An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Building and Fire Research Laboratory Fiscal Year 2010 (2010) / Chapter Skim
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2 Measurement Science for Net-Zero Energy, High-Performance Buildings
2 Measurement Science for Net-Zero Energy, High-Performance Buildings
Pages 9-15
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For example, the volatile organic compound emission measurement and carbon monoxide emission from emergency power generation measurement projects and the Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, are good examples of groundbreaking measurement science research.
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Recent budget increases provide opportunities for benchmarking BFRL facilities and equipment against international facilities and for carefully choosing to invest in the kinds of facilities and equipment required for the BFRL to remain in a leadership position internationally. The construction of the NetZero Energy Residential Test Facility at NIST will help the BFRL achieve this objective.
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Decades ago, NIST pioneered the development of building simulation models, but today they are far too complex for any single institution to bear the ongoing cost of model development and validation. Yet NIST can and should anticipate needs for adding functionality to simulation models -- for example, to understand how natural or forced ventilation can affect energy efficiency and pollutant distributions within a building.
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Dissemination of this important work is effectively handled through conference papers and journal articles, Web site publications, seminars, workshops, and software tools. The close working relationships of the BFRL staff with industrial users of the Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database (REFPROP)
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The close working relationships of the BFRL staff with industry not only facilitate the dissemination of this important work, but also must provide windows to anticipate opportunities, such as the very urgent need to understand the characteristics of the next generation of non-ozone-depleting, low-global-warming refrigerants. Finally, staff participation in numerous standards development processes contributes to maximizing programmatic impact and promoting innovation, such as in the Net-Zero Energy Buildings program.
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For the work on solar photovoltaic panel performance mapping and on wireless data communications, more collaboration with outside organizations should be sought. The performance of components, equipment, and whole buildings must be measured across their entire operating envelopes, not simply a single rating point, and protocols are required for communicating performance data from components to equipment to building energy management systems and to the Smart Grid.
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New facilities should be constructed to be as modular and flexible as possible -- the new Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility will have some of these capabilities, which should be included to maximize the flexibility of the facility. Cooperative arrangements with other laboratories that are capable of producing necessary data should be pursued.
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