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Building Science Explorer

The Building Science Explorer is a visualization and navigation tool to help connect you to the Building America Library of building science research. It is based on a powerful engine used to analyze large collections of documents (publications in the Building America Library).  The tool will help users to:

  • Look for articles based on topics, authors and other features.
  • See how their chosen topic is included in articles on related subjects. 
  • See the proportion of total documents their chosen topic takes up in the library.
  • See how Building America documents cover selected topics over time.
  • Access documents of interest.


How to use the Building Science Explorer….