Steven Emmerich (Fed)

Steven J. Emmerich is a mechanical engineer in the Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group of the Building Energy and Environment Division (EED) of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Mr. Emmerich is involved in research on resilience, indoor air quality, infiltration, ventilation and energy consumption in commercial and residential buildings. His current work includes studying the exposure to carbon monoxide from portable electric generators and research on ventilation and indoor air quality in high-performance (sustainable, green or net zero energy) buildings. His past work has included measuring the performance of residential IAQ control equipment and verifying the ability of multi-zone IAQ models to predict the impact of such equipment, applying combined multi-zone airflow models and building thermal models to study the energy impacts of poor building air-tightness and ventilation system control, and the application of computational fluid dynamics to study room air flow. 

Mr. Emmerich is a member and Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)and has published over 200 journal articles, project reports and technical papers on advanced ventilation systems, multi-zone airflow and indoor air quality modeling, residential indoor air quality, building energy use and computational fluid dynamics.

• United States Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award
• United States Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award (3)
• Federal Laboratory Consortium EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARD
• ISIAQ Fellow
• ASHRAE Fellow
• ASHRAE Environmental Health Award
• ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award
• ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
• NIST Safety Award
• EL Outstanding Innovative Tool Award
• EL Communication Award (2)
• BFRL Communication Award (2)