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Engineering Laboratory / Building Energy & Environment Division

Mechanical Systems and Controls Group

Projects/Programs

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Diagram of Building Digitization and Semantic Interoperability with photos of lab and models

Building Digitization and Semantic Interoperability

Ongoing
Objective To develop the framework and tools for building and grid digitization and semantic interoperability, and to create standardized machine-readable semantic models that represent building systems information to advance AI-enabled analytics, automation, and control. Technical Idea NIST will...
hi-tech grid

Building Integration with Smart Grid

Completed
Objective - To develop the measurement science for industry standards that will enable interconnection of home and building automation and control systems with a future "smart" utility grid, provide consumers with energy usage information, and support industry efforts to develop the needed standards...
hi-tech building

Commissioning Building Systems for Improved Performance and Cybersecurity

Completed
Objective To improve the performance of building systems by providing the measurement science needed to develop improved building commissioning techniques that utilize embedded capabilities of building control systems, accelerate the adoption of cost-effective commissioning as standard practice and...
green construction

Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program

Completed
Objective To develop and deploy advances in measurement science that will improve building operations to achieve lower operating costs, energy waste, occupant comfort/safety/security, and smart grid integration through the use of intelligent building systems. What is the problem? Over 80% of the...
hi-tech Building

Intelligent Building Agents

Completed
Objective Demonstrate the feasibility of SI control techniques for reducing the energy costs of HVAC systems in commercial buildings and create a research infrastructure, the Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory (IBAL), suitable for ongoing demonstration, development, and evaluation of advanced SI...

Smart Building Automation and Control Testbed and Standards

Completed
Objective - To enable the development of a new generation of commercial products for integrated cybernetic building systems and transform industry practices for building operations, through a combination of measurement science research enabled by state-of-the-art testbeds and direct involvement in...

Transactive Energy for Effective Integration of Customer Flexibility

Ongoing
Objective The TE Flex project will provide the scientific basis for effective customer DER integration using transactive methods by 2026 with industry collaboration. Simulation studies in the NIST TE Testbed will investigate how transactive exchanges can optimally engage the flexibility of different...
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