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Technical Note (NIST TN)

A Review of Risk Perception in Building Fire Evacuation

October 1, 2014

Author(s)

Max T. Kinateder, Erica D. Kuligowski, Paul Reneke, Richard D. Peacock

Risk perception (RP) is studied in many research disciplines (e.g., safety engineering, psychology, or sociology), and the contexts surrounding the ways in...

Roadmap for Building Commissioning Research Workshop Summary Report

September 30, 2014

Author(s)

Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, David Shipley, Walter Zalis, Steven T. Bushby

This report summarizes the results of the Building Commissioning Research and Measurement Science Needs Webinar Workshop held on April 29, 2014, sponsored by...

A Review of Risk Perception in Building Fire Evacuation

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Max Kinateder, Erica D. Kuligowski, Paul Reneke, Richard D. Peacock

Risk perception (RP) is studied in many research disciplines (e.g., safety engineering, psychology, and sociology), and the context in which RP is studied...

Potential Research Areas in Residential Energy Storage for NIST's Engineering Laboratory

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, William Payne, Harrison Skye

This paper recommends research that is required to develop and, thus, enable cost effective, residential electricity storage systems for renewable energy. As...

Movement on Stairs During Building Evacuations

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard D. Peacock, Paul Reneke, Emily A. Wiess, Jason Averill, Robert Hagwood, Enrico Ronchi, Bryan Hoskins, Michael Spearpoint

The time that it takes an occupant population to reach safety when descending a stairwell during building evacuations is typically described by measureable...

Facility Smart Grid Interface and a Demand Response Conceptual Model

August 28, 2014

Author(s)

David Holmberg, Steven Bushby, David B. Hardin

Residential, commercial, and industrial facilities have potential to support electric grid reliability with demand response (DR) via use of facility energy...

Effect of Acoustic Excitation on R134a/Al2O3 Nanolubricant Mixture Boiling on a Reentrant Cavity Surface with Extensive Measurement and Analysis Details

August 6, 2014

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, Steven E. Fick

This paper quantifies the influence of acoustic excitation of Al2O3 nanoparticles on the pool boiling performance of R134a/polyolester mixtures on a Turbo-BII...

Nanoparticle Released from Consumer Products: Flooring Nanocoatings and Interior Nanopaints

July 21, 2014

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Tinh Nguyen, Andrew Persily

Nanoparticles are increasingly incorporated in flooring coatings and interior paints to improve their abrasion and microbial resistance. One particular concern...

The Use of Elevators for Evacuation in Fire Emergencies in International Buildings

July 21, 2014

Author(s)

Max T. Kinateder, Hidemi Omori, Erica D. Kuligowski

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of elevator evacuation from high-rise buildings with a focus on the safety of mobility impaired occupants...

Detecting Faults in Building Air Handling Units - A Background Study for Developing Intelligent Agents for Optimizing Building HVAC Systems

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

George E. Kelly, Steven T. Bushby

One approach to the optimization of building heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems involves the use of intelligent agents. These Agents can...

The ghost in the machine: Don't let it haunt your software performance measurements

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Vreda Pieterse, David W. Flater

This paper describes pitfalls, issues, and methodology for measuring software performance. Ideally, measurement should be performed and reported in such a way...

An improved method of modeling infiltration in commercial building energy models

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Lisa Ng, Steven Emmerich, Andrew Persily

As various strategies for improving building envelope and HVAC equipment efficiencies are increasingly used to reduce building energy use, a greater percentage...

Software Independent Data Mapping Tool for Structural Fire Analysis

March 12, 2014

Author(s)

Dilip K. Banerjee

In order to model the structural behavior under fire, three separate analyses need to be conducted: a) fire propagation and growth (fire modeling), b) transient...

Best Practices for Sample Collection and Transport in an Initial Response to Potential Biothreat Materials

March 5, 2014

Author(s)

Jayne B. Morrow, Autumn S. Downey, Lisa Delaney

In the event of a suspected or confirmed biological threat, public safety, law enforcement and public and environmental health authorities may collect samples...

General Guidance on Emergency Communication Strategies for Buildings, 2nd Edition

February 14, 2014

Author(s)

Erica D. Kuligowski, Hidemi Omori

When a building emergency occurs, it is not always sufficient to simply initiate alarm bells. Individuals may not know what the alarm bell means and as a result...

The U.S. Manufacturing Value Chain: An International Perspective

February 10, 2014

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This report uses input-output data from the World Input-Output Database along with the methods developed by Wassily Leontief to track the intermediate goods and...

Estimation of uncertainty in application profiles

February 3, 2014

Author(s)

David W. Flater

Application profiling tools are the instruments used to measure software performance at the function and application levels. The most powerful measurement...

Smoke Component Yields from Bench-scale Fire Tests: 2. ISO 19700 Controlled Equivalence Ratio Tube Furnace

December 19, 2013

Author(s)

Nathan D. Marsh, Richard G. Gann, Marc R. Nyden

Smoke Component Yields from Bench-scale Fire Tests: 1. NFPA 269 / ASTM E 1678

December 19, 2013

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Nathan D. Marsh, Jason D. Averill, Marc R. Nyden

Smoke Component Yields from Bench-scale Fire Tests: 3. ISO 5660-1 / ASTM E 1354 with Enclosure and Variable Oxygen Concentration

December 19, 2013

Author(s)

Nathan D. Marsh, Richard G. Gann

Smoke Component Yields from Bench-scale Fire Tests: 4. Comparison of Bench-scale and Full-scale Results

December 19, 2013

Author(s)

Nathan D. Marsh, Richard G. Gann

Performance Criteria For an ASTM XRF Standard Test Method For Chemical Analysis of Hydraulic Cements: Inter-Laboratory Study on Cements A and B

December 6, 2013

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman

Bulk oxide determinations from a pair of portland cements provides the basis for calculation precision and accuracy values for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis...

Performance Criteria For an ASTM XRF Standard Test Method For Chemical Analysis of Hydraulic Cements: Inter-Laboratory Study Cements E and F

December 6, 2013

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman

Bulk oxide determinations from a pair of portland cements provides the basis for calculation precision and accuracy values for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis...

Additive Manufacturing Technical Workshop Summary Report

December 4, 2013

Author(s)

Christopher U. Brown, Joshua Lubell, Robert R. Lipman

This report summarizes the presentations, discussions, and recommendations from the Additive Manufacturing Technical Workshop held during the PDES, Inc. offsite...

Guidance on Fire Emergency Procedures for Emergency Stair Travel Devices

November 26, 2013

Author(s)

Erica D. Kuligowski

This document provides specific detailed guidance and recommendations on the use of emergency stair travel devices, or stair descent devices, for evacuation of...

Simulating Occupancy in The NIST Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

November 21, 2013

Author(s)

Farhad Omar, Steven T. Bushby

The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF), at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a research...

The Process of Verification and Validation of Building Fire Evacuation Models

November 21, 2013

Author(s)

Enrico Ronchi, Erica D. Kuligowski, Paul A. Reneke, Richard Peacock, Daniel Nilsson

To date, there is no International standard on the methods and tests to assess the verification and validation (V&V) of building fire evacuation models, i.e...

Model Based Enterprise Summit Report

November 4, 2013

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell, Simon P. Frechette, Robert R. Lipman, Frederick M. Proctor, John A. Horst, Mark G. Carlisle, Paul J. Huang

This report summarizes the presentations, discussions, and recommendations from the Model-Based Enterprise Summit held at the National Institute of Standards...

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Technical Manual and User Guide

September 30, 2013

Author(s)

Barbara C. Lippiatt, Joshua D. Kneifel, Priya Lavappa, Sangwon Suh, Anne Landfield Greig

Building stakeholders need practical metrics, data, and tools to support decisions related to sustainable building designs, technologies, standards, and codes...

Effect of Concentration on R134a/Al2O3 Nanolubricant Mixture Boiling on a Reentrant Cavity Surface with Extensive Measurement and Analysis Details

September 25, 2013

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper quantifies the influence of Al2O3 nanoparticles on the pool boiling performance of R134a/polyolester mixtures on a Turbo-BII-HP boiling surface...

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