Building control systems

News and Updates

NIST, University Researchers Introduce Framework for Composing IOT Capabilities

November 1, 2021

NIST researchers and collaborators recently published the paper, A Framework for the Composition of Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)

NIST engineer Rick Candell is seen monitoring the strength and clarity of a wireless signal run through a virtual factory environment (a graphic of which is seen on a monitor above Candell's head).

Want to Make Your Factory Wireless? NIST Can Guide You!

May 29, 2018

It’s been called the “smart factory” and even given the lofty moniker of “the fourth industrial revolution.” The manufacturing operation of the just-around-the

Modern Metabolic Science Yields Better Way to Calculate Indoor CO₂

April 28, 2017

The air we breathe out can help us improve the quality of the air we breathe in. Measurements of indoor carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations are used to

Projects and Programs

Intelligent Building Agents

Ongoing

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

Building Integration with Smart Grid

Ongoing

Developing a next generation "smart grid" requires new measurement science and industry standards that enable homes and buildings to interact with the grid. In

Smart Building Automation and Control Testbed and Standards

Completed

Improved industry standards and better information about the practical implications of integrating historically separate building automation systems are needed

Seismic Performance of Steel Buildings in the Central and Eastern United States

Ongoing

In certain regions of moderate seismicity, particularly in the central and eastern United States (CEUS), member sizes of the seismic force-resisting systems

Publications

A Tool to Model Virus Particle Exposure in Residences (ViPER)

March 9, 2022

Author(s)

Stephen Zimmerman, Brian Polidoro, Lisa Ng, William Stuart Dols, Steven Emmerich

Virus Particle Exposure in Residences (ViPER) is a web-based, single zone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis tool developed by the National Institute

Using Co-simulation between EnergyPlus and CONTAM to Evaluate Recirculation-based, Demand-controlled Ventilation Strategies in an Office Building

January 11, 2022

Author(s)

Maria Alonso, William Stuart Dols

A coupled energy, airflow, and contaminant transport building model was developed using co-simulation between EnergyPlus and CONTAM. The model was used to

Load Forecasting Tool for NIST Transactive Energy Market

September 27, 2021

Author(s)

Farhad Omar, David Holmberg

Customers and transactive energy (TE) market managers may rely on load forecasting algorithms to purchase or sell power in a forward market environment, using

Baseline Control Systems in the Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory

September 22, 2021

Author(s)

Amanda Pertzborn, Daniel Veronica

The goal of the Embedded Intelligence in Buildings program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to develop and deploy advances in

Tools and Instruments

Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed

The NIST Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed (VCBT) is a whole building emulator designed with enough flexibility to be capable of reproducibly simulating

Building control systems

News and Updates

NIST, University Researchers Introduce Framework for Composing IOT Capabilities

Want to Make Your Factory Wireless? NIST Can Guide You!

Modern Metabolic Science Yields Better Way to Calculate Indoor CO₂

Projects and Programs

Intelligent Building Agents

Building Integration with Smart Grid

Smart Building Automation and Control Testbed and Standards

Seismic Performance of Steel Buildings in the Central and Eastern United States

Publications

A Tool to Model Virus Particle Exposure in Residences (ViPER)

Using Co-simulation between EnergyPlus and CONTAM to Evaluate Recirculation-based, Demand-controlled Ventilation Strategies in an Office Building

Load Forecasting Tool for NIST Transactive Energy Market

Baseline Control Systems in the Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory

Software

HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+)

The NIST Data Alignment Tool

HVAC-Cx Building HVAC Systems Commissioning Tool

Tools and Instruments

Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed