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Mini-mattresses of a size used for commercial display, were subjected to a pair of NIST-developed gas burners and the resulting heat release behavior was
This report describes results obtained from a fire protection engineering analysis of an historic government office building located in Washington, DC. The
The purpose of detecting fires early is to provide an alarm consistent with an environment which is deemed to be a threat to people or a building. High
William D. Davis, Walter W. Jones, David Holmberg, K A. Reed
This paper identifies building and building related information that would be useful to first responders (fire, police, EMS) and discusses examples of how the
Walter W. Jones, Richard D. Peacock, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke
CFAST is a zone model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving distribution
It is possible to generate electrical energy from the motion of water due to ocean tides and waves. Oceans are a much more ubiquitous source of flowing water
This report identifies and examines the important issues associated with a measurement and modeling program intended to evaluate how contaminants accidentally
This manuscript contains the end-user documentation for the MatML Editor, an enabling technology intended to support widespread adoption of the language. The
This manuscript contains the technical documentation for the MatML Editor, an enabling technology intended to support widespread adoption of the language. The
This is the April 2005 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
There are many types of sensor devices available in today s market with many still in development. These devices send signals representing the detection of
Stephen J. Treado, S Cook, Banty Jain, Michael Galler
This report describes a typical implementation of a building access control system integrated with other portions of a building automation system, using some of
The Fire Dynamics Simulation (FDS) research program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has produced software that simulates fire
The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) version 3.0 software implements a rational, systematic technique for selecting environmentally
A series of measurements and performance evaluations has been conducted in the Temperature Control Module (TCM) for three control system vendors in order to
Mark E. Palmer, M Burns, T L. Teague, Mary Turton, Rurik Turton
The AEX XML Schema Reference Guide summarizes the design principles and the structures of the AEX (Automating Equipment Information eXchange) XML schemas
This is the April 2004 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
This is the April 2006 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) represents one of the principal efforts of the U.S. government to proactively foster technological innovation. The ATP
This is the April 2003 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
The tests reported herein were intended to gain information on how manufactured home shear walls perform under extreme loads. The specimens tested represent
X Feng, Edward Garboczi, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Kenneth A. Snyder, Paul E. Stutzman, T Mason
This report summarizes a project that dealt with the characterization of a fly ash and fly-ash blended cement material, so that these could be incorporated into
Innovations in residential construction have faced many barriers to adoption. One critical barrier is the absence of metrics that allow homeowners, home
The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) is a federal science and technology program whose mission is to accelerate the development of innovative technologies for
The problem of generating a generalized solution is further exasperated by the varying nature of reporting requirements placed by clients on the construction