BFRL News Archive

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Spring 2009   Shade trees positioned near houses in Sacramento, Calif., such as those in this photo, can significantly affect electricity use. Tree cover on the west and south sides of Sacramento homes reduced average summertime electricity demand by more than 5 percent, according to a study by NIST and the USDA.New Study: Home Energy Savings Are Made in the Shade.  Details...
   
Spring 2009   stairway exit imageNIST Stairwell Evacuation Study Finds ‘What We Know We Don’t Know’.  Details...
   
Spring 2009   Real-Time Monitoring of Total Inward Leakage of Respiratory Equipment Used by Emergency Responders Workshop, May 1, 2009.  Details...
   
Spring 2009   2009 NIST Building and Fire Research Annual Fire Conference, April 28 - April 30, 2009.  Details...
   
Spring 2009   Carbon Nanofibers Cut Flammability of Upholstered Furniture. Details...
     
Winter 2009 NIST SPHERENIST and French Lab to Study Weathering of Advanced Composites for Bridges and Piers.  Details...
   
Winter 2009   Government Issues R&D Agenda for "Net-Zero" Energy Green Buildings.  Details...
   
Winter 2009   The barely visible blue-green area at the top of this X-ray image of concrete with the NIST nanoadditive shows that very few chloride ions (in green) penetrate into the concrete.Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete.  Details...
   
Fall 2009   Nanoparticles in the Home: More and Smaller Than Previously Detected.  Details...
   
Fall 2008   foam imageCarbon Nanofibers Cut Flammability of Upholstered Furniture. Details...
   
Fall 2008   Fire Videos Dramatize Christmas Tree Safety Measures.  Details...
   
Fall 2008   NIST Releases Final WTC 7 Investigation Report.  Details...
   
Fall 2008   Rescue Robot Exercise Brings Together Robots, Developers, First Responders.  Details...
   
Fall 2008   NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse.  Details...
   
Fall 2008   NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse.  Details...
   
Fall 2008  

Government Issues R&D Agenda for "Net-Zero" Energy Green Buildings.  Details...

   
Fall 2008   Safer Buildings Are Goal of New Code Changes Based on Recommendations from NIST World Trade Center Investigation.  Details...
   
Fall 2008   NIST Research Leads to Revisions in California Building Code. Details...
   
Fall 2008   New NIST Publication Series Addresses Design of Earthquake-Resistant Structures. Details...
   
Fall 2008   NIST to Release Report and Recommendations from Investigation of World Trade Center Building 7.  Details...
   
Fall 2008   NIST Leader Calls for Commitment to Technology Innovation, Collaboration in Construction Industry.  Details... 
   
Fall 2008   Cool! Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings  Details...
   
Summer 2008   Failure Investigations Report Highlights Efforts for Safer Buildings. Details...
   
Summer 2008   Three Experts Named to Earthquake Advisory Board.  Details...
   
Summer 2008   NIST Helps Heat Pumps ‘Go With the Flow’ to Boost Output.  Details...
   
Summer 2008   NIST to Study Hazards of Portable Gasoline-Powered Generators.  Details...
   
Summer 2008   James Turner, CII Annual Meeting, August 2008NIST Leader Calls for Commitment to Technology Innovation, Collaboration in Construction Industry.  Details... 
   
Summer 2008   Nanoparticle additives to lubricants commonly combined with refrigerants used in chillers may encourage secondary nucleation—bubbles on top of bubbles. The double-bubble effect enhances boiling heat transfer and, ultimately, could help to boost the energy efficiency of industrial-sized cooling systems.Cool! Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings. Details...
   
Summer 2008   Three Experts Named to Earthquake Advisory Board.  Details...
   
Spring 2008   Firefighters watch as a fan, simulating wind, changes airflow and smoke conditions during experiments in a seven-story high-rise abandoned apartment building on New York City's Governors Island. The NIST tests examined firefighting techniques such as the use of positive pressure ventilation fans, wind control devices and hose streams to control or suppress heat and smoke from wind driven fires.NIST Evaluates Firefighting Tactics In NYC High-Rise Test . Details...
   
Spring 2008   Failure Investigations Report Highlights Efforts for Safer Buildings. Details...
   
Winter 2008   Elevators Seen as Playing Hi-Rise Fire Evacuation Role.  Details...
   
Winter 2008   NIST is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to quantify the dangers of improperly used gasoline-powered portable generators and to evaluate possible technical solutions to the problem. Here, NIST researcher Steven Emmerich adjusts a multi-gas analyzer that will measure carbon monoxide, oxygen, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons concentrations produced by such a generator located, against safety advice, in a garage.NIST to Study Hazards of Portable Gasoline-Powered Generators.  Details...
   
Winter 2008   NIST Firebrand Device Could Save U.S. and Japanese Homes.  Details...
   
Winter 2008   Fire Tests Examine Structural Collapse Hazards and Warning Devices. Details...
   
Winter 2008   SRMs Track Fire Retardants in Humans and Environment.  Details...
   
Winter 2008   A sheet of laser light illuminating the surface of the heat exchanger during the air velocity measurement experiment.NIST Helps Heat Pumps ‘Go With the Flow’ to Boost Output.  Details...
   
Winter 2008   NIST Begins Technical Study of South Carolina Warehouse Fire. Details...
   
Winter 2008   BFRL Winners of December 2007 Medal Awards.  Details...
   
Winter 2008  

Holiday Fire Safety: Trees that have been watered properly are harder to ignite than dry trees.  Details...

 

   

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