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OTHER PROFILES
BA=ELLE MEMORIAL
INSTITUTE
IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
505 King Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201
614/424-6476
CONTACT: John R. Hagely, Project Manager
and Senior Research Architect
MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: Battelle is a science-based,
internationally recognized research and development
organization, generating contracts with private industry; local,
state, and federal governments; and other nations.
Building-related research includes new building material
technologies; coatings testing and analysis; upgrading thermal
performance of glass; evaluation of institutional barriers for
new building systems; design trend analysis in industry R&D
laboratories; life-cycle cost analysis of building systems and
building materials, including economic and technical aspects;
the development of global building profiles to analyze
traditional building materials used around the world; design and
analysis of tools and equipment used in buildings; testing of
physical and mechanical properties of insulation; and test
problems of adhesive-bonded roof trusses. Research in the
energy division includes improving the efficiency of burner
systems and furnaces; and new techniques and materials for
photovoltaic cells.
The institute has a staff of 3,500 people, half of whom are
technical staff. It averages 2,400 projects a year and has an
annual budget of about $100 million per year.
DISTINCTIVE ATTRIBUTES: Unique in size and scope of
effort. Facilities are all in-house. The institute has
worldwide contacts and facilities.
PUBLICATIONS: Annual reports, papers, articles, and books.
10 West 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60616
312/567-4000
CONTACT:
Andrew D. Farrell, Director
- of Government Programs,
Washington, D.C.
202/296-1610
MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: Major areas of
building-related research include fire, explosive mechanics,
materials, and indoor air quality. The institute has a fire
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test laboratory to test fire spread and the effects of fire,
which is also capable of testing the contents of buildings to
full-scale buildings. Analysis and computer modeling are used
in fire research. Projects in the explosive mechanics
laboratory include the manufacturing and testing of explosives
in confinement. There is also testing of the effects of
explosives on structures and on materials. Materials laboratory
work focuses on concrete, granite, stone, erosion, the
strengthening of building materials, and coatings. Indoor air
quality projects measure what is in the air and analyze causes
and effects of indoor air problems. The chemistry of the indoor
environment, the types of organic components present in the air,
desiccants, and the effects of unvented gas appliances on indoor
air are studied.
The budget allocated for research in these areas is between
$2 and $5 million. Sources include the Environmental Protection
Agency, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of
Defense, the Federal Emergency Management Administration, and
private industry.
PUBLICATIONS: Reports of project activities unwritten to
sponsors and journals.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
3040 Continental Drive
P.O. Box 3838
Butte, MT 59702
406/494-4572
CONTACT: Diane Smith, Public Information Manager
MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: NCAT's objectives are to
document effective energy conservation techniques and building
technologies, and to transfer that information to consumers,
government agencies, and building professionals. Recent work
includes end-use load monitoring of commercial and residential
buildings and documenting the performance of superinsulated
homes. Funding sources include state and federal agencies,
national labs, and utilities.
DISTINCTIVE ATTRIBITrES: A private, nonprofit agency created
by Congress to transfer technology, the center stresses the wise
use of resources and environmental safety.
PUBLICATIONS: Own publications.
OTHER SERVICES: Educational, informational.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
BUILDING SCIENCES
RESEARCH TRIANGLE
INSTITUTE
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH
INSTITtll~
1201 LSt.,N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
202/289-7800
CONTACT: Don Hill, Director of Communications
MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: The institute is a
10-year-old private, nonprofit organization authorized by
Congress with the mission of enhancing the building regulatory
environment and encouraging the introduction of new and existing
technologies into the building process.
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
803/334-8571
CONTACT: Reid Maness, Management Support Office
MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: Building-related research
focuses on environmental testing of toxic substances used in
building materials; on other environmental problems such as
asbestos, indoor air pollution, and radon contamination; and on
energy conservation economics and engineering. The institute is
housed in Research Triangle Park in a complex of 15 laboratory
and office buildings. Facilities include laboratories for
chemistry, environmental chemistry, toxicology, histology,
chemical engineering, and polymers, as well as computer support
for economics and statistical studies. The federal government
provides about 90 percent of the institute's support.
6220 Culebra Road
San Antonio, TX 78284
512/68~5111
CONTACT: UIric S. Lindholm, Vice President,
Division of Engineering and Materials Sciences
Gordon E. Hartzell, Director,
Department of Fire Technology
MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: The institute's Department
of Fire Technology conducts a wide variety of standard fire
tests for flame spread, fire endurance, flammability, and smoke
toxicity. Custom-designed tests are developed to determine the
fire performance characteristics of innovative systems or to
replicate specific fire scenarios of interest. Third-party
certification, listing and labeling, with follow-up inspection
of products, components and materials, are provided by the
institute.
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The institute has 1,000 or more research programs, which
primarily serve the power generation, offshore, transportation
and aerospace industries. Research efforts of interest to the
building community include work on blast resistance of
structures; on the effectiveness of controlled-access barriers;
geotechnical engineering measurement of ground stability using
elastic wave propagation between two boreholes; and seismic
studies, including the use of two shake tables.
The institute is an independent, nonprofit research
institution on 765 acres with more than 2,000 employees, of whom
about 800 are professional, 800 technical support, and the
remainder administrative support. About 60 percent of its
research earnings, which were $140 million in 1986, comes from
private industry, with the remainder from government contracts.
DISTINCTIVE ATTRIBUTES: In fire technology, the institute
has three high-bay test areas totaling 9,400 square feet for
large-scale testing. Complete furnace facilities are available
for determining fire endurance of assemblies in both horizontal
and vertical configurations.
PUBLICATIONS: The Joumal of Fire Sciences.
SRI INTERNATIONAL
333 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025
415/859-5820
CONTACT: Kay Clark, Director of Corporate Relations
MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: SRI International is a
private and independent professional organization that seines
the public interest by providing a broad range of basic and
applied research, advisory, and technical services worldwide.
Research related to the building industry includes the
improvement and development of new materials, polymer sciences,
energy efficiency, corrosion research, and analysis of
structural failures. There is a research staff of 3,000 people
and a budget of $210 million with 2 to 3 percent allocated to
the building industry. Sources for the budget are industry,
federal, state, and local governments.
PUBLICATIONS: An annual report, journal and newspaper
articles, documentations from centers, and news releases.
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