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• NIST Announces Global Challenge to Promote Smart Cities (SmartMeters 8/14)

• Stephen Cauffman: NIST to Lead Nationwide Disaster Resilience Framework Collaboration (ExecutiveGov 7/14)

• Net zero energy house earns credit for surplus energy (Fierce Energy 7/14)

• NIST Net-Zero Energy Test House Blows Past Goals In One-Year Trial (CleanTechnica 7/14)
• NIST tests new firefighting tactics (Government Security News 5/14)

• Commerce Department Shares R&D Breakthroughs (Information Week 5/14)

• FDNY Says 'Thanks' to NIST Engineers (OLES 5/14)

• Tornado Survival Could Improve with Better Building Codes (Scientific American 4/14)

• Experimental House on Track for Net-Zero Operation (Green Building Advisor.com 3/14)

• Engineer says schools destroyed in deadly Oklahoma tornado performed as expected (The Oklahoman 2/14)

• EnerNex and NIST Receive PMI's Distinguished Project Award (Fort Mills Times 11/13)

• Threats to privacy become a focus of Smart Grid planning (GCN,10/13)
  
• Richter' Scale Could Predict Wildfires (ABC News 9/13)
  
• NIST, Forest Service: Wildfire risk ratings were useful (Fierce Homeland Security 9/13)
  
• Green Button hits a beta stride (Intelligent Utility 8/13)
• How to burn things and influence fire safety (Federal News Radio 7/13)
  
• Broadband Breakfast Club Video on Smart Grid Initiative Plays Up Fiber and Wireless Role for Advanced Energy (BroadbandBreakfast.com 7/13)
  
• The Smart Meter Cost (Canada Free Press 5/13)
  
• Occupants, designers, builders need help with net-zero facilities (Fierce Energy 5/13)
  
• The 2013 Service to America finalists  (Washington Post 5/13)
• House Envy (American Airlines Magazine 4/13)
  
• High-Rise Fire Study Evaluates Effectiveness of Firefighter Crew Sizes, Elevator Use (Fire fighting News 4/13)
  
• Green cement: Concrete solutions (Nature 2/13)
  
• NIST Touts Performance of Internally Cured Concrete (Occupational Health and Safety 2/13)
• S.C. Study May Change The Way Firefighters Do Business (Firehouse 1/13)  
• Green Button: One year later (Intelligent Utility 12/12)
  
• Hazard Scale Assesses Wildfire Risks (Occupational Health and Safety 12/12)
  
• 7 elements of a self healing power grid (GCN 11/12)
• Home uses less energy than it produces (CNN 9/12)
• Net-Zero Energy Home Could Make Utility Bills a Thing of the Past (U.S. News & World Report 9/12)
• When storms attack, Smart Grid could reduce outages, speed recovery ( Government Computer News 7/12)
  
• Fighting fire can be considered the world's biggest chemistry experiment (Nashua Telegraph 7/12)
• New York firefighters set homes alight to save lives (Today online 7/12)
  
• FDNY Partners with NIST and UL for Fire Science Research (Youtube FDNY 7/12)
  
• FDNY Conducts "Live Burn" on Governors Island (News 4 NY 7/12)
  
• NFPA Issues Safety Alert on SCBA Face Piece Lenses (Fire Engineering 7/12)
  
• Clay-based coating could usher in new generation of green flame retardants (Eureka 6/12)
  
• New Rochelle Video Project Discusses Fire Dangers (New Rochelle Daily voice 6/12)
  
• Smart Grid: Beginners Guide (IT Business Edge 6/12)
  
• Open Application Integration Group recognizes NIST as outstanding contributor (ThomasNet News 6/12)
  
• Got some explaining to do? Snag NIST's smart grid beginners guide (Smart Grid News 5/12)
  
• Economies Should Deploy Smart Grid Tech, Say Experts (Bernama.com 5/12)
  
• Simulation software marks its might in safety, testing (The Economic Times 05/12)
  
• St. Paul RiverCentre robotics conference: Can robots serve sushi? (TwinCities.com 05/12)
• Robot Test Arena of WTD 51 Opened in Koblenz, Germany (Defence Professionals 05/12)
  
• Roundtable: Ventilation Science and Firefighting (Fire Engineering 5/12)
  
• NIST Releases Final Smart Grid 'Framework 2.0' Document (Transmission and Distribution World 2/12)
  
• Firefighters Say They Need More Manpower (KIII TV 2/12)
• Wind's impact on structure fires studied (Fire Engineering 2/12)
• Protecting those who douse flames (Chicago Sun-Times 1/12)
  
• Standard Firefighter Equipment Melts in NIST Test (Medical Daily 12/11)
• NIST Engineering Laboratory posts summaries of new programs and projects (Ceramic Tech Today 11/11)
  
• Protocols Driving Smart Grid Interoperability (Electric Light and Power 10/11)
• Researchers seeking interviews about storm  (Joplin Globe 10/11)
  
• American Society of Civil Engineers 2010 Wind-Load Design Standard (Engineering News Record 10/11)
• Are today's skyscrapers safe from another 9-11? (CTV News 9/11)
  
• NIST Studies Joplin Tornado Warning Time Against Death Toll, Structural Engineering (Fire Chief 8/24)
• Where There's Smoke, There's ... Nano? (New Haven Independent 6/11)
• Teams Develop Micrometer Size Robots to Participate in Microrobotics Challenge (Azonano 6/11)
• Tornado lessons could lead to stronger buildings (USA Today, 6/11)
  
• Winning the Future in our Research Laboratories and Facilities (White House Council on Environmental Quality 4/11)
• Workshop Tackles 'Extreme' Manufacturing (Industry Week, 01, 2011)
• NIST Spearheads New Manufacturing Initiative(Manufacturing & Technology News 01, 2011)
• Damage nearly $13M (Amarillo Globe News 3/11)
• NIST and Willow Garage Launch Robot Perception Challenge (Quality Digest 3/11)
• Engineering a sustainable school (Consulting-Specifying Engineer 3/11)
  
• Fire report recommends sprinklers, building codes for furniture stores (Furniture Today, 3/11)
• Inexpensive New Instruments Test Building Sealants Under Real-World Conditions (Redorbit 4/11)
• NIST begins construction on green projects (Washington examiner 4/11)
• Net Zero Homes, Solar Panels Get NIST Testing (Earth Techling 4/11)