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Research Facilities
The Engineering Laboratory at NIST has many research facilities that we use to complete our research. These facilities provide capabilities that vary widely from unique measurement tools to broadly capable facilities that allow testing of all manner of physical phenomena and validation of models. These facilities include:
Building Integrated Photovoltaic Testbed
Cone Calorimeter
Fire Emulator/Detector Evaluator
HVAC&R Equipment Environmental Chambers
Indoor Air Quality Test House
Integrating Sphere-based Weathering Device
Lateral Ignition and Flame Spread Apparatus
Line Heat-Source Guarded Hot Plate
Manufacturing Robotics Testbed
Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research Facility
Micro-Combined Heat and Power Device Test Facility
Mobile Solar Tracker Facility
Photovoltaic Characterization Laboratory
Radiative Gasification Apparatus
Robotics Test Facility
Roof Photovoltaic Test Facility
Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed
Standard Firebrand Generator
The National Fire Research Laboratory
The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wildland-Urban Interface Fires
Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed
VOC emissions chambers