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7 Key Findings and Recommendations
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2015. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/21659.
| ACCA | Air Conditioning Contractors of America |
| ACI | American Concrete Institute |
| AEO | Applied Economics Office |
| AGV | automated guided vehicle |
| AHAM | Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers |
| AHRI | Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute |
| AISC | American Institute of Steel Construction |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| APAR-DD | air handling unit performance assessment rule—dual duct |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| BACnet | building automation and control network |
| BEES | building for environmental and economic sustainability |
| BEMS | building energy management systems |
| BIRDS | building industry reporting and design for sustainability |
| CFAST | consolidated model of fire and smoke transport |
| CFD | computational fluid dynamics |
| CIB | International Council for Building |
| CPSC | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| EED | Energy and Environment Division |
| EL | Engineering Laboratory |
| ERDC | Engineering Research and Development Center |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulations |
| FDD | fault detection and diagnostics |
| FDNY | Fire Department of New York City |
| FDS | Fire Dynamics Simulator |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FRD | Fire Research Division |
| FSGIM | facility smart grid information model |
| GSA | Government Services Administration |
| HVAC&R | heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration |
| IAFC | International Association of Fire Chiefs |
| IAFF | International Association of Fire Fighters |
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2015. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/21659.
| IAQ | indoor-air quality |
| ICC | International Code Council |
| ICS | industrial control systems |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IEQ | indoor environment quality |
| IFSI | Illinois Fire Service Institute |
| IFSTA | International Fire Service Training Association |
| INCOSE | International Council on Systems Engineering |
| ISD | Intelligent Systems Division |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| MBE | model-based enterprise |
| MSSD | Materials and Structural Systems Division |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NFRL | National Fire Research Laboratory |
| NGRA | next- generation robotics and automation |
| NIOSH | National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NZERTF | Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility |
| OA | other agency |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| OMG | Object Management Group |
| PMI | product manufacturing information |
| R&D | research and development |
| SCBA | self-contained breathing apparatus |
| SFPE | Society of Fire Protection Engineers |
| SI | systems integration |
| SID | Systems Integration Division |
| SLICE-ERS | size up, locate the fire, isolate the flow path, cool from a safe distance, extinguish, and then rescue and salvage |
| SMCS | smart manufacturing construction systems |
| SRMs | standard reference materials |
| STEP | Standard for Exchange of Product |
| SURF | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship |
| TRANSYS | transient system simulation |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories |
| USFA | U.S. Fire Administration |
| USFS | U.S. Forest Service |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| WUI | wildland-urban interface |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
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