An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories Fiscal Year 2003 (2003) / Chapter Skim
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7 Building and Fire Research Laboratory
7 Building and Fire Research Laboratory
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Bruegman, Clackamas County Fire District #1, Oregon Tsu-Wei Chou, University of Delaware Joseph P Colaco, CBM Engineers, Inc.
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This chapter provides an assessment of the laboratory overall, and the units and activities are discussed in detail in the division reviews in Chapter 14. | Building and Fire Research Laboratory - ~0 _~_m _ ~ Research Division Dlvlslon · Fire Fighting Technology · Construction Metrology and · Mechanical Systems and · Fire Metrology Automation Controls · Analysis and Prediction · Structures · Computer-Integrated · Integrated Performance · Inorganic Materials Building Processes Assessment · Polymeric Materials · Indoor Air Quality and · Materials and Products Ventilation · Thermal Machinery · Heat Transfer and l l LO alter ati v D Energy ~ l Office of Applied Economics FIGURE 7.1 Organizational structure of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory.
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Staff show excitement at and derive satisfaction from the opportunity to devote their talents to the challenges and opportunities associated with homeland security issues, which are many and require careful planning to achieve the effective balance of longer-term basic research and timely applications of results. · The reorganizations in late 2000 and in 2002 within BFRL are proceeding well.
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The division is providing significant technical contributions to the laboratory's homeland security work, including efforts in the investigation of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers collapse, structural fire protection, and building vulnerability reduction. · Within the Building Environment Division: The Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group has conducted significant basic research on air and contaminant flow in conventional and hybrid ventilation systems and has disseminated this informa
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They are applying their skills to the evaluation of the effect that control strategies have on energy use and indoor air quality in both residential and commercial buildings. The Heat Transfer and Alternative Energy Systems Group is conducting an alternative-energy project with the goal of developing measurement techniques, testing methods, rating methodologies, and simulation methods for photovoltaic systems.
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The division's work relevant to homeland security activities includes efforts in support of the investigation of the World Trade Center' s Twin Towers collapse. · Within the Building Environment Division: The research projects of the Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group represent an important component of the effort in the area of healthy and sustainable buildings.
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In addition, OAK develops critical tools to aid in decision making for the building and fire safety communities. Its collaboration with the other BFRL divisions (Materials and Construction Research, Building Environment, and Fire Research)
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As a result of congressionally allocated funding related to homeland security, BFRL has begun to receive significant funding, expected to continue in the near term. The panel remains pleased to see that BFRL has the support of NIST management and Department of Commerce management as it goes through the budget process and prepares to begin its homeland security-related program.
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The massive, planned homeland security effort should result in a large number of new people coming, probably temporarily, to work at NIST, and this may be an opportunity for BFRL to consider what type of new personnel it wishes to recruit when permanent slots open up and to see many potential candidates in action. Another potential opportunity in the homeland security effort is the development of a large-scale, state-of-the-art, structural fire test facility.
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