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A New NIST Web Tool Can Help</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-08-31T12:00:00Z">August 31, 2022</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">The software analyzes the economic and environmental impacts of rooftop solar technology.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news-updates/org/5646">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Events</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-05846413853f116ed2c52b3d79c15a3079f07bc4c54890cb7c8130218021c255"> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2022/09/transportation-systems-functional-recovery" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2022/09/transportation-systems-functional-recovery" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/07/27/TransporationRecovery_Ad.png?itok=gpofwxJ7" width="100" height="53" alt="Technology of transportation concept. Traffic control systems. Internet of Things. Mobility as a service." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2022/09/transportation-systems-functional-recovery"><span>Transportation Systems & Functional Recovery</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Wed, Sep 28 2022</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The purpose of this workshop is to convene subject matter experts associated with transportation systems and functional</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5646">View All Events</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Industry Impacts</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-b014e0b94d660a058885bee911d6457d2b514b54eb8ef4f66022ad4b4fd21ca6"> <div> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/firefighter-protective-equipment" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/firefighter-protective-equipment" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2016/12/28/face_plate.jpg?itok=EN0GJQR1" width="100" height="75" alt="Photo of a burnt faceplate from a firefighter's gear" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/firefighter-protective-equipment"><span>Firefighter Protective Equipment</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">Firefighters rely on self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA) to protect them from dangerous heat and toxic smoke. NIST research helped to improve industry</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/framing-future-electric-grid" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/framing-future-electric-grid" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2018/06/20/shutterstock_693711625cgyn9037_solarcity.jpg?itok=HV4j3mcf" width="100" height="66" alt="Cityscape in the background. Solar panels in the foreground." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/framing-future-electric-grid"><span>Framing the Future of the Electric Grid</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The U.S. electrical distribution system is a patchwork of 100+ years of upgrades that create basic reliability issues and expose entire regions to unnecessary</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/net-zero-energy-house" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/net-zero-energy-house" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2018/03/09/net_zero_energy_residential_test_facility.jpg?itok=TsUC2IXr" width="100" height="62" alt="photo of a house. Solar panels on the roof." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/net-zero-energy-house"><span>Net-Zero Energy House</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">To decrease the $225 billion that U.S. consumers spend each year in household energy costs will require accurate, reliable information about how new</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/structural-resilience-infrastructure" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/structural-resilience-infrastructure" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2016/12/05/fema_steve_zumwalt_featured.jpg?itok=z6qvppOU" width="100" height="35" alt="Homeowner looks at the Remain of His Neighborhood" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/structural-resilience-infrastructure"><span>Structural Resilience of Infrastructure</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The best way to prevent buildings, bridges and other structures from collapsing—whether because of natural forces, human error or malicious attacks—is to learn</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts">View All NIST Industry Impacts</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--content-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Software</div> </h2> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-hidden entity-reference"> <div class="nist-field__items"> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/tool-evaluation-vaporized-hydrogen-peroxide-disinfection-n95-masks-small" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/tool-evaluation-vaporized-hydrogen-peroxide-disinfection-n95-masks-small"><span>Tool for Evaluation of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfection of N95 Masks in Small Rooms</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2020-06-03T12:00:00Z">June 3, 2020</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">This spreadsheet tool estimates the vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) concentration in air of rooms used for VHP mask disinfection systems. The tool employs a</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/fds-and-smokeview" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/fds-and-smokeview"><span>FDS and Smokeview</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software solves numerically a form of the Navier</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/bees" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/bees" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/economics/bees_model4_1.jpg?itok=BZaZgT87" width="100" height="67" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/bees"><span>BEES</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2018-02-05T12:00:00Z">February 5, 2018</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) software brings to your fingertips a powerful technique for selecting cost-effective</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/contam" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/contam"><span>CONTAM</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2021-01-08T12:00:00Z">January 8, 2021</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">CONTAM is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis computer program designed to help you determine: (a) airflows: infiltration, exfiltration, and</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/10/27/SFA.png?itok=88BF7ciM" width="100" height="61" alt="NIST STEP File Viewer screenshot" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer"><span>STEP File Analyzer and Viewer</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-09-13T12:00:00Z">September 13, 2022</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The free STEP File Viewer supports parts and assemblies, dimensions and tolerances, supplemental geometry, datum targets, and point clouds. The Analyzer</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/evap-cond" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/evap-cond" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/building_environment/evapcond.jpg?itok=84YOa3bP" width="100" height="84" alt="evapcond" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/evap-cond"><span>EVAP-COND, Version 4</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2016-05-01T12:00:00Z">May 1, 2016</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">EVAP-COND is a software package that contains NIST's simulation models for a finned-tube evaporator and condenser. The "tube-by-tube" modeling scheme allows for</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/cfast" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/cfast" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2016/11/17/cfast_sample.png?itok=Jrw4F4j4" width="100" height="75" alt="CFAST" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/cfast"><span>CFAST</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport, CFAST, is a computer program that fire investigators, safety officials, engineers, architects and builders</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/vcctl-software" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/vcctl-software" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/building_materials/aggregatepage_1.jpg?itok=nJb2HMV7" width="100" height="45" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/vcctl-software"><span>VCCTL Software</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) software provides a virtual testing</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="link-list"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/org/5646">View All Software</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Tools and Instruments</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-7f4cfbb7c34eadced61b0b9a74fe9955737aa48a4d5b6df0ad1a615f6f1e0917"> <div> <article role="article" about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/smart-manufacturing-systems-sms-test-bed" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/smart-manufacturing-systems-sms-test-bed"><span>Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed is comprised of three major components: Computer-Aided Technologies (CAx) Lab Manufacturing Lab Data publication</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/integrating-sphere-based-weathering-device" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/integrating-sphere-based-weathering-device" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/bfrlsphere350_4.jpg?itok=SIlFtebi" width="99" height="100" alt="Integrating Sphere-based Weathering Device" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/integrating-sphere-based-weathering-device"><span>Integrating Sphere-based Weathering Device</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">In the artificial ultraviolet (UV) weathering of materials, a need exists for weathering devices that can uniformly illuminate test specimens with a high level</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/manufacturing-robotics-testbed" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/manufacturing-robotics-testbed" hreflang="en"><img 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Combined, these serve as a resource for</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/fire-calorimetry-database-fcd" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/fire-calorimetry-database-fcd" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220928231044im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2021/02/11/SouthWide%20-%202019-12-10%20-%20Test16_8woodCrib_r1%20-%2001-32-00.600%20PM-frameP.jpg?itok=pGlkTrvM" width="100" height="56" alt="FCD-landing-page.jpg" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/fire-calorimetry-database-fcd"><span>Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD)</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) operates calorimeters to measure the heat and combustion products for fires in the range of 50 kW to 20,000 kW</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/org/5646">View All Tools & Instruments</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-268e0dc656dda78b039f7844680973d42010f82f24af83cedc372185ca90de0c"> <div> <article role="article" about="/awards/adam-jacoff-and-david-schmitt-receive-doc-fy-2021-real-property-portfolio-award" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/awards/adam-jacoff-and-david-schmitt-receive-doc-fy-2021-real-property-portfolio-award"><span>Adam Jacoff and David Schmitt Receive DOC FY 2021 Real Property Portfolio Award</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long">For cleaning out and vacating NIST materials from the NIKE site so that the property could be sold and for developing the Program of</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2021-bronze-medal-award-robert-commarota-cerasela-constantin-sushama-singh-simon" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220928231044/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2021-bronze-medal-award-robert-commarota-cerasela-constantin-sushama-singh-simon"><span>2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert Commarota, Cerasela Constantin, Sushama Singh , Simon Frechette , Eric Shirley, Andrea Medina-Smith, Elisabeth Mansfield, Douglas Montgomery, Peter Gehring, Fernando J. 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