Indoor environment testing facilities
Contact us
To discuss your project, find out more about NRC’s Hygrothermal Performance testing facilities, or to book your next testing requirement, contact:
Dino Zuppa
Telephone: 613-949-0073
Email: Dino.Zuppa@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Targeted industries
Construction, aerospace, information and communication technologies.
Location
Research facility highlights
The National Research Council (NRC) offers state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities to meet a wide variety of indoor environment testing requirements.
View of the indoor air testing facility
The wall and window sound transmission facility
When combined with NRC’s proven experience and expertise in research and technology development, we provide a complete range of services needed to develop and evaluate the performance of new technologies. Once deployed, these new technologies become key components of cost-effective, energy-efficient indoor environments that can also improve the comfort, satisfaction and health of building occupants.
What we offer
Ensuring occupant comfort – both in commercial and residential applications – is often a key to the success of your construction projects and new building technologies. At NRC we offer a wide variety of testing facilities to meet your product development and evaluation requirements including:
Sound Transmission
- Floor and wall sound transmission facilities
- to measure airborne (ASTM E90, ISO 140-2) and impact (ASTM E492, ISO 140-3) sound transmission through a single building element in isolation
- Flanking sound transmission test building
- to measure airborne (ASTM E336, ISO 10140-4) and impact (ASTM E1007, ISO 10140-7) sound insulation between room of a completed building
Energy
- Fully-instrumented research house
- to measure the efficacy of residential heating and ventilation systems;
- Indoor environment test laboratory
- to measure the efficacy of heating and ventilation systems in an office situation and their impact on occupant comfort
- Daylighting test laboratory
- to assess the efficacy of methods to deliver natural light and control solar load in a building
Quality of air
- Materials emission chambers
- Mould growth and characterization laboratories
- to assess species and measure growth rates of mould on a variety of materials
- Indoor air research facility
- to assess the impact of ventilation and contaminant removal strategies applicable to residential constructions
Why work with us
NRC Indoor Environment testing facilities, unique in North America, provide you the most advanced laboratory and testing facilities available. We also have a wealth of practical experience, research knowledge, and know-how.
The result? Working with NRC’s world class testing facilities you have access to the most realistic conditions, quantifiable results, and the proven data you require to assess your product’s performance, meet industry certification standards and accelerate market adoption.
Fees
We offer competitive flat fee pricing for standard sound transmission testing completed at our Ottawa facilities. Customized testing and product development programs are priced on a project by project basis.
Our ventilation and indoor air quality facilities offer customized testing programs which are also competitively priced based on individual specific requirements.
Contact
Dino Zuppa
Telephone: 613-949-0073
Email: Dino.Zuppa@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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