Energy

Gas pipeline crossing the hills, south San Francisco bay, San Jose, California

Industry Impacts: Pipeline Safety

That House on the Hill: Bringing Measurement Science Home (blog post)

The first 10 miles of the McNary - John Day Transmission Line

Smart Grid Program

TAKING MEASURE BLOG: In Pursuit of Plasma Power: Hot Stuff, Snowstorms, and Starry Skies

Do we really need hot stuff? I’m not talking about Donna Summer’s disco hit of 1979 or global warming. I’m not talking about anything so lukewarm as the surface of our sun—a mere 6,000 kelvins. I don’t even mean something as hot as 1,000,000 kelvins. No, the kind of hot stuff I’m talking about is closer to an unimaginable 200,000,000 kelvins! What possible use could we have for something so hot?

It should be of no surprise to anyone that we have an insatiable appetite for energy, and that appetite is only going to grow. But how are we going to feed this need for energy? Continue reading Yuri Ralchenko's blog post.

News and Updates

Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: NIST Releases Draft Cybersecurity Guidance, Develops GPS-Free Backup for Timing Systems

October 23, 2020

Taking another step toward strengthening the nation’s critical infrastructure, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted guidelines

A shower head with steamy water coming out.

NIST Identifies Critical Needs for Improved Plumbing

May 11, 2020

We don’t use water like we used to. In recent decades, concerns about cost, water shortages and environmental impacts together with changes in plumbing design

A Lab-to-Market Tale: Icemaker Invention

April 7, 2020

Dr. David Yashar was always interested in finding ways to use practical application of science to improve real systems, so he studied mechanical engineering at

Sunlight shines through solar panel backsheet.

NIST Study Uncovers a Potential Driver of Premature Solar Panel Failures

March 10, 2020

Unlike diamonds, solar panels are not forever. Ultraviolet rays, gusts of wind and heavy rain wear away at them over their lifetime. Manufacturers typically

Industry Impacts

Cityscape in the background. Solar panels in the foreground.

Framing the Future of the Electric Grid

The U.S. electrical distribution system is a patchwork of 100+ years of upgrades that create basic reliability issues and expose entire regions to unnecessary

Net-Zero Energy House

To decrease the $225 billion that U.S. consumers spend each year in household energy costs will require accurate, reliable information about how new

Projects and Programs

Commissioning Building Systems for Improved Energy Performance

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

Metrics and Tools for Sustainable Buildings

Building stakeholders need practical information, data, metrics, and tools that can be incorporated into investment choices and policymaking related to

Nanostructures for Energy Conversion

Electrochemical systems containing nanostructured materials are increasingly being incorporated into devices for efficiently harvesting, storing, and converting

Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program

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

Publications

Characterization of Long-Term Sub-Hourly Thermal Comfort Performance Data

November 1, 2020

Author(s)

Hyojin Kim, Lisa C. Ng, Brian P. Dougherty, William V. Payne

Current thermal comfort standards do not provide guidelines on how to graphically characterize and benchmark long-term, sub-hourly, thermal comfort. In an

Benchmarking Thermal Comfort Performance of Two Residential Air Distribution Systems in a Low- Load Home

November 1, 2020

Author(s)

Hyojin Kim, Khiem Nguyen, Lisa C. Ng, Brian P. Dougherty, William V. Payne

Despite broad recognition that air distribution plays an important role in comfort for residential buildings, few studies have addressed the fundamental ability

Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction Reference Patterns, and Band Gap Studies for (BaxSr1-x)2CoWO6 (x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9)

September 11, 2020

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Guangyao Liu, Yuqi Yang, Rola M. Derbeshi, Donald A. Windover, James A. Kaduk

X-ray reference powder patterns and structures have been determined for a series of cobalt- and tungsten-containing cubic alkaline-earth perovskites, (BaxSr1-x

Aqueous Nanofluids Containing Paraffin-filled MWCNTs for Improving Effective Specific Heat and Extinction Coefficient

August 12, 2020

Author(s)

Tae Jong Choi, Sung Hyoun Kim, Seok Pil Jang, Lingnan Lin, Mark A. Kedzierski

Software

HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+)

August 24, 2020

The first version of HVACSIM+, which stands for “HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems”, was introduced by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in

Building Life Cycle Cost Programs

June 1, 2020

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed the Building Life Cycle Cost (BLCC) Programs to provide computational support for the

The NIST Data Alignment Tool

June 18, 2019

The Data Alignment Tool (DAT) was built to assist with the analysis of data used in testing fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) tools and building

HVAC-Cx Building HVAC Systems Commissioning Tool

December 14, 2017

HVAC-Cx is a semi-automated commissioning software tool designed to facilitate performance analysis for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)

Tools and Instruments

NanoFab Tool: Bachur & Associates LS-200FSX Photoresist Stabilization System

The Bachur & Associates LS-200FSX Photoresist Stabilization System provides deep-ultraviolet (DUV) flood exposure and resist curing. The system strengthens

Schematic of the Suss MicroTec ACS200 Resist Coat System

NanoFab Tool: Suss MicroTec ACS200 Automated Resist Coater

The Suss MicroTec ACS200 is an automated photoresist coating and baking station with cassette-to-cassette substrate operation. It supports both spin coating and

High-throughput Scanning Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Reflectometer

This tool is for high-throughput measurement of the near-infrared spectroscopic reflectance of thin film combinatorial library samples at temperatures ranging

Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport Properties

The Seebeck coefficient is a physical parameter routinely measured to identify the potential thermoelectric performance of a material. However, researchers

Energy

TAKING MEASURE BLOG: In Pursuit of Plasma Power: Hot Stuff, Snowstorms, and Starry Skies

News and Updates

Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: NIST Releases Draft Cybersecurity Guidance, Develops GPS-Free Backup for Timing Systems

NIST Identifies Critical Needs for Improved Plumbing

A Lab-to-Market Tale: Icemaker Invention

NIST Study Uncovers a Potential Driver of Premature Solar Panel Failures

Industry Impacts

Framing the Future of the Electric Grid

Net-Zero Energy House

Projects and Programs

Commissioning Building Systems for Improved Energy Performance

Metrics and Tools for Sustainable Buildings

Nanostructures for Energy Conversion

Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program

Publications

Characterization of Long-Term Sub-Hourly Thermal Comfort Performance Data

Benchmarking Thermal Comfort Performance of Two Residential Air Distribution Systems in a Low- Load Home

Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction Reference Patterns, and Band Gap Studies for (BaxSr1-x)2CoWO6 (x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9)

Aqueous Nanofluids Containing Paraffin-filled MWCNTs for Improving Effective Specific Heat and Extinction Coefficient

Software

HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+)

Building Life Cycle Cost Programs

The NIST Data Alignment Tool

HVAC-Cx Building HVAC Systems Commissioning Tool

Tools and Instruments

NanoFab Tool: Bachur & Associates LS-200FSX Photoresist Stabilization System

NanoFab Tool: Suss MicroTec ACS200 Automated Resist Coater

High-throughput Scanning Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Reflectometer

Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport Properties

Awards

Boulder Campus Green Team Win 2016 Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award

John Lehman Receives Rabinow Award

2011 AAAS Fellow - Cedric Powell