  - Since 1979, the Building
Energy Research
 Laboratory has been performing research
on improving the energy efficiency of building assemblies (walls, roofs, ceilings,
floors), materials (windows, insulation products, construction products), equipment (heat
recovery ventilators, ground source heat pumps, hot water heat pumps) and components
(passive solar rooms, solar and energy recovery hot water heating). The research has been
supported by the American Society for
Heating, Refrigeration and air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the United
States Department of Energy (DOE), the National Institute of Science and Technology
(NIST) and building energy related organizations (e.g. Owens Corning
Fiberglass, the Center for Applied Engineering and a number of fenestration (windows
and door) manufacturers.  Facilities
within the Building Energy Research Laboratory are: A research calibrated
hot box, a guarded hot plate, a heat recovery ventilator (HRV) test facility and a
computer simulation facility. Faculty and students
can carry out detailed experimental and computational studies on the thermal performance
of a wide range of building assemblies and components.
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