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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782981303321

Titolo

Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory [[electronic resource] ] : fiscal year 2008 / / Panel on Building and Fire Research, Laboratory Assessment Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

0-309-17870-3

0-309-12735-1

1-281-97283-5

9786611972837

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 p.)

Disciplina

628.92

Soggetti

Building - United States - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""The Charge to the Panel and the Assessment Process""; ""Measurement Science for Building Energy Technologies""; ""Measurement Science for Breakthrough Improvements in Construction Productivity""; ""Measurement Science for Predicting Life Cycle Performance of Nanocomposite Infrastructure Materials""; ""Disaster Resilient Structures and Communities (Hurricanes and Earthquakes)""; ""Disaster Resilient Structures and Communities (Fires)""; ""Programs Funded Under the America COMPETES Act""; ""Overall Conclusions""