- Author
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Cooke, P. W.
- Title
- Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process. Proceedings of the Third (3rd) Annual NBS/NCSBCS Joint Conference Held in Annapolis, Maryland on September 12, 1978, in Conjunction With the Eleventh (11th) Annual Meeting of the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc. (NCSBCS). Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc., McLean, VA
- Report
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NBS SP 552,
July 1979,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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buildings; building codes; regulations; meetings; energy conservation; solar heating; structural engineering; design criteria; fire safety; cost analysis; law (jurisprudence); design standards
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solar energy
- Identifiers
- metrication; computer applications
- Abstract
- The third NBS/NCSBCS Joint Conference on Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process was held in Annapolis, Maryland on September 12, 1978. The proceedings of the Joint Conference include the opening remarks, the Keynote Address and the 24 papers presented at the technical sessions dealing with various aspects of building regulatory research and innovative administrative application of building codes and standards. The eight technical sessions were organized around the following themes: Regulatory Aspects of Fire Safety; Standards Development Activities and the Building Regulatory Process; Accommodating Provisions for the Elderly and Handicapped in Building Regulations; Implementation of Energy Conservation Building Regulations at the State Level; Application of Computers and Information Systems for Building Regulation and Construction; Energy Conservation, Solar Energy and the Built Environment; Issues Concerning the Intent, Formulation and Economic Impact of Regulations; and Metrication, Industrialized Buildings and Complex Structures. In addition, three other research papers covering Lighting, Tax Shelters, Resource Zoning, and Land Use Planning are also included.