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21. Indoor Air Quality in Sustainable, Energy Efficient Buildings
Published: 8/15/2010
Authors: Andrew Keith Persily, Steven J Emmerich
Abstract: Building designers, contractors, owners and managers have long been challenged with providing quality indoor environments at a reasonable energy cost. Current efforts to improve building energy efficiency, including goals of netzero energy use, are ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906045

22. Ventilation Rate Distributions for U.S. Housing
Published: 7/18/2010
Authors: Andrew Keith Persily, Amy Musser, Steven J Emmerich
Abstract: A set of 209 dwellings that represent 80 % of U.S. housing stock was used to generate frequenc distributions of residential ventilation rates. The set of homes is based on an anal sis of the 1997 U.S. Department of Energ s Residential Energ Consum ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=904946

23. Modeling the Effects of Outdoor Gasoline Powered Generator Use on Indoor Carbon Monoxide Exposures Phase II
Series: Technical Note (NIST TN)
Report Number: 1666
Published: 7/8/2010
Authors: Wang Liangzhu, Steven J Emmerich, Ryan Powell
Abstract: The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted a study for CDC to examine the impact of distance of gasoline-powered portable electric generators on indoor CO exposure. The study was based on computer simulations of CO trans ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=905887

24. Effect of Air Infiltration and Ventilation
Published: 11/17/2009
Authors: Andrew Keith Persily, Steven J Emmerich
Abstract: This chapter discusses the role of air infiltration and ventilation in building moisture transport. While water vapor diffusion can be a very important moisture transport mechanism, as discussed in other chapters, bulk air movement via infiltration a ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=861039

25. Modeling the Effects of Outdoor Use of Gasoline Powered Generators on Indoor Carbon Monoxide Levels
Published: 10/26/2009
Authors: Liangzhu Wang, Steven J Emmerich
Abstract: Background The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that half of non-fatal CO poisoning incidents during the hurricane season in 2005 involved generators operated outdoors but within seven feet of the home. The guidance ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902744

26. Airtightness Evaluation of Shelter-in-Place Spaces for Protection Against Airborne Chembio Releases
Series: NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Report Number: 7546
Published: 10/15/2009
Authors: Andrew Keith Persily, Heather Davis, Steven J Emmerich, William S Dols
Abstract: Due to concerns about potential airborne chemical and biological releases in or near buildings, building owners and managers and other decision makers are faced with a number of options for increasing their building s level of protection against su ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=901117

27. Modeling the Effects of Outdoor Gasoline Powered Generator Use on Indoor Carbon Monoxide Exposures
Published: 8/14/2009
Authors: Steven J Emmerich, Liangzhu Wang
Abstract: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that up to half of non-fatal CO poisoning incidents during the hurricane seasons in 2004 and 2005 involved generators operated outdoors but within seven feet of the home. The guid ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=904186

28. Modeling the Effects of Outdoor Gasoline Powered Generator Use on Indoor Carbon Monoxide Exposures
Series: Technical Note (NIST TN)
Report Number: 1637
Published: 8/3/2009
Authors: Wang Liangzhu, Steven J Emmerich
Abstract: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that up to half of non-fatal CO poisoning incidents during the hurricane seasons in 2004 and 2005 involved generators operated outdoors but within seven feet of the home. The gu ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902935

29. Simulation of the Impact of Commercial Building Envelope Airtightness on Building Energy Utilization
Published: 12/14/2007
Authors: Steven J Emmerich, Timothy McDowell, Wagdy Anis
Abstract: This paper presents a simulation study of the energy impact and cost-effectiveness of improving envelope airtightness in low-rise US commercial buildings. Despite common assumptions, measurements have shown that typical US commercial buildings are no ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=905031

30. Measuring Airtightness at ASHRAE Headquarters
Published: 9/1/2007
Authors: Steven J Emmerich, Andrew Keith Persily, Terry Brennan
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=905014