  - 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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