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Objective: To develop tools to quantify and verify high-performance IAQ in buildings, provide input data to improve usability of the tools including building models, develop methods needed to support and verify the applicability of these tools to improving the effectiveness of high-performance
Objective To better understand how strategies to achieve resilient buildings will impact chemical reactions, rates, and concentrations of high-priority indoor air contaminants. To develop test methods and building control strategies to reduce chemical levels in low-energy buildings, and to enable
This project develops measurement science and technology to 1) accurately estimate WUI smoke production and its chemical makeup, and 2) assess hazards and effective mitigation actions to reduce smoke exposure to first responders, building occupants, and WUI fire evacuees.
Objective: To develop and deploy advances in measurement science to continue moving the nation toward net-zero energy, high-performance buildings while maintaining healthier and more resilient indoor environments. What is the problem? Buildings account for 40 % of the primary energy consumption, 74
This report presents a comprehensive update to the collection of dwellings used to represent the U.S. housing stock, reflecting changes and trends up to the
Anna Karion, Michael Link, Rileigh Robertson, Tyler Boyle, Dustin Poppendieck
Recent measurements of emissions of methane from residential natural gas appliances have indicated non-negligible emissions within residences, with impacts on
Han Huynh, Jenna Ditto, Michael Link, Dustin Poppendieck, Delphine Farmer, Marina Vance, Jonathan Abbatt
Arising from the Chemical Assessment of Surfaces and Air (CASA) 2022 study at the NIST Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF), this paper presents
The web-based tool Virus Particle Exposure in Residences (ViPER) allows users to compare an individual scenario against multiple “what-if” scenarios related to
CONTAM is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis computer program designed to help you determine: (a) airflows: infiltration, exfiltration, and
The web-based tool Fate and Transport of Indoor Microbiological Aerosols (FaTIMA) allows for the determination of the indoor fate of microbiological aerosols
This spreadsheet tool estimates the vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) concentration in air of rooms used for VHP mask disinfection systems. The tool employs a
In order to enable studies of a range of indoor air quality and ventilation issues, EL maintains a highly instrumented three-bedroom test house. Previous