Experimental Facilities

Contents:

Overview

Large-Scale Climate Simulator

Rotatable Guarded Hot Box

Roof Thermal Research Apparatus

Envelope Systems Research Apparatus

Envelope Systems Research Apparatus (ESRA)

The Envelope Systems Research Apparatus resembles a residential basement topped with a typical commercial low-slope roof. It is used to study energy and moisture flow through walls, foundations, and roofs.

Building Envelope Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

For more information, contact the program manager for Building Envelope Research:

Andre O. Desjarlais
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P. O. Box 2008, MS 6070
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6070

E-mail Andre Desjarlais

Revised: May 12, 1998