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        University, NIST Researchers Create Residential Building Models to Evaluate Fairness of Electricity Tariffs
                        January 1, 2024The increased adoption of energy technologies like smart meters, solar panels, and battery storage has led to a rise in electricity pricing plans with costs
  University, NIST Researchers Develop Strategy for Cutting Home HVAC Electricity Costs
                        June 1, 2023To help reduce electricity consumption and its costs, university and NIST researchers proposed a strategy for controlling residential heating, ventilation, and
  New NIST Framework Strives for Cleaner, More Secure Power Grid
                        February 18, 2021Whether it’s a new set of solar panels glistening on a neighbor’s roof or a freshly installed smart thermostat at home, burgeoning renewable and smart

    

  
  

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        Nanocalorimetry Measurements
                  OngoingNanocalorimetry provides a capability to measure the thermal properties of very small samples and at very fast rates. Materials and interfaces of interest
  Smart Grid Interoperability Testbed Facility
                  OngoingNIST is charged by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) with facilitation of interoperability standards to enable successful implementation of
  Nanotribology for Nanomanufacturing (Archived)
                  CompletedTribology is the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion and includes studies of friction, adhesion, lubrication, and wear
  Optoelectrical Characterization of Nanostructured Photovoltaic Materials and Devices
                  CompletedPhotovoltaics technology is usually categorized into three generations: 1) devices based on polysilicon; 2) devices based on thin-film direct bandgap

    

  
  

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        Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory: Air System Design
                        January 25, 2024
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                                Amanda  Pertzborn,   Daniel  Veronica,   Glen A.  GlaeserThe National Institute of Standards and Technology has constructed the Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory (IBAL) to demonstrate the potential for
  Method for Evaluating Fairness of Electricity Tariffs with Regard to Income Level of Residential Buildings
                        November 3, 2023
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                                Hannah  Covington,   Brian  Woo-Shem,   Chenli  Wang,   Cuong  Nguyen,   Thomas  Roth,   Yuhong  Liu,   Yi  Fang,   Hohyun  LeeModern advancements in energy technology, such as smart meters and renewable power generation, have contributed to the increasing penetration of time-variable
  Premise Plumbing Research Needs and Stakeholder Engagement
                        November 2, 2023
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                                Andrew K.  Persily
  Evaluation of Experimental Methods for Burning Velocity of Flammable Refrigerants
                        September 25, 2023
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                                Gregory T.  Linteris

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        HVAC-Cx Building HVAC Systems Commissioning Tool
                        November 30, 2022HVAC-Cx is a semi-automated commissioning software tool designed to facilitate performance analysis for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)
  The NIST Data Alignment Tool
                        August 12, 2022The Data Alignment Tool (DAT) was built to assist with the analysis of data used in testing fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) tools and building
  Building Life Cycle Cost Programs
                        May 3, 2022The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed the Building Life Cycle Cost (BLCC) Programs to provide computational support for the
  HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+)
                        May 11, 2021The first version of HVACSIM+, which stands for “HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems”, was introduced by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in

    

  
  

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        Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport PropertiesDescription The Seebeck coefficient is a widely measured transport property that provides fundamental information on charge carrier transport and the electronic
  Material Analysis Using Neutron Depth ProfilingLight elements such as helium, lithium, boron, and nitrogen are essential constituents in materials that enable energy technologies; lithium ion batteries

    

  
  

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