organic gases in residential rooms."Atmospheric Environment 41 (2007) 3251-3265.

2006

Hotchi, Toshifumi, Alfred T Hodgson, and William J Fisk."Indoor Air Quality Impacts of a Peak Load Shedding Strategy for a Large Retail Building." (2006).

2005

Apte, Michael G, David Faulkner, William J Fisk, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Chi-Ming Lai, Michael Spears, Douglas P Sullivan, and Duo Wang."Improving Relocatable Classroom HVAC For Improved IEQ And Energy Efficiency."Indoor Air 2005 Conference - The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 1 (2005) 1121-1125.

Apte, Michael G, David Faulkner, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Michael Spears, Douglas P Sullivan, and Duo Wang."Improving Ventilation and Saving Energy: Relocatable Classroom Field Study Interim Report." (2005).

Singer, Brett C, Alfred T Hodgson, Hugo Destaillats, Toshifumi Hotchi, Kenneth L Revzan, and Richard G Sextro."Indoor sorption of surrogates for sarin and related nerve agents."Environmental Science & Technology 39.9 (2005) 3203-3214.

Singer, Brett C, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Katherine Y Ming, Richard G Sextro, Emily E Wood, and Nancy J Brown."Sorption of organic gases in residential bedrooms and bathrooms."Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 2(9) (2005) 2314-2319.

2004

Singer, Brett C, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Janice J Kim."Passive measurement of nitrogen oxides to assess traffic-related pollutant exposure for the East Bay Children's Respiratory Health Study."Atmospheric Environment 38.3 (2004) 393-403. DOI

Black, Douglas R, Tracy L Thatcher, Richard G Sextro, William W Delp, Sheng-Chieh Chang, Emily E Wood, Jean C Deputy, Toshifumi Hotchi, Mark R Sippola, and Douglas P Sullivan."Joint Urban 2003: Indoor Measurements Final Data Report." (2004).

Singer, Brett C, Kenneth L Revzan, Toshifumi Hotchi, Alfred T Hodgson, and Nancy J Brown."Sorption of organic gases in a furnished room."Atmospheric Environment 38.16 (2004) 2483-2494.