Building control systems

News and Updates

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

For the Sake of Energy Efficiency, New "Intelligent Agents Lab" Doubles As a Building

August 25, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is converting one of its laboratories into the equivalent of a small office building—not because of an

Projects and Programs

Commissioning Building Systems for Improved Energy Performance

Ongoing

Building systems commissioning processes applied at the design phase and throughout the building life cycle have been shown to effectively improve performance

Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program

Ongoing

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 established a national goal of achieving net-zero energy buildings by 2030. Industry groups including the

Cityscape in the background. Solar panels in the foreground.

Smart Grid Program

Ongoing

The Smart Grid Program develops and demonstrates smart grid measurement science advances to improve the efficiency, reliability, resilience, and sustainability

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

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

Improving the Energy Flexibility of Single-Family Homes Through Adjustments to Envelope and Heat Pump Parameters

February 1, 2021

Author(s)

Mario Feldhofer, William M. Healy

With the increase of fluctuating renewable resources both on the grid and locally on buildings, a need arises for buildings to be flexible such that its energy

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

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

Modern Metabolic Science Yields Better Way to Calculate Indoor CO₂

For the Sake of Energy Efficiency, New "Intelligent Agents Lab" Doubles As a Building

Projects and Programs

Commissioning Building Systems for Improved Energy Performance

Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program

Smart Grid Program

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

Publications

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

Improving the Energy Flexibility of Single-Family Homes Through Adjustments to Envelope and Heat Pump Parameters

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