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- Title
- Building Technology Project Summaries 1982-1983.
- File
- PB83259622.pdf
- Author(s)
- Raufaste, N.; Olmert, M.
- Source
- June 1983, 140 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NBS-SP-446-7
- Abstract
- The Center for Building Technology specialized laboratory facilities and equipment located at Gaithersburg, Maryland, have a replacement value estimated at $20 million. Among the variety of special facilities and equipment are the universal testing machine with a 12-million-pound capacity; a reaction wall for subjecting full-scale building systems to earthquake loading; seven environmental chambers, including a 30 x 40 x 60 ft chamber, for evaluating the thermal performance of buildings and components; a line heat source guarded hot-plate to characterize insulation to 12 inches thick; a calibrated hot-box test facility; a five-story plumbing research laboratory; reverberation and anechoic chambers; lighting research facilities; mobile laboratories; an outdoor solar-collector test-method development area, including a passive solar test house; a network of outdoor exposure sites; a scanning electron microscope and other instruments for material characterization; facilities for experiments on solar heating and cooling systems; and controls and equipment laboratories. This report summarizes CBT's research for 1982-1983.
- Keywords
- Environmental engineering; Lighting equipment; Earthquake resistant structures; Research projects; Quality assurance; Heating equipment; Structural design; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Construction industry; Service life; Thermal insulation; Plumbing; Energy conservation; Construction management; Building codes; Acoustics