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Teaching Tools
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The NEAT Lab is
proud to offer a widening range of educational resources, including in-house
software, specialized building design and analysis equipment, and other
academic services.
Software
Since 2004, the
NEAT Lab has developed a number of advanced, interactive Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet-based software applications to aid in the design and analysis of
passive solar heating and cooling applications.
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Design and Analysis Equipment
The NEAT Lab
maintains a selection of both design and building-analysis equipment to aid
in the exploration and research of building energy performance. Lab
equipment such as an Infrared (IR) Camera, Psychrometers, Multimeters, Air
Velocity Meters, and Soundmeters are used for educational, experimental, as
well as building monitoring and diagnostic purposes. The lab also house a
heliodon with photo and video recording capabilities for student and faculty
use on a scheduled basis.
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Offered Services
While the NEAT Lab
specializes in the research and development of regionally-appropriate
passive solar design solutions, its staff is well qualified to offer a wide
range of services in any of the following arenas of environmental control
systems:
General
environmental design process
Environmental
resources
Site analysis /
climate data analysis
Thermal comfort
and design strategies
Indoor
environmental quality
Solar geometry
Design of
appropriate shading devices
Solar radiation
Heat transfer
Passive solar
heating and cooling strategies
HVAC basics
Daylighting
and/or artificial lighting
Regionally-appropriate lighting design
Fundamentals of
architectural acoustics
Water supply
basics / water efficiency
Rainwater /
graywater recycling
Liquid and solid
waste management
Building and
material life-cycle assessment
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