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

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Accuracy of CO₂ sensors."IAQ Applications 9 (2008) 15-17.

Fisk, William J.."Commentary on Predictive Models of Control Strategies involved in Containing Indoor Airborne Infections."Indoor Air 16 (2008) 469-481.

Fisk, William J., and Douglas P. Sullivan."Measuring Outdoor Air Intake Rates Using Electronic Velocity Sensors at Louvers and Downstream of Airflow Straighteners." (2008).

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."A Pilot study of the accuracy of CO₂ sensors in commercial buildings."IAQ 2007 Healthy and Sustainable Buildings (2008).

Fisk, William J., Anna G. Mirer, and Mark J. Mendell."Quantification of the association of ventilation rates with sick building syndrome symptoms."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2008 (2008).

2007

Mudarri, David, and William J. Fisk."Public health and economic impact of dampness and mold."Indoor Air 17.3 (2007) 226-235. DOI

Fisk, William J.."Can sorbent-based gas phase air cleaning for VOCs substitute for ventilation in commercial buildings?."IAQ 2007 Healthy and Sustainable Buildings (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).

Mendell, Mark J., and William J. Fisk."Is health in office buildings related only to psychosocial factors?."Occupational and Environmental Medicine 64.1 (2007) 69-70.

Seppänen, Olli, William J. Fisk, and Pawel Wargocki."Indoor Environment, Productivity in Offices."ASHRAE IAQ Applications 8 (2007) 1-15.

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

Hodgson, Alfred T., Hugo Destaillats, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."Performance of ultra-violet Photocatalytic Oxidation for Indoor Air Cleaning Applications."Indoor Air 17 (2007) 305-316.

Fisk, William J., and Olli Seppänen."Providing better indoor environmental quality brings economic benefits."REHVA World Congress - CLIMA 2007 (2007).

2006

Hodgson, Alfred T., Hugo Destaillats, Douglas P. Sullivan, and William J. Fisk."Photocatalytic Reactor System with Tungsten Oxide-Modified Titanium Dioxide for Indoor Air Applications."The 11th International Conference on Ti02 Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications (Ti02-11), September 25-28, 2006 (2006).

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Accuracy of CO₂ Sensors in Commercial Buildings: A Pilot Study." (2006).

Mendell, Mark J., Richard C. Diamond, William J. Fisk, Terry Brennan, Lee Hathon, J. David Odom, Francis J. Offermann, Bradley H. Turk, and Kenneth M. Wallingford."Causes and prevention of symptom complaints in office buildings: Distilling the experience of indoor environmental quality investigators."Facilities 24.11/12 (2006) 436-444. DOI

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.

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).

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Measuring Outdoor Airflow into HVAC Systems."ASHRAE Journal 48 (2006) 50-57.

Seppänen, Olli, William J. Fisk, and Derek Clements Croome."A procedure to estimate the cost-effectiveness of the indoor environment improvements in office work."Creating the Productive Workplace (2006) 407-433.

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, and William J. Fisk."Some quantitative relations between Indoor environmental quality and work performance or health."International Journal of HVAC&R Research 12 (2006) 957-973.

Fisk, William J.."Sorbent-based gas phase air cleaning for VOCs in Commercial Buildings." (2006).

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.