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8 Overall Conclusions
Pages 47-48

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... Good use of ARRA funding has been made for both upgrading BFRL facilities and investing in the National Structural Fire Resistance Laboratory and the Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility. The demands on staff time and resources to commission the NSFRL raise concerns regarding the need to develop a model for the sustained operation of this significant capital investment, involving coordination of inhouse and extramural activities, and to develop a protocol for the selection of extramural projects and collaborative activities.
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... As described in this report, the BFRL has a broad spectrum of opportunities and potential to expand its scope of inquiry and analysis. These include adding staff with leadership potential in the modeling of flame heat transfer in order to maintain the BFRL traditional leadership in modeling fire; defining an appropriate role for the BFRL at a time when nuclear power is seeing a rebirth; integrating the concepts of life-cycle analysis and sustainability into building performance assessment; and anticipating the kinds of measurement science needed to support the transition to performance-based standards and the Smart Grid as well as the multidimensional nature of building performance (energy, air quality, comfort, and electronic noise)
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