Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Shmulsky, Rubin
Committee Member
Montague, Iris
Committee Member
Khademibami, Laya
Date of Degree
12-8-2023
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Sustainable Bioproducts
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Forest Resources
Department
Department of Sustainable Bioproducts
Abstract
In 2001 a Northern Climatic Test House (the House) was constructed to demonstrate appropriate and novel building techniques and materials for the upper Midwest region of the USA. The House is a 2,300-square-foot, two-story structure located on the grounds of the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin. It is considered a research structure and not part of the FPL’s building inventory. Following construction, the House was heated and cooled but not occupied. Regular (sometimes daily) tours were conducted from it’s opening until about 2008, when tours had diminished to less than one per week. Since eliminating regular tours, the house has been used occasionally for special events, intermittent tours, and storage. In May-July 2023 a visual and minimally invasive condition assessment was performed on the House. This report details the findings of this assessment. This report focuses on existing or potential problem areas.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Tanaya, "Condition assessment of the northern climatic research house at the USDA forest service forest products laboratory" (2023). Theses and Dissertations. 6038.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/6038