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2006
Database Tools for Modeling Emissions and Control of Air Pollutants from Consumer Products, Cooking, and Combustion
Howard-Reed, C.; Polidoro, B. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 69 p. Nov 2006
Download NISTIR 7364.pdf [1.64M]
A Collection of Homes Representing U.S. Housing Stock
Persily A.K., Musser A., Leber D. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Vandemusser Design LLC. NISTIR 7330; 31 p. August 2006.
Download NISTIR7330.pdf [564K]
2005
Impact of Infiltration on Heating and Cooling Loads in U.S. Office Buildings
Emmerich, Steven J.; Persily, Andrew K.; McDowell, Timothy P. Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD USA. TESS, Inc. Madison, WI USA. 9 p. December 2005
Download Impact of Infiltration on Heating and Cooling LOADS in U.S. .pdf [556K]
Predicting Gaseous Air Cleaner Performance in the Field
Howard-Reed, C.; Nabinger, S.J.; and Emmerich S.J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Indoor Air 2005 Conference. 5 p. September 2005
Download Predicting Gaseous Air Cleaner Performance in the Field.pdf [117K]
Modeling the IAQ Impact of HHI Interventions in Inner-City Housing
Emmerich, Steven J.; Howard-Reed, C. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Indoor Air 2005 Conference. 5 p. September 2005
Download Modeling the IAQ Impact of HHI Interventions in Inner-City H.pdf [57K]
Airtightness of Commercial Buildings in the U.S.
Emmerich, Steven J; Persily, Andrew K. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 26th AIVC Conference 6 p. September 2005
Download Airtightness of Commercial Buildings in the U.S..pdf [575K]
Ventilation Rates in U.S. Office Buildings from the EPA Base Study
Persily A.K., Gorfain J, Brunner G. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC. 5 p. Indoor Air 2005 September 2005.
Download Ventilation Rates in U.S. Office Buildings from the EPA Base.pdf [238K]
Analysis of Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems for Different Climates
McDowell, T.; Emmerich, Steven J. Thermal Energy System Specialists LLC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 9th International IBPSA Conference 8 p. August 2005
Download Analysis of Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems for Different Clim.pdf [85K]
Initial Evaluation of Displacement Ventilation and Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems for U.S. Commercial Buildings
Emmerich, Steven J; McDowell, T.. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC. NISTIR 7244. 38 p. July 2005
Download NISTIR7244_Initial Evaluation of Displacement....Commercial .pdf [264K]
Ranking Interventions to Improve Inner-City Housing Indoor Air Quality
Howard-Reed, C.; Emmerich, S.J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Annual Conference of the Air & Waste Management Association 17 p. June 2005
Download Ranking Interventions to Improve Inner-City Housing Indoor A.pdf [170K]
Investigation of the Impact of Commercial Building Envelope Airtightness on HVAC Energy Use
Emmerich, Steven J; McDowell, T.; Anis, W.. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. TESS, Inc. Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott. NISTIR 7238. 48 p. June 2005
Download NISTIR7238_Investigation of the Impact of Commercial Buildin.pdf [327K]
Analysis of Ventilation Data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study
Persily A.K., Gorfain J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. NISTIR 7145 101 p. April 2005.
Download NISTIR7145-Analysis of Ventilation Data from the U.S. Enviro.pdf [2.96M]
Ventilation Design and Performance in U.S. Office Buildings
Persily A.K., Gorfain J, Brunner G. ASHRAE Journal. 6 p. April 2005.
Download Ventilation Design and Performance in U.S. Office Buildings.pdf [1.39M]
Simulated Performance of Natural and Hybrid Ventilation Systems in an Office Building
Emmerich, Steven J; Crum, J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ARTI-21 CR. 98 p. February 2005
Download Simulated Performance of Natural and Hybrid Ventilation Syst.pdf [2.25M]
2004
Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations and Emission Rates Measured over One Year in a New Manufactured House
Hodgson, Alfred T.; Nabinger, Steven J.; and Persily, Andrew K.; Indoor Environment Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. September 2004
Download LBNL-562722.pdf [697K]
Building Ventilation And Pressurization As a Security Tool
Persily A.K. ASHRAE Journal 7 p. September 2004.
Download Building Ventilation and Pressurization as a Security Tool.pdf [588K]
Source Strengths of Ultrafine and Fine Particles Due to Cooking with a Gas Stove
Wallace, Lance A.; Emmerich, Steven J. ; Howard-Reed, Cynthia. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. US Environmental Protection Agency, Reston VA; Environmental Science & Technology. 8 p. April 2004
Download Source Strengths of Ultrafine and Fine Particles Due to Cook.pdf [2.54M]
2003
Air and Pollutant Transport from Attached Garages to Residential LivingSpaces
Emmerich, Steven J.; Gorfain, Joshua E.; Huang, Mike; Howard-Reed, Cynthia; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. December 2003
Download NISTIR7072.pdf [666K]
Ventilation Characterization Of A New Manufactured House
Persily, A.; Crum, J.; Nabinger, S.; Lubliner, M.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Washington State University, Energy Program, Olympia, Washington 2003
Download VCMH.pdf [284K]
Deposition Rates of Fine and CoarseParticles in Residential Buildings: Literature Review and Measurementsin an Occupied Townhouse
Howard-Reed, Cynthia; Wallace, Lance; Emmerich, Steven J.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. October 2003
Download NISTIR7068.pdf [1.01M]
Impact of Natural Ventilation Strategies and Design Issues for California Applications, Including Input to ASHRAE Standard 62 and California Title 24
Emmerich, Steven J.; Persily, Andrew K.; Dols, W. Stuart; Axley, James W.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. October 2003
Download NISTIR7062.pdf [504K]
Effect of central fans and in-duct fifilters on deposition rates of ultrafifine and fifine particles in an occupied townhouse
Wallace, Lance A.; Emmerich, Steven J. ; Howard-Reed, Cynthia; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. US Environmental Protection Agency, Reston VA; 3 October 2003
Download Depthouse.pdf [413K]
Effect of ventilation systems and air fifilters on decay rates of particles produced by indoor sources in an occupied townhouse
Howard-Reed, Cynthia; Wallace, Lance A.; Emmerich Steven J.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. US Environmental Protection Agency, Reston, VA. 4 September 2003.
Download VentFiltDecay.pdf [282K]
A Suite Of Homes Representing The U.S. Housing Stock
Persily, A.; Leber, D.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 2003;
Download Homes.pdf [208K]
Development of IAQ Model Input Databases: Volatile Organic Compound Source Emission Rates
Howard-Reed, Cynthia ; Polidoro, Brian; and Dols, W. Stuart. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 2003;
Download IAQVOCDB.pdf [672K]
LoopDA: A Natural Ventilation System Design And Analysis Tool
Emmerich, Steven J.; Dols, W. Stuart. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Eighth Annual IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Nertherlands; August 11-14, 2003;
Download LoopDA.pdf [3.04M]
Comparison of Measured and Predicted Tracer Gas Concentrations in a Townhouse
Emmerich, Steven J.; Nabinger, Steven J.; Gupte, Arpita; Howard-Reed, Cynthia; Wallace, Lance; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. NISTIR 7035, August 2003
Download NISTIR_7035_final11-CC.pdf [1.55M]
Validation of CONTAMW Predictions for Tracer Gas in a Townhouse
Emmerich, Steven J.; Nabinger, Steven J.; Gupte, Arpita; Howard-Reed, Cynthia; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands; August 11-14, 2003
Download BS03_0299_validation.pdf [480K]
Integration of Airflow and Energy Simulation Using CONTAM and TRNSYS
McDowell, Timothy P.; Thornton, Jeff W.; Emmerich, Steven J.; Walton, George National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Thermal Energy System Specialists, Madison, Wisc. ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 109, Part 2. KC-03-10-2; 2003
Download tess.pdf [488K]
Simulations of Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Impacts of Demand Controlled Ventilation in Commercial and Institutional Buildings
A. Persily, A. Musser, S. Emmerich, M. Taylor National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. / Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska. The 24th AIVC and BETEC Conference, 2003.
Download DCVsims-paper03.pdf [407K]
Simulations of Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Impacts of Demand Controlled Ventilation in Commercial and Institutional Buildings
Persily A.K., Musser A, Emmerich S, Taylor M. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. University of Nebraska. NISTIR 7042. 51 p. August 2003.
Download NISTIR7042_Simulations of Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation.pdf [1.99M]
2002
Multizone Modeling Approaches to Contaminant-Based Design
Musser, Amy; Persily, A. K.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ASHRAE Transactions 2002, V. 108, Pt. 2. HI-02-9-1
Download MMACBD.pdf [359K]
Modeling the Performance of a Naturally Ventilated Commercial Building with a Multizone Coupled Thermal/Airflow Simulation Tool
Axley, James W.; Emmerich, Steven J.; Walton, George N.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ASHRAE Transactions 2002, V. 108, Pt. 2.; HI-02-21-4
Download NatVentCom.pdf [930K]
Calculation of Obstructed View Factors by Adaptive Integration
Walton, George N. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. NISTIR 6925, 19 p. November 2002
Download NISTIR-6925.pdf [552K]
The Revision of Standard 62: What a Difference a Decade Makes
Persily, A. K. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ISIAQ: Indoor Air 2002 Conference. Volume 3. Proceedings. Monterey, CA, USA, 328-333 pp. June 2002
Download IA02-2.pdf [185K]
Transient Analysis of VOC Concentrations for Estimating Emission Rates
Persily, A.K.; Howard-Reed C. and Nabinger S.J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ISIAQ: Indoor Air 2002 Conference. Volume 2. Proceedings. Monterey, CA, USA, 189-194 pp. June 2002
Download IA02-3.pdf [249K]
A Priority Agenda for Energy-Related Indoor Environmental Quality Research
Persily, A.K.; et al. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ISIAQ: Indoor Air 2002 Conference. Volume 2. Proceedings.Monterey, CA, USA, 984-989 pp. June 2002
Download IA02-1.pdf [203K]
Modeling Moisture in Residential Buildings with a Multizone IAQ Program
Emmerich, S.J.; Persily, A.K.; and Nabinger, S.J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ISIAQ: Indoor Air 2002 Conference. Volume 4. Proceedings.Monterey, CA, USA, 32-37 pp. June 2002
Download IA02-4.pdf [737K]
Measurement and Simulation of the Indoor Air Quality of Gaseous Air Cleaners in a Test House
Howard-Reed, C.; Nabinger, S.J.; and Emmerich, S.J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ISIAQ: Indoor Air 2002 Conference. Volume 2. Proceedings.Monterey, CA, USA, 652-657 pp. June 2002
Download IA02-7.pdf [243K]
A Method to Assess the Suitability of a Climate for Natural Ventilation of Commercial Buildings
Axley, J.W.; and Emmerich, S.J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ISIAQ: Indoor Air 2002 Conference. Volume 2. Proceedings.Monterey, CA, USA, 854-859 pp. June 2002
Download IA02-5.pdf [231K]
An Approach to the Design of Natural and Hybrid Ventilation Systems for Cooling Buildings
Axley, J.W.; Emmerich, S.J.; Dols, W.S.; and Walton. G. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ISIAQ: Indoor Air 2002 Conference. Volume 2. Proceedings.Monterey, CA, USA, 836-841 pp. June 2002
Download IA02-6.pdf [307K]
2001
Validation of Multizone IAQ Modeling of Residential-Scale Buildings: A Review
Emmerich, Steven J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ASHRAE Transactions 2001, V. 107, Pt. 2. CI-01-8-1;
Download valfinal.pdf [300K]
A Tool for Modeling Airflow & Contaminant Transport
Dols, W. Stuart; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. March 2001
Download Dols_AJarticle_March2001.pdf [2.22M]
Input Data for Multizone Airflow and IAQ Analysis
Persily, A. K.; Ivy, E. M. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. NISTIR 6585; 33 p. PB2001-102405INZ. January 2001
Download NISTIR6585.pdf [198K]
2000
Modeling Study of Ventilation in Manufactured Houses
Persily, A. K.; Martin, S. R. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. NISTIR 6455; 87 p. February 2000 PB2000-100623
Download NISTIR6455.pdf [7.62M]
Measurement and Simulation of the IAQ Impact of Particle Air Cleaners in a Single-Zone Building
Emmerich, S. J.; Nabinger, S. J. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. NISTIR 6461; 43 p. Also Available from National Technical Information Service PB2000-103406 February 2000
Download NISTIR6461.pdf [868K]
1999
Ventilation, Energy and IAQ Impacts of Mechanical Ventilation in a U.S. Dwelling
Persily, A. K. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. ISIAQ: Indoor Air 99 Conference. Volume 2. Proceedings. Edinburgh, Scotland, 350-355 pp. August 1999
DownloadISIAQIA99CONF.pdf [512K]
1998
Energy Impacts of Infiltration and Ventilation in U.S. Office Buildings Using Multizone Airflow Simulation
Emmerich, S. J.; Persily, A. K.IAQ and Energy 98 Conference. Proceedings. New Orleans, LA, 191-203 pp, PB96-165782 October 1998
Download PB96-165782.pdf [1.42M]
Modeling Study of Ventilation, IAQ and Energy Impacts of Residential Mechanical Ventilation
Persily, A. K. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA. NISTIR 6162; 85 p. PB98-148737 May 1998
Download NISTIR6162.pdf [5.75M]
1996
Multizone Modeling of Three Residential Indoor Air Quality Control Options
Emmerich, S. J.; Persily, A. K. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC. NISTIR 5801; 142 p. March 1996
Download NISTIR5801.pdf [7.83M]
1995
A Work plan to Analyze the Energy Impacts of Envelope Air tightness in Office Buildings
Emmerich, S. J., A. K. Persily, et al. National Institute of Standards and Technology December 1995
Download NISTIR 5758 [PDF] [2.18 MB]
Effectiveness of a Heat Recovery Ventilator, an Outdoor Air Intake Damper and an Electrostatic Particulate Filter at Controlling Indoor Air Quality in Residential Buildings
Emmerich, Steven J; Persily, Andrew K National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 16th AIVC Conference, Palm Springs, USA 19-22 September, 1995
Download AIVC_1995.pdf [1.08M]
Airflow and Radon Transport Modeling in Four Large Buildings
Fang, J. B.; Persily, A. K. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 101, No. 1, CH-95-16-3; 1995
Download CH-95-16-3.pdf [1.53M]
New Mass Transport Elements and Components for the NIST IAQ Model
Axley, J. W.Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. NIST GCR 95-676; 33 p. PB95-255899 July 1995
Download NISTGCR95-676.pdf [5.66M]
Computer Simulations of Airflow and Radon Transport in Four Large Buildings
Fang, J. B.; Persily, A. K. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. NISTIR 5611; 46 p. PB95-220422 April 1995
Download NISTIR5611.pdf [2.45M]
1994
CONTAM88 Building Input Files for Multi-Zone Airflow and Contaminant Dispersal Modeling
Fang, J. B.; Persily, A. K. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. NISTIR 5440; 54 p. PB94-194388 June 1994
Download NISTIR5440.pdf [1.91M]
