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Proceedings of the Measurement Science for Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing Workshop: Volume 2. Presentations

September 26, 2014

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Bilal Ayyub, Gerald Galloway, Richard Wright

This report documents the effort launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop, organize, and convene a workshop on sustainability to promote the adoption and use of sustainable construction and manufacturing and guide

The Decline in Reported Smoking-Caused Wildfires

June 21, 2014

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David T. Butry, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Douglas S. Thomas

The number of smoking-caused wildfires has been falling nationwide. On national forests in 2011, smoking-caused wildfires represented only 10 % of their 1980 level. No other cause of wildfire has experienced this level of decline. Using U.S. Forest Service

Life-Cycle Cost Comparison of the NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility to a Maryland Code-Compliant Design

June 11, 2014

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Joshua D. Kneifel

Exploiting autoregressive properties to develop prospective urban arson forecasts by target

October 1, 2013

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Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David Butry, Douglas Thomas

Municipal fire departments responded to approximately 53 000 intentionally-set fires annually from 2003 to 2007, according to NFPA figures. A disproportionate amount of these fires occur in spatio-temporal clusters, making them predictable and, perhaps

Benefits and Costs of Energy Standard Adoption in New Commercial Buildings: State-by-State Summaries

September 30, 2013

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Joshua D. Kneifel

Energy efficiency requirements in current commercial building energy codes vary across states. Energy standards that are currently adopted by states range from ASHRAE 90.1 1999 to ASHRAE 90.1 2007. Some states do not have a code requirement for energy

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

September 30, 2013

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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. The Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has

Applying the Hedonic Method

September 18, 2013

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Stanley W. Gilbert

Often, advances in measurement science will enable the development of new product innovations. When trying to estimate the value of the benefits of an advance in measurement science, it can be difficult to estimate the value of those new product

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - 2013

July 15, 2013

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Amy S. Rushing, Joshua D. Kneifel, Barbara C. Lippiatt

This is the 2013 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and renewable energy projects in federal facilities. It will be effective from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014