NIST only participates in the February and August reviews.
Americans spend 90 percent of their lives indoors, and buildings consume 37 % of the energy of the United States. Thus, the state of the indoor environment in homes and buildings (commercial, institutional, retail, etc.) is critical to the health, well-being, , and productivity of our nation. Research is needed to advance how buildings are designed, constructed and operated to provide optimal spaces for living and working. The industry needs tools, metrics, and processes to create buildings that are more than just static structures but living organisms that serve and evolve with their occupants and the world around them. NIST is seeking applicants in the area of building sciences, mechanical/electrical engineering and fields related to our research. https://www.nist.gov/el/goals-programs/high-performance-building-systems
References
Ng, Lisa C. and W. Vance Payne. Energy use consequences of ventilating a net-zero energy house. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016. 96: p. 151-160.
Ng, Lisa C., Andrew K. Persily, and Steven J. Emmerich. Improving infiltration modeling in commercial building energy models. Energy and Buildings, 2015. 88(0): p. 316-323.
Poppendieck DG, Ng LC, Persily AK, Hodgson AT. Long Term Air Quality Monitoring in a Net-Zero Energy Residence Designed with Low Emitting Interior Products. Build Environ 2015; 94(1):33-42.
Indoor air quality; Measurement methods; Metrics; energy cost savings; Well-being; building systems performance, AI-enabled building systems
level
Open to Postdoctoral applicants