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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2015. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21659.
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Acronyms

ACCA Air Conditioning Contractors of America
ACI American Concrete Institute
AEO Applied Economics Office
AGV automated guided vehicle
AHAM Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
AHRI Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APAR-DD air handling unit performance assessment rule—dual duct
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
 
BACnet building automation and control network
BEES building for environmental and economic sustainability
BEMS building energy management systems
BIRDS building industry reporting and design for sustainability
 
CFAST consolidated model of fire and smoke transport
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CIB International Council for Building
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
 
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DOE Department of Energy
 
EED Energy and Environment Division
EL Engineering Laboratory
ERDC Engineering Research and Development Center
 
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations
FDD fault detection and diagnostics
FDNY Fire Department of New York City
FDS Fire Dynamics Simulator
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FRD Fire Research Division
FSGIM facility smart grid information model
 
GSA Government Services Administration
 
HVAC&R heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration
 
IAFC International Association of Fire Chiefs
IAFF International Association of Fire Fighters
Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2015. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21659.
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IAQ indoor-air quality
ICC International Code Council
ICS industrial control systems
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEQ indoor environment quality
IFSI Illinois Fire Service Institute
IFSTA International Fire Service Training Association
INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering
ISD Intelligent Systems Division
ISO International Organization for Standardization
 
MBE model-based enterprise
MSSD Materials and Structural Systems Division
 
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NFRL National Fire Research Laboratory
NGRA next- generation robotics and automation
NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC National Research Council
NZERTF Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility
 
OA other agency
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OMG Object Management Group
 
PMI product manufacturing information
 
R&D research and development
 
SCBA self-contained breathing apparatus
SFPE Society of Fire Protection Engineers
SI systems integration
SID Systems Integration Division
SLICE-ERS size up, locate the fire, isolate the flow path, cool from a safe distance, extinguish, and then rescue and salvage
SMCS smart manufacturing construction systems
SRMs standard reference materials
STEP Standard for Exchange of Product
SURF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
 
TRANSYS transient system simulation
 
UL Underwriters Laboratories
USFA U.S. Fire Administration
USFS U.S. Forest Service
UV ultraviolet
 
VOC volatile organic compound
 
WUI wildland-urban interface
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2015. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21659.
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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2015. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21659.
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The mission of the Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness through measurement science and standards for technology-intensive manufacturing, construction, and cyberphysical systems in ways that enhance economic prosperity and improve the quality of life. To support this mission, the Engineering Laboratory has developed thrusts in smart manufacturing, construction, and cyberphysical systems; in sustainable and energy-efficient manufacturing materials and infrastructure; and in disaster-resilient buildings, infrastructure, and communities. The technical work of the Engineering Laboratory is performed in five divisions: Intelligent Systems; Materials and Structural Systems; Energy and Environment; Systems Integration; and Fire Research; and two offices: Applied Economics Office and Smart Grid Program Office.

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory Fiscal Year 2014 assesses the scientific and technical work performed by the NIST Engineering Laboratory. This report evaluates the organization's technical programs, portfolio of scientific expertise within the organization, adequacy of the organization's facilities, equipment, and human resources, and the effectiveness by which the organization disseminates its program outputs.

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