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Early-Age Performance of Concrete Project
Last Updated Date: 12/31/2012

Successfully delivering the desired early-age performance of concrete, upon which long-term prediction of sustainable performance depends, … more

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transport Project
Last Updated Date: 12/27/2012

The capabilities of the NIST National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) will be extended to provide a test bed for performance evaluation of … more

Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Low-Energy Buildings Project
Last Updated Date: 12/27/2012

NIST is developing tools and metrics to both reduce the building heating and cooling loads associated with ventilation and infiltration and to … more

Measurement Techniques for Advanced Insulation Project
Last Updated Date: 12/27/2012

The use of thermal insulation in building and equipment enclosures is a primary approach to reducing heating and cooling loads in buildings, which … more

Whole Building Energy Modeling and Measurements Project
Last Updated Date: 12/27/2012

Residential buildings use approximately 22% of the total energy consumed in the U.S. The objective of this project is to increase the energy … more

Performance Measurements of Photovoltaics and Distributed Generation Systems Project
Last Updated Date: 12/27/2012

Distributed generation, especially as provided by renewable sources like solar photovoltaics (PV), is required to achieve net-zero energy … more

Measuring Performance of Net-Zero Energy Homes Project
Last Updated Date: 12/27/2012

Uncertainty in the realized performance of green buildings is a barrier to increased adoption and investment in energy efficienct and … more

Design and In-Situ Performance of Vapor Compression Systems Project
Last Updated Date: 12/27/2012

Space-conditioning equipment in buildings accounts for 37% of the Nation’s primary energy consumption in buildings and 15% of the … more

Novel Working Fluids for High-Efficiency HVAC&R Equipment Project
Last Updated Date: 12/27/2012

Concerns over global warming and ozone depletion will limit or phase out several refrigerants currently used in commercial and residential cooling … more

Commissioning Building Systems for Improved Energy Performance Project
Last Updated Date: 12/17/2012

NIST will advance commercial building system commissioning as a standard quality assurance practice by developing techniques to automate … more

Building Integration with Smart Grid Project
Last Updated Date: 12/17/2012

The focus of this project is to develop measurement science and standards to enable building systems to interact with a future “smart … more

Intelligent Building Agents Project
Last Updated Date: 12/17/2012

Achieving national goals of net zero energy buildings requires substantial reduction in the energy consumption of commercial building systems. … more

Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Commercial Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems Project
Last Updated Date: 12/17/2012

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: 12/17/2012

Better information about the practical implications of integrating historically separate building automation systems and improved industry … more

Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps Project
Last Updated Date: 12/17/2012

Fault detection and diagnostic (FDD) methods are receiving increasing consideration for application in space-conditioning equipment.  It … more

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