Nr. 1/02. Welcome To New Members. Buildings, Energy & Climate and Environmental Product Assessment

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1 Nr. 1/02 We have 25 new Members to report this time: 6 Full Members, 15 Associate Members and 4 Individual Members. Buildings, Energy & Climate and Environmental Product Assessment Austria - upgrade from Individual Membership Bulgaria Sofia Energy Centre Designated CIB Contact: Ms. V. Groseva vgroseva@enpro.bg Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFF/IFZ) Designated CIB Contact: Mr. H. Rohracher rohracher@ifz.tu-graz.ac.at Home Page: Fields of Activities: Science and Technology Studies, Sustainable Home Page: Type of Organisation: Building and Civil Engineering Consultant Fields of Activities: SEC is an independent energy consultancy company. Its main field of activity is energy and environment consulting. Home Page:

2 Canada Individual Membership (1) Dr. M. Bomberg Czech Republic Associate Membership (2) VSB - Technical University of Ostrava - Institute of Safety Engineering Designated CIB Contact: Assoc. Prof.Dr. M. Netopilová miroslava.netopilova@vsb.cz Home page: Brno University of Technology - Faculty of Civil Engineering Designated CIB Contact: Ing. M. Kalousek MSc. kalousek.m@fce.vutbr.cz Home page: Fields of Activities: The Faculty of Civil Engineering educates specialists and makes the research in the branches of building materials, and construction building physics, construction and transport structures, water management and water structures, geodesy and cartography, and structural economics and management. Fields of Activities: Fire Safety Design, Building Safety, Behaviour of Materials in Fire, Technical Standards for Building Design, Safety of Persons and Properties, Fire Detection and Suppression Systems, Emergency and Rescue Service, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Emergency Planning and Preparedness, Explosion Protection and Prevention, Industrial Safety Dominican Republic INTEC - Santo Domingo Institute of Technology Designated CIB Contact: Lic. A. López Page 2 of

3 Home page: Fields of Activities: Undergraduate and Graduate Programs on Engineering, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Business and Administration, Humanities, Basic and Environmental Sciences. Finland Full Membership (1) - upgrade from Associate Membership competitiveness of Finnish industry. Tekes is financed by the Finnish Government and operates in close collaboration with industries of all sectors, universities and research institutes. Ari Ahonen is a Director at Tekes and heading the Department of Manufacturing, Energy and Construction Technology. France Tekes - The National Technology Agency Finland International Institute for Building Research Designated CIB Contact: Mr. A. Ahonen ari.ahonen@tekes.fi Home Page: Type of Organisation: Research Programme or Commissioning Institute Fields of Activities: Tekes is a governmental agency established in 1983 by the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry to (1) coordinate and finance industrial R&D and applied technical research (2) plan, coordinate and finance national technology programmes (3) activate and coordinate international technological cooperation and (4) prepare technology policy in Finland. The aim of Tekes is to rise and maintain the QUALITEL Designated CIB Contact: Mr. R. Slama r.slama@qualitel.org Home page: Type of Organisation: Other Industry Fields of Activities: QUALITEL is an association under the 1901 law and is an official certifying organisation with representation of all the main housing players having a common goal: housing quality. The QUALITEL quality certificate is never mandatory and concerns every type of new housing. Germany Individual Membership (1) Dipl.Ing. C. Deilmann Architect Page 3 of

4 Greece Associate Membership (2) National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Designated CIB Contact: Mr. J. Murakami murakami-j92ti@nilim.go.jp Home page: Fields of Activities: (a) Codes and Standards (b) Structural Engineering (c) Fire (d) Environmental Design (e) NTUA National Technical University of Athens - School of Civil Engineering - Department of Engineering Construction & Management Equipment Engineering (f) Building Materials and Components (g) Housing Design (h) Housing Production (i) Urban Planning (j) Urban Facilities (k) Urban Disaster Mitigation (l) Urban Development Designated CIB Contact: Dr. J.P. Pantouvakis Dr. J.P. Pantouvakis Home page: Urban Renewal Association of Japan Fields of Activities: Undergraduate & Postgraduate Courses and Research Designated CIB Contact: Mr. A. Kuga cib2002tokyo@dream.com Home page: Japan Full Membership (1) Type of Organisation: Professional Association Fields of Activities: Investigation Research on Promotion of Redevelopment - Holding of a Seminar and Study Session - Urban Renewal and Urban Housing Improvement - Records Information Service NILIM Page 4 of

5 Malaysia Home Page: Type of Organisation: Other Industry Fields of Activities: Specialisation's Sector: Construction Consulting in Marketing & Management Market Analysis, University Sains Malaysia - School of Housing, Building and Planning Monitoring, Research Designated CIB Contact: The Dean dean_hbp@usm.my Home Page: Fields of Activities: Teaching, Research & Consultancy in the Fields of Architecture, Interior Design, Town Planning, Project Management, Building Technology & Quantity Surveying Individual Membership (1) Dr. K. Gurusamy Naidu krib@pc.jaring.my Poland Associatel Membership(2) KAPE - The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency Designated CIB Contact: Dr. T. Skoczkowski tskoczkowski@kape.gov.pl Home Page: Fields of Activities: Housing Sector, Sustainable Building, Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Energy including the Use of Micro-Cogeneration and Renewable Energy Sources. ASM Market Research & Analysis Centre Ltd. Designated CIB Contact: Ms. E.J. Syrda Page 5 of

6 Singapore Institute of Construction and Architecture, Slovak Academy of Sciences Designated CIB Contact: Dr.Ing. P. Matiasovsky Home page: Prefabrication Technology Centre (PTC) Designated CIB Contact: Mr. Y.H.L. Pak Fields of Activities: PTC is the R&D centre for public housing construction. It has 4 key areas of activities: (1) Design Development (2) R&D (3) Building Resources Management and (4) Training and Promotion. Individual Membership (1) Mr. Chung Wan Wong Division Director SETSCO Services Pte Ltd wcwan@setsco.com Slovakia Fields of Activities: Fundamental research in: Solid Mechanics, Theory of Concrete and Steel Structures, Building Physics, Silicate Building Materials, Theory and Critics of Architecture, Town Planning South Africa Full Membership (1) Construction Industry Development Board Designated CIB Contact: Mr. S. Hodgson theryn@cidb.org.za Home page: Type of Organisation: Other Industry Fields of Activities: Promotion of growth, improvement and transformation within the construction industry in South Africa. Cape Technikon - Faculty of the Built Environment and Design Designated CIB Contact: Mr. M. Massyn Page 6 of

7 Home page: United Kingdom Full Membership (1) upgrade from Associate Membership Fields of Activities: Higher Education. Teaching Institution involved in both Teaching and Research. Taiwan Full Membership (1) upgrade from Associate Membership Architecture & Building Research Institute - Ministry of Interior Scottish Office Development Department - Construction and Building Control Group Designated CIB Contact: Dr. J.E. Gibbons john.gibbons@scottish.parliament.uk Home page: Type of Organisation: Government Fields of Activities: The Scottish Office is the central government department that provides support to the Secretary of State for those functions of government which are separately administered in Scotland. Designated CIB Contact: Mr. Chiang-Pi Hsiao mailbox@abri.gov.tw Home page: The Scottish Office is organised into separate departments responsible for environment, health, agriculture and fisheries, education and industry. Fields of Activities: Research, development, training, and promotion relating to architecture, building and city in the following fields: (1) Comprehensive Planning (2) Safety and Disaster Prevention (3) Engineering Technology (4) Environment Control. Bell College of Technology - School of Science and Technology Page 7 of

8 Designated CIB Contact: Mr. S. Tennant Home page: Fields of Activities: Teamwork, Environmental Management, Building Defects and Maintenance United States RJC Consulting, Inc. Designated CIB Contact: Dr. R.J. Coble Home page: Type of Organisation: Building and Civil Engineering Consultant Fields of Activities: Research regarding Project Safety - Workers' Compensation - Re-Engineering - 4D CAD Page 8 of