ASHRAE has been awarded $1.5 million dollars in grant money from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to conduct a three-year research project on ventilation and indoor air ...

When a major fire occurs, especially one with associated firefighter injuries or deaths, departments often produce after-action reports, conduct investigations and inspect equipment. All of these are ...

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers recently released a two-disk DVD set that demonstrates how Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV), a technique in which powerful fans force ...

Charleston, SC- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its technical study of the Sofa Super Store fire on Thursday analyzing the blaze and offering recommendations. The ...

ATLANTA - Research on improving ventilation and IAQ in big box retail stores has begun under a research project awarded by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The blow-torch-like flames erupting from the windows of an abandoned, 16-story Chicago apartment building were certainly dramatic to watch from the street below. However, for a ...

Engineers at NIST have developed a database of U.S. residential housing to help conduct nationwide analyses of ventilation, air cleaning or moisture control strategies to reduce indoor air pollution.

A new, free software tool could prove to be a breath of fresh air for architects and designers of ventilation systems for "green" commercial buildings. A new, free software tool from the National ...

New building owners might want to double check the performance of their ventilation systems before accepting the door keys from their contractors. A National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

A key ingredient for good indoor air quality is good ventilation. One simple method that can be used to determine if a space is well ventilated is to measure indoor carbon dioxide (CO 2) levels. This ...

A new, free software tool from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could help designers develop ventilation systems for commercial buildings. With the so-called Climate ...