From EarthTechling's Randy Woods:
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a.k.a. Berkeley Lab, is embarking on two initiatives—one concerned with low energy use, the other with performance under high-energy conditions—that could have long-range effects on how green building designers and engineers evaluate the performance of tomorrow’s most environmentally friendly materials.
On the low-energy side, California-based Berkeley Lab has broken ground on its long-awaited Facility for Low-Energy eXperiments on Buildings (FLEXLAB), which will contain new platforms for scientists, builders, architects and engineers to test a wide variety of building materials for their environmental characteristics. For higher-energy testing, the lab has also created its Advanced Light Source (ALS) mechanical testing rig, which researchers can now use to experiment on ceramic composites under ultrahigh operational temperatures.
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