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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.
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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.

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1998

Brinke, Joann Ten, Steve Selvin, Alfred T. Hodgson, William J. Fisk, Mark J. Mendell, Catherine P. Koshland, and Joan M. Daisey."Development of new volatile organic compound (VOC) exposure metrics and their relationship to "sick building syndrome" symptoms."Indoor Air 8.3 (1998) 140-152. DOI

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, Maxia Dong, Carole Dabrowski, James J Thomas Jr., Mark J. Mendell, Cynthia J. Hines, Avima M. Ruder, and Mark F. Boeniger."The healthy building intervention study: Objectives, methods and results of Selected Environment Measurements." (1998).

Fisk, William J., and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."The indoor environment -- productivity and health -- and $$$."Planning for Energy and the Environment 17 (1998) 53-57.

Fisk, William J., and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Potential Nationwide Improvements in Productivity and Health from Better Indoor Environments."Proceedings of the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy and Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 8 (1998) 85-97.

Fisk, William J., and Anibal T De Almeida."Sensor based demand controlled ventilation: a review."Energy and Buildings 29 (1998) 35-44.

1997

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Fred S. Bauman."Air Change Effectiveness and Pollutant Removal Efficiency During Adverse Mixing Conditions."Indoor Air 7.1 (1997) 55-63. DOI

Drescher, Anushka C., Dooyong Park, Michael G. Yost, Ashok J. Gadgil, Steven P. Levine, and William W. Nazaroff."Stationary and Time-Dependent Indoor Tracer-Gas Concentration Profiles Measured by OP-FTIR Remote Sensing and SBFM Computed Tomography."Atmospheric Environment 31.5 (1997) 727-740. DOI

Levinson, Ronnen M., William W. Delp, Darryl J. Dickerhoff, William J. Fisk, Albert (Matty) Nematollahi, Ingar Stordahl, Christophe Torre, Duo Wang, Richard C. Diamond, and Mark P. Modera."Commercial Thermal Distribution Systems FINAL REPORT for California Institute for Energy Efficiency." (1997).

1996

Mendell, Mark J., William J. Fisk, James A. Deddens, William G. Seavey, Allan H. Smith, Daniel F. Smith, Alfred T. Hodgson, Joan M. Daisey, and Lynn R. Goldman."Elevated Symptom Prevalence Associated with Ventilation Type in Office Buildings."Epidemiology 7.6 (1996) 583-589.

Faulkner, David, William J. Fisk, and John T. Walton."Energy Savings in Cleanrooms from Demand-Controlled Filtration."Journal of the Institute of Environmental Sciences 39.6 (1996) 21-27.

Drescher, Anushka C., Ashok J. Gadgil, Phillip N. Price, and William W. Nazaroff."Novel Approach for Tomographic Reconstruction of Gas Concentration Distributions in Air: Use of Smooth Basis Functions and Simulated Annealing."Atmospheric Environment 30.6 (1996) 929-940. DOI

1995

Faulkner, David, William J. Fisk, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Indoor Airflow and Pollutant Removal in a Room With Floor-Based Task Ventilation: Results of Additional Experiments."Building and Environment 30.3 (1995) 323-332. DOI

1994

Daisey, Joan M., Alfred T. Hodgson, William J. Fisk, Mark J. Mendell, and Joann Ten Brinke."Volatile Organic Compounds in Twelve California Office Buildings: Classes, Concentrations and Sources."Atmospheric Environment 28.22 (1994) 3557-3562. DOI

Fisk, William J., David Faulkner, Mark J. Mendell, Douglas P. Sullivan, Alfred T. Hodgson, Janet M. Macher, Michael Boyle, Katherine Chow, Joan M. Daisey, Francis J. Offermann, and Steven Loiselle."Phase 2 of the California Healthy Building Study: A Status Report." (1994).

Little, John C., Alfred T. Hodgson, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Modeling Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from New Carpets."Atmospheric Environment 28.2 (1994) 227 - 234. DOI

1993

Fisk, William J., Mark J. Mendell, Joan M. Daisey, David Faulkner, Alfred T. Hodgson, Albert (Matty) Nematollahi, and Janet M. Macher."Phase 1 of the California Healthy Building Study: A Summary."Indoor Air 3.4 (1993) 246-254. DOI

Fisk, William J., Mark J. Mendell, Joan M. Daisey, David Faulkner, Alfred T. Hodgson, and Janet M. Macher."The California Healthy Building Study, Phase 1: A Summary."The 6th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, July 4-8, 1993 Proceedings of Indoor Air '93 (1993).

Bauman, Fred S., R.S. Helm, Edward A. Arens, William J. Fisk, and David Faulkner."Air Movement, Comfort, and Ventilation in Partitioned Work."ASHRAE Journal 35.3 (1993) 42-50.

Nagda, , NL, William W. Nazaroff, Ashok J. Gadgil, and Charles J. Weschler."Critique of the Use of Deposition Velocity in Modeling Indoor Air Quality."STP13101S Modeling of Indoor Air Quality and Exposure (1993) 81-104. DOI

1992

Fisk, William J., and David Faulkner."Air Exchange Effectiveness in Office Buildings: Measurement Techniques and Results."International Symposium on Room Air Convection and Ventilation Effectiveness, July 22-24, 1992 (1992).

Bauman, Fred S., David Faulkner, Edward A. Arens, William J. Fisk, Lucy P. Johnston, Pleasant J. McNeel, David Pih, and Hui Zhang."Air Movement, Comfort, and Ventilation in Workstations."ASHRAE Transactions 98.1 (1992) 756-780.

1991

Bauman, Fred S., David Faulkner, Edward A. Arens, William J. Fisk, Lucy P. Johnston, Pleasant J. McNeel, David Pih, and Hui Zhang."Air movement, comfort and ventilation in partitioned workstations."ASHRAE Transactions 98 Part 1 (1991) 756-780.

1989

Seppänen, Olli, William J. Fisk, Joseph H Eto, and David T. Grimsrud."Comparison of Conventional Mixing and Displacement Air Conditioning and Ventilating Systems in U.S. Commerical Buildings."ASHRAE Summer Meeting (1989).

1988

Fisk, William J., Richard J. Prill, and Olli Seppänen."A Multi-Tracer Technique for Studying Rates of Ventilation, Air Distribution Patterns, and Air Exchange Efficiencies."Building Systems: Room Air and Air Contaminant Distribution (1988).