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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) 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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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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2018

Kim, Yang-Seon, Iain S. Walker, and William W. Delp."Development of a standard capture efficiency test method for residential kitchen ventilation."Science and Technology for the Built Environment 24 (2018) 176–187. DOI

2017

Singer, Brett C., Rebecca Zarin Pass, William W. Delp, David M. Lorenzetti, and Randy L. Maddalena."Pollutant concentrations and emission rates from natural gas cooking burners without and with range hood exhaust in nine California homes."Building and Environment 122 (2017) 215 - 229. DOI

Chan, Wanyu R., Jennifer M. Logue, X. Wu, Neil E. Klepeis, William J. Fisk, Federico Noris, and Brett C. Singer."Quantifying fine particle emission events from time-resolved measurements: Method description and application to 18 California low-income apartments."Indoor Air 28.1 (2017) 89 - 101. DOI

Kim, Yang-Seon, Iain S. Walker, and William W. Delp."Development of a Standard Test Method for Reducing the Uncertainties in Measuring the Capture Efficiency of Range Hoods." (2017).

Fisk, William J., and Wanyu R. Chan."Effectiveness and cost of reducing particle-related mortality with particle filtration."Indoor Air (2017). DOI

Rapp, Vi H., Robert K. Cheng, and Peter L. Therkelsen."A high turndown, ultra low emission low-swirl burner for natural gas, on-demand water heaters." (2017).

Walker, Iain S., Yang-Seon Kim, Brett C. Singer, and Wanyu R. Chan."Assessing Occupant and Outdoor Air Impacts on Indoor Air Quality in New California Homes."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Rojas, Gabriel, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Comparing extracting and recirculating residential kitchen range hoods for the use in high energy efficient housing."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Walker, Iain S., Gariel Rojas, Jordan D. Clark, and Max H. Sherman."Evaluating the Performance of Island Kitchen Range Hoods."AIVC Conference (2017). DOI

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jordan D. Clark, and Gaelle Guyot."Residential Smart Ventilation: A Review." (2017).

Less, Brennan, and Iain S. Walker."Smart Ventilation Controls for Occupancy and Auxiliary Fan Use Across U.S. Climates." (2017).

2016

Fisk, William J., and Wanyu R. Chan."Health benefits and costs of filtration interventions that reduce indoor exposure to PM2.5 during wildfires."Indoor Air 27.1 (2016) 191 - 204. DOI

Singer, Brett C., William W. Delp, Douglas R. Black, and Iain S. Walker."Measured performance of filtration and ventilation systems for fine and ultrafine particles and ozone in an unoccupied modern California house."Indoor Air (2016). DOI

Chan, Wanyu R., Yang-Seon Kim, Brett C. Singer, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Healthy Efficient New Gas Homes (HENGH) Field Study Protocol." (2016).

Walker, Iain S., J. Chris Stratton, William W. Delp, and Max H. Sherman."Development of a Tracer Gas Capture Efficiency Test Method for Residential Kitchen Ventilation." (2016).

Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, and Sara Ticci."Development of Smart Ventilation Control Algorithms for Humidity Control in High-Performance Homes in Humid U.S. Climates." (2016).

Singer, Brett C., Brennan Less, William W. Delp, Andrew D Brooks, Sebastian Cohn, and Brian Finn."A Field Study of Wall Furnace Venting and Coincident Exhaust Fan Usage in 16 Northern CA Apartments." (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).

Mullen, N. A., J. Li, Marion L. Russell, Michael Spears, Brennan Less, and Brett C. Singer."Results of the California Healthy Homes Indoor Air Quality Study of 2011–2013: impact of natural gas appliances on air pollutant concentrations."Indoor Air 26 (2016). DOI

Less, Brennan, and Iain S. Walker."Smart Ventilation Control of Indoor Humidity in High Performance Homes in Humid U.S. Climates."ASHRAE (2016).

2015

Mullen, Nasim A., Jina Li, Marion L. Russell, Michael Spears, Brennan Less, and Brett C. Singer."Results of the California Healthy Homes Indoor Air Quality Study of 2011-2013: Impact of Natural Gas Appliances on Air Pollutant Concentrations."Indoor Air (2015). DOI

Fisk, William J.."Review of Some Effects of Climate Change on Indoor Environmental Quality and Health and Associated No-Regrets Mitigation Measures."Building and Environment 86 (2015) 70-80. DOI

Logue, Jennifer M., William J. N. Turner, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."A simplified model for estimating population-scale energy impacts of building envelope air-tightening and mechanical ventilation retrofits."Journal of Building Performance Simulation 9.1 (2015). DOI

Rapp, Vi H., Brett C. Singer, J. Chris Stratton, Craig P. Wray, and Brennan Less."Assessment of Literature Related to Combustion Appliance Venting Systems." (2015).

Chan, Wanyu R., Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Durable Airtightness in Single-Family Dwellings: Field Measurements and Analysis." (2015).