NIST Pubs

Fire Structure Interface for the World Trade Center Towers

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Kuldeep Prasad, Howard R. Baum

The collapse of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, resulting from a combination of aircraft impact damage and subsequent fires, was studied as...

Survey of the State-of-the-Art for Ocean Wave Energy Conversion Systems

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Kathryn Butler, Marc R. Nyden, William G. Rippey

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...

Verification and Validation of CFAST, A Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Spread

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Mini-Matt Flammability and Its Relation to Full-Scale Mattress Flammability

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Roy A. McLane

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...

Preface to the Cumulative Proceedings of the First 14 Halon Options Technical Working Conferences

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Richard Gann, Star R. Burgess, Kathleen C. Whisner, Paul A. Reneke

As a result of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the 1990 U.S. Clean Air Act, there began a movement toward phaseout of...

A Review and Implementation of Algorithms for Fast and Reliable Fire Detection

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Walter W. Jones

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...

Recommended Information Set and Interface Design for use by First Responders During Building Incidents

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

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...

MatML Editor: Technical Documentation

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

J Bakoczy, E F. Begley

This manuscript contains the technical documentation for the MatML Editor, an enabling technology intended to support widespread adoption of the language. The...

BACnet Enhancement for Biometric Access Control

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado

MatML Editor: User Documentation

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

J Bakoczy, E F. Begley

This manuscript contains the end-user documentation for the MatML Editor, an enabling technology intended to support widespread adoption of the language. The...

Investigation of Unresolved Issues From ATL Temperature Control Module

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado

A series of measurements and performance evaluations has been conducted in the Temperature Control Module (TCM) for three control system vendors in order to...

Technical Issues Related to the Measurement and Modeling of Contaminant Transport and Accumulation in Building Plumbing Systems

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado

This report identifies and examines the important issues associated with a measurement and modeling program intended to evaluate how contaminants accidentally...

The Integration of Biometric Access Control in Buildings

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado

BACnet Lighting Control Applications

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado

AEX XML Schema Reference Guide

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Modeling Building Access Control with BACnet

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Alert Categorization, Revision 1.0

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Alan B. Vinh

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...

Distributed Biometric Access Control Testbed

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado, S Cook, Michael Galler

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - April 2005 NISTIR 85-3273-20 (Rev. 4/05)

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

S Fuller, Amy S. Rushing

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...

Benefits and Costs of Research: A Case Study of Fire Dynamics Simulation

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Barbara C. Lippiatt

The Fire Dynamics Simulation (FDS) research program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has produced software that simulates fire...

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - April 2003

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Amy S. Rushing, S Fuller

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...

BEES 3.0 Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability: Technical Manual and User Guide

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Barbara C. Lippiatt

The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) version 3.0 software implements a rational, systematic technique for selecting environmentally...

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - April 2004

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

L I. Schultz, Amy S. Rushing, S Fuller

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...

Measuring the Affordability of Residential Building Innovations

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

C J. Leng

Innovations in residential construction have faced many barriers to adoption. One critical barrier is the absence of metrics that allow homeowners, home...

Fire Fighter Turnout Coat Configurations: Performance Data for Acquisition Decisions

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

M H. Brown

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - April 2006

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Amy S. Rushing, S Fuller

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...

NIST Releases BRIDGELCC 2.0

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Amy S. Rushing

Final Report for:EPA: LAG No. DW-13-93903501-0 Expanding a Tool for Predicting Chloride Diffusivity in Concrete So It Can Be Used by Manufacturers to Evaluate the Durability of Concrete Made With Blended Cements. Part I: Characterizing Blended Cement...

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Results of Shear Resistance Tests of Manufactures House Walls

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Michael A. Riley, R E. Vega

The tests reported herein were intended to gain information on how manufactured home shear walls perform under extreme loads. The specimens tested represent...

Adsorption of Chemical Contaminants on Pipe Materials and Their Decontamination

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephanie S. Watson

This report describes the results of the chemical contamination and decontamination of pipe materials found in residential building for the second phase of a...