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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Commercial Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems Project
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 NIST is working to measure and improve the operational performance of commercial buildings by leveraging previously untapped capabilities within … more
Smart Building Automation and Control Testbed and Standards Project
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 Better information about the practical implications of integrating historically separate building automation systems and improved industry … more
Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 Congress has established a national goal of achieving net-zero energy buildings by 2030. [1] Approximately 84% of the life cycle energy use of a … more
Intelligent Building Agents Project
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 Achieving national goals of net zero energy buildings requires substantial reduction in the energy consumption of commercial building systems. … more
Mechanical Performance and Service Life of Structural Polymers: Pipes and Sealants Project
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 This project will develop and implement measurement science to characterize critical mechanical properties of polymeric materials used in pipes … more
Whole Building Energy Modeling and Measurements Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 Buildings use approximately 40% of the total energy consumed in the US and one-half of that amount is attributed to homes, making the residential … more
Performance Measurements of Photovoltaics and Distributed Generation Systems Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 To realize net-zero energy buildings, distributed generation, especially as provided by renewable sources like solar photovoltaics (PV), is … more
Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Low-Energy Buildings Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 NIST is developing tools and metrics to reduce the building heating and cooling loads associated with ventilation and infiltration and to evaluate … more
Measuring Performance of Net-Zero Energy Homes Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 Uncertainty in the realized performance of green buildings is a barrier to increased adoption and investment in energy and environmental savings … more
Measurement Techniques for Thermal Insulation Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 The use of thermal insulation in building and equipment enclosures is a primary approach to reducing heating and cooling loads in buildings, which … more
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transport Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 The capabilities of the NIST National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) will be extended to provide a test bed for performance evaluation and … more
Design and In-Situ Performance of Vapor Compression Systems Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 Space-conditioning equipment is one of the top energy users in buildings. For this reason, reaching the goal of net-zero energy buildings requires … more
Contaminant Control in High-Performance Buildings Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 Net-zero energy strategies have the potential to significantly impact the indoor air quality of buildings. This project is designed to better … more
Commissioning Building Systems for Improved Energy Performance Project
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 NIST will advance commercial building system commissioning as a standard quality assurance practice by developing techniques to automate … more
WUI Building and Fire Codes and Standards Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 Within the Fire Risk Reduction in Communities Program at NIST, projects seek (through laboratory experiments, field measurements, and computer … more |
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