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)

2011

Sundell, Jan, Hal Levin, William W. Nazaroff, William S. Cain, William J. Fisk, David T. Grimsrud, Finn Gyntelberg, Yuguo Li, Andrew K. Persily, Anthony C. Pickering, Jonathan M. Samet, John D. Spengler, Steven T. Taylor, and Charles J. Weschler."Ventilation rates and health: multidisciplinary review of the scientific literature."Indoor Air 21.3 (2011) 191-204. 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).

Noris, Federico, Brett C. Singer, and William J. Fisk."Indoor environment quality and energy retrofits in low-income apartments: retrofit selection protocol."Indoor Air 2011 (2011).

Sidheswaran, Meera A., Hugo Destaillats, Douglas P. Sullivan, Joern Larsen, and William J. Fisk."Quantitative room-temperature mineralization of airborne formaldehyde using manganese oxide catalysts."Applied Catalysis B – Environmental (2011) 34-41. DOI

Fisk, William J., Douglas R. Black, and Gregory Brunner."Benefits and costs of improved IEQ in offices."Indoor Air 21.3 (2011) 357–367. DOI

Sidheswaran, Meera A., Hugo Destaillats, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."New Air Cleaning Strategies for Reduced Commercial Building Ventilation Energy – FY11 Final Report." (2011).

Fisk, William J., Hugo Destaillats, and Meera A. Sidheswaran."Saving energy and improving IAQ through application of advanced air cleaning technologies."REHVA Journal 48.3 (2011) 27-29.

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.

Sundell, Jan, Hal Levin, William W. Nazaroff, William S. Cain, William J. Fisk, David T. Grimsrud, Finn Gyntelberg, Yuguo Li, Andrew K. Persily, Anthony C. Pickering, Jonathan M. Samet, John D. Spengler, Steven T. Taylor, and Charles J. Weschler."Ventilation rates and health: multidisciplinary review of the scientific literature."Indoor Air 7 (2011) 1600-0668.

2010

Hong, Tianzhen, and William J. Fisk."Assessment of Energy Savings Potential from the Use of Demand Control Ventilation Systems in General Office Spaces in California."Building Simulation 3.2 (2010) 117-124. DOI

Fisk, William J., Douglas P. Sullivan, David Faulkner, and Ekaterina Eliseeva."CO₂ Monitoring for Demand Controlled Ventilation in Commercial Buildings." (2010).

Destaillats, Hugo, and William J. Fisk."Investigation of IAQ-Relevant Surface Chemistry and Emissions on HVAC Filter Materials." (2010).

Fisk, William J., Douglas P. Sullivan, Sebastian Cohn, and Hwataik Han."Measuring Outdoor Air Intake Rates into Existing Building-Final Report." (2010).

Han, Hwataik, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."Airflow Simulations around OA Intake Louver with Electronic Velocity Sensors."Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 9.1 (2010) 237-242. DOI

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).

Fisk, William J., Douglas P. Sullivan, and David Faulkner."Recommended Changes to Specifications for Demand Controlled Ventilation in California’s Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards." (2010).

2009

Fisk, William J., and Douglas P. Sullivan."Optical People Counting for Demand Controlled Ventilation: A Pilot Study of Counter Performance." (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).

Han, Hwataik, Cheol-Yong Shin, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."CFD simulations of airflows around outdoor air intake louver."9th International Healthy Buildings Conference 2009, September 13-17, 2009 (2009).

Fisk, William J.."Climate Change, and IEQ."ASHRAE Journal 51 (2009) 22-23.

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).

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

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.