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9 Crosscutting Conclusions and Recommendations
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. An Assessment of Selected Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26051.
Acronyms
| 3DCP | three-dimensional printing of concrete |
| AFDD | Automated fault detection and diagnostics |
| AFM | atomic force microscopy |
| AISC | American Institute of Steel Construction |
| AM | additive manufacturing |
| ARC | alternatives for resilient communities |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
| ASMI | Athena Sustainable Materials Institute |
| ASR | alkali-silica reaction |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATLSS | Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems |
| AWC | American Wood Council |
| BACnet | Building Automation and Control Networks |
| BEES | Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability |
| BIRDS NEST | Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability Neutral Environmental Software Tool |
| BOB | burn observation bubble |
| BRI | Building Research Institute of Japan |
| CAL FIRE | California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection |
| CASA | chemical assessment of surface and air |
| CFD | computational fluid dynamics |
| CoE | Center of Excellence |
| CONTAM | Contaminant transport analysis software |
| CPSC | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| CREME | concrete rheology enabling metrology |
| CRP | Community Resilience Program |
| CWE | computational wind engineering |
| DAD | data-assisted design |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| EDGe$ | Economic Decision Guide software |
| EIB | embedded intelligence in buildings |
| EL | Engineering Laboratory |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Administration |
| ERI | engineered materials for resilient infrastructure |
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. An Assessment of Selected Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26051.
| ETABS | A structural analysis software platform |
| FaTIMA | fate and transport of indoor microbiological aerosols |
| FDS | Fire Dynamics Simulator |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Administration |
| FRD | Fire Research Division |
| GEER | Geotechnical Extreme events reconnaissance |
| GWP | Global warming potential |
| HFC | hydrofluorocarbon |
| HP | heat pump |
| HVAC | heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
| IAQ | indoor air quality |
| IBAL | Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory |
| IBHS | Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety |
| ICC | International Code Council |
| IDIQ | indefinite delivery indefinite quantity |
| IN-CORE | interdependent networked community resilience modeling environment |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| KED | light-emitting diode |
| MB-HP | mini-breadboard heat pump |
| MSSD | Materials and Structural Systems Division |
| NCSTAR | National Construction Safety Team Report |
| NEES | Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation |
| NEHRI | Natural Hazard Engineering Resilience Institute |
| NEHRP | National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NFRL | National Fire Research Laboratory |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NZE | net-zero energy |
| NZERTF | Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility |
| OA | other agency |
| OSTP | Office of Scientific and Technology Policy |
| PBD | performance-based design |
| PCI | Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute |
| PE | polyethylene |
| PERFORM | Performance-based engineering research for multi-hazards |
| PETG | polyethylene terephthalate glycol |
| RUF | residential upholstered furniture |
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. An Assessment of Selected Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26051.
| SPHERE | Simulated photodegradation via high energy radiant exposure |
| SPUMH | Structural performance under multi-hazards |
| SRM | standard reference material |
| SSRC | Structural Stability Research Council |
| TMAP | Technology Maturation Accelerator Program |
| TRNSYS | Transient system simulation |
| USFDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| V2G | vehicle-to-grid |
| WUI | wildland urban interface |
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. An Assessment of Selected Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26051.
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Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. An Assessment of Selected Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26051.
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. An Assessment of Selected Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26051.
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. An Assessment of Selected Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26051.
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. An Assessment of Selected Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26051.
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