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)

2002

Lunden, Melissa M, Tracy L Thatcher, David Littlejohn, Marc L Fischer, Susanne V Hering, Richard G Sextro, and Nancy J Brown."The Transformation Of Outdoor Ammonium Nitrate Aerosols In The Indoor Environment."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Monterey, CA 5 (2002) 74-79.

2001

Thatcher, Tracy L, Thomas E McKone, William J Fisk, Michael D Sohn, William W Delp, William J Riley, and Richard G Sextro."Factors Affecting the Concentration of Outdoor Particles Indoors (COPI): Identification of Data Needs and Existing Data." (2001).

Lunden, Melissa M, Tracy L Thatcher, David Littlejohn, Marc L Fischer, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Nancy J Brown, Susanne V Hering, and Mark Stolzenburg."Building a predictive model of indoor concentrations of outdoor PM-2.5 in homes." (2001).

Fischer, Marc L, Phillip N Price, Tracy L Thatcher, Carrie A Schwalbe, Mathias J Craig, Emily E Wood, Richard G Sextro, and Ashok J Gadgil."Rapid Measurement and Mapping of Tracer Gas Concentrations in a Large Indoor Space."Atmospheric Environment 35 (2001) 2837-2844. DOI

2000

Thatcher, Tracy L, Alvin C.K Lai, Rosa Moreno-Jackson, Richard G Sextro, and William W Nazaroff."Experimental Determination Of Size Resolved Particle Deposition Rates As A Function Of Room Furnishing And Room Air Velocity, Section 11PC."Proceedings of the 19th Annual American Association of Aerosol Research, November 6-10, 2000 (2000) 332.

Gadgil, Ashok J, Elizabeth U Finlayson, Marc L Fischer, Phillip N Price, Tracy L Thatcher, Mathias J Craig, Ki-Hyuck Hong, J Housman, Carrie A Schwalbe, David J Wilson, Emily E Wood, and Richard G Sextro."Pollutant transport and dispersion in large indoor spaces: A status report for the large space effort of the Interiors Project." (2000).

Thatcher, Tracy L, Melissa M Lunden, Marc L Fischer, James D Fine, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Susanne V Hering, Richard G Sextro, and Nancy J Brown."A Concentration Rebound Method For Measuring Particle Penetration Into A Residence, Section 12A1."Proceedings of the 19th Annual American Association for Aerosol Research, St. Louis, MO (2000).

Thatcher, Tracy L, Richard G Sextro, and Don Ermak."Database of Physical, Chemical, and Toxicological Properties of Chemical and Biological (CB) Warfare Agents for Modeling Airborne Dispersion In and Around Buildings." (2000).

Thatcher, Tracy L, and Joan M Daisey."Reducing mortality from urban terrorist releases of chemical and biological agents: I. Filtration for ventilation systems in commercial buildings." (2000).

1999

Thatcher, Tracy L, William W Nazaroff, and Richard G Sextro."Determining transfer factors for outdoor aerosol plumes entering buildings."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 5 (1999) 331-334.

Thatcher, Tracy L, Marc L Fischer, Phillip N Price, William J Fisk, Ashok J Gadgil, and Richard G Sextro."Measuring dispersion of gases in a large scale indoor environment using an open path tunable diode laser."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 4 (1999) 449-450.

Sippola, Mark R, William W Nazaroff, and Tracy L Thatcher."Particle deposition from turbulent duct flow."Proceedings of the Indoor Air '99, Edinburgh, Scotland 2 (1999) 24-29.

1997

Thatcher, Tracy L, and William W Nazaroff."Effect of Small-Scale Obstructions and Surface Textures on Particle Deposition from Natural Convection Flow."Aerosol Science and Technology 27 (1997) 709-725.

1996

Thatcher, Tracy L, Wendy A Fairchild, and William W Nazaroff."Particle Deposition from Natural Convection Enclosure Flow Onto Smooth Surfaces."Aerosol Science & Technology 25 (1996) 359-374.

1995

Thatcher, Tracy L, and David W Layton."Deposition, Resuspension, and Penetration of Particles within a Residence."Atmospheric Environment 29.13 (1995) 1487-1497. DOI

Layton, David W, and Tracy L Thatcher."Movement of Outdoor Particles to the Indoor Environment: An Analysis of the Arnhem Lead Study."Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association Annual Meeting, June 18-23, 1995 (1995).