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21. Trees in the city: estimating the value of street trees in Portland, Oregon using hedonic valuation
Published: 2/28/2010
Authors: Geoffrey Donovan, David T Butry
Abstract: We use a hedonic model to simultaneously estimate the effects of street trees on the sales price and the time on market of houses in Portland Oregon. On average, street trees add $7020 to sales price and reduce time on the market by 1.9 days. Extrapo ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=861501

22. Proceedings of the 2009 Workshop on Innovative Fire Protection
Series: Technical Note (NIST TN)
Report Number: 1662
Published: 2/17/2010
Authors: Anthony P Hamins, Francine K. Amon, Jason D Averill, Nelson P Bryner, David T Butry, Rick D Davis, Richard George Gann, Jeffrey W Gilman, Samuel L Manzello, Randall Joseph McDermott, William E. Mell, Nathan D Marsh
Abstract: The Innovative Fire Protection Workshop was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on June 4 and 5, 2009. The 70 participants represented a broad range of stakeholder perspectives, including various non-profit, academic, i ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=905084

23. Wildfire Prevention Efficacy: Marginal and Non-marginal Benefit-Cost Ratios
Published: 2/1/2010
Authors: Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David T Butry, Karen L. Abt, Rhonda Sutphen
Abstract: Fire prevention education efforts involve a variety of methods intended to reduce the number of accidentally ignited wildfires, including public service announcements, distributing brochures and making presentations. A Poisson model of Florida fire i ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=901174

24. Benefits and Costs of Research: A Case Study of Improved Service Life Prediction
Series: Technical Note (NIST TN)
Report Number: 1650
Published: 10/15/2009
Authors: Robert E Chapman, David T Butry, Allison L. Huang, Douglas S Thomas
Abstract: This report focuses on a critical analysis of the economic impacts of research conducted by BFRL s Service Life Prediction (SLP) Program for High-Performance Polymeric Construction Materials. The SLP Program is an interdisciplinary research effort w ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=903855

25. Metrics and Tools for Measuring Construction Productivity: Technical and Empirical Considerations
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 1101
Published: 9/30/2009
Authors: Allison L. Huang, Robert E Chapman, David T Butry
Abstract: Although the construction industry is a major component of the U.S. economy, it has experienced a perceived prolonged period of decline in productivity. Due to the critical lack of measurement methods, however, the magnitude of the productivity pr ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=903603

26. Properly placed shade trees reduce summertime electricity bills in Sacramento, California
Published: 6/1/2009
Authors: Geoffrey Donovan, David T Butry
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902364

27. The value of shade: Estimating the effect of urban trees on summertime electricity use
Published: 6/1/2009
Authors: Geoffrey Donovan, David T Butry
Abstract: We estimated the effect of shade trees on the summertime electricity use of 640 single-family homes in Sacramento, California. Results show that trees on the west and south sides of a house reduce summertime electricity use, whereas trees on the nort ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=900257

28. Economic Analysis of Egress and Life Safety Costs
Series: OTHER
Published: 4/27/2009
Authors: Robert E Chapman, Allison L. Huang, David T Butry
Abstract: In 2007, the latest year for which construction data are available, the value of construction put in place was $1.1 trillion. Statistics on the total cost of fire in the U.S. are published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Of part ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=901343

29. Economic Performance of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems
Published: 3/1/2009
Author: David T Butry
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=905087

30. Market-Based Approaches to Tree Valuation
Published: 8/1/2008
Authors: Geoffrey Donovan, David T Butry
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=905091